{"id":88355,"date":"2019-10-29T16:25:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T21:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=88355"},"modified":"2019-10-29T16:25:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T21:25:59","slug":"wwe-monday-night-raw-drops-to-lowest-rating-of-the-year-what-happened-in-october-that-coincides-with-decline-in-raw-viewership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/10\/29\/wwe-monday-night-raw-drops-to-lowest-rating-of-the-year-what-happened-in-october-that-coincides-with-decline-in-raw-viewership\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Monday Night Raw drops to lowest rating of the year, what happened in October that coincides with decline in Raw viewership"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2530173199\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE Monday Night Raw last night (10\/28) drew a 1.53 rating, down from the previous week&#8217;s 1.63 rating. It&#8217;s the lowest rating for Raw this year and, arguably, the worst Raw rating ever in any context. Raw drew a 1.54 on June 10 and a 1.56 on Apr. 29, so it&#8217;s had dipped into the mid-1.5s before rebounding the next week to average levels.<\/p>\n<p>One year ago this week, Raw drew a 1.74 rating. Two years ago this week it drew a 1.96.<\/p>\n<p>If Vince McMahon was banking on the King&#8217;s Court interview with Lana and Rusev holding viewers as a hook, the third hour dipped under two million viewers to a 1.928. It was a 398,000 viewership drop from the first hour, which is well above the 310,000 average first-to-third hour drop-off.<\/p>\n<p>The first hour drew 2.326 million. The second hour drew 2.146 million.<\/p>\n<p>Raw went up against what might end up being the weakest NFL Monday Night Football game on ESPN all year, with the Pittsburgh Steelers (2-4) vs. Miami Dolphin (0-7).<\/p>\n<p>The drop in Raw ratings coincides with the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seth Rollins being rejected and booed by fans coming out of the Hell in a Cell match with Bray Wyatt<\/li>\n<li>NXT on USA adding two hours to the prime time schedule<\/li>\n<li>The roster being split after six months of most top stars being on both shows<\/li>\n<li>AEW Dynamite debuting, drawing a million or more viewers most weeks, showing viewers an alternative pro wrestling product and vying for their limited viewership time during the week<\/li>\n<li>Raw becoming a vehicle to promote the controversial live event in Saudi Arabia later this week, with show whose logo has been booed by WWE fans when appearing on a bit screen and being held in a country that WWE announcers and wrestlers largely avoid saying because of it&#8217;s toxic reputation<\/li>\n<li>Raw becoming perceived as the &#8220;B-show&#8221; with the A-announce team moving to Friday&#8217;s to symbolize the shift in priority, with Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns, The Fiend, and the affiliated crossover stars (Tyson Fury, Cain Velasquez) matched against Smackdown wrestlers instead of Raw wrestlers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/10\/28\/wwe-smackdown-loses-two-thirds-of-its-viewership-on-fs1-when-bumped-from-fox-last-friday-for-the-world-series\/\">WWE Smackdown loses two-thirds of its viewership on FS1 when bumped from Fox last Friday for the World Series<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-124944286\"><div id=\"pwtor-508847938\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE Monday Night Raw last night (10\/28) drew a 1.53 rating, down from the previous week&#8217;s 1.63 rating. 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