Monday’s episode of WWE Raw ranked first among cable originals with the show experiencing its largest audience over the past three weeks.
The March 11 program from Houston averaged 1,751,000 viewers and 743,000 (0.56) in the 18-49 demographic, per Spoiler TV and Wrestlenomics.
The figures represented a six percent increase among overall viewers, and four percent in the 18-49 audience. It was the show’s highest set of numbers since February 19.
The show opened with 1,781,000 viewers and 0.56 in the demo for the first hour, it peaked with 1,845,000 and 0.59 in the second hour before dropping to 1,628,000 and 0.54 in the third hour featuring the six-man gauntlet.
Raw ranked first among cable originals on Monday, topping Pardon the Interruption and First Take on ESPN.
Raw averaged 286,600 viewers and 85,000 in the 25-54 demographic on Sportsnet 360 in Canada, slightly above the prior week’s numbers – and Raw’s largest in the country since January 22. This week’s show ranked second among sports programs in Canada behind the Monday Night Hockey game between Washington and Winnipeg.
The final forty-five minutes of the broadcast were dedicated to the Six-Man Gauntlet match involving Ricochet, JD McDonagh, Bronson Reed, Sami Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Chad Gable to determine the Intercontinental title challenger at WrestleMania.
