WWE Raw ratings down slightly from last week

Monday’s WWE Raw averaged 1.51 million viewers and drew a 0.47 rating in 18-49, a figure in line with most of the recent weeks.

We don’t have complete rundowns due to the holiday week, but Raw beat everything on cable except NFL-related shows on ESPN. It was likely fifth on cable as the pre-show, kickoff show, the game, and post-game shows all do numbers higher than Raw each week.

The game was the Los Angeles Rams vs. Philadelphia Eagles, and it did 17.32 million viewers and a 4.17 in 18-49 between ESPN, ABC and ESPN2. The numbers were in line with the game last week that drew a 4.18 between the three stations.

Raw was down 0.4 percent in viewers from last week, as well as being down four percent in 18-49. The episode was headlined by Nia Jax vs. Bianca Belair for the person advantage in WarGames.

From one year ago, which was the episode after Survivor Series with the return of CM Punk to television, Raw was down 20 percent in viewers and 27 percent in 18-49, but that’s an unusual show. If you factor in homes lost by cable over the past year, the real difference would be down 14 percent in viewers and down 20 percent in 18-49, but that’s also three hours vs. two hours. And if you only take the first two hours from last year and adjusted two hours based on homes lost, it’s a 17 percent real drop.