WWE Raw did not receive a big bounce back with viewers this week following the conclusion of the NBA & NHL playoffs.
Monday’s three-hour episode on the USA Network averaged 2,235,000 viewers, which was up 5% from last week’s show against the NBA playoffs, but still the fourth lowest number of 2019.
The show was promoted around Seth Rollins facing Daniel Bryan in a non-title match along with the tease of who would be named the special referee at Stomping Grounds, which was never announced.
The first two hours were consistent with the opening hour averaging 2.33 million viewers and experienced a slight drop to 2.30 million in the second hour. There was a decline of 9.8% in the third hour with the final hour averaging 2.08 million viewers.
The only episodes that drew fewer viewers this year occurred on April 29th (against the NBA playoffs), May 27th (Memorial Day with an NHL playoff game), and last week’s episode that went against the Raptors vs. Warriors games that averaged 18.2 million viewers.
In comparing the year-to-year numbers of Raw, the show was down 22.7% from this week in 2018, which also took place after the playoffs had ended.
