WWE Raw (5/1/23) ratings dip for night 2 of the Draft

The ratings for this week’s edition of WWE Monday Night Raw are in. According to Brandon Thurston of WrestleNomics, the episode drew an average of 1.778 million viewers on the USA Network, down from the 1.815 million viewers last week.

The 18-49 demo saw the average rating be 0.54, down from the 0.56 rating last week. The show held up well against NBA playoff competition for the second night of the Draft.

The 18-49 demos saw hour one had 0.56, then 0.56 in hour two, and 0.50 in hour three. Last week was 0.55, then 0.59 in hour two, and 0.54 in hour three. Here is the hourly viewership breakdown:

Hour 1 (8 pm): 1.841 million – last week: 1.840

Hour 2 (9 pm): 1.873 million – last week: 1.939

Hour 3 (10 pm): 1.620 million – last week: 1.666

The show on the same week last year did 1.581 million viewers with a 18-49 demo rating of 0.38. The last time there was a Draft Raw episode, which was October 4, 2021, it drew 1.857 million viewers and a 0.52 rating.

Raw ranked #5 in the top 150 shows on cable for the night, down from the #4 ranking last week. Here is a list of total viewership and the key demo rating that Raw has done over the last year:

3/28/22: 1,979,000 viewers – 0.55 key demo rating – WrestleMania 38 go-home show

4/4/22: 2,101,000 viewers – 0.63 key demo rating – WrestleMania 38 fallout

4/11/22: 1,803,000 viewers – 0.54 key demo rating

4/18/22: 1,647,000 viewers – 0.47 key demo rating

4/22/22: 1,613,000 viewers – 0.44 key demo rating

5/2/22: 1,581,000 viewers – 0.38 key demo rating – WrestleMania Backlash go-home show

5/9/22: 1,652,000 viewers – 0.44 key demo rating – WrestleMania Backlash fallout

5/16/22: 1,736,000 viewers – 0.45 key demo rating

5/23/22: 1,732,000 viewers – 0.41 key demo rating

5/30/22: 1,497,000 viewers – 0.42 key demo rating – Memorial Day/Hell in a Cell go-home show

6/6/22: 1,872,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating – Hell in a Cell fallout

6/13/22: 1,695,000 viewers – 0.43 key demo rating

6/20/22: 1,986,000 viewers – 0.54 key demo rating

6/27/22: 1,951,000 viewers – 0.54 key demo rating – John Cena returned/ MITB go-home

7/4/22: 1,563,000 viewers – 0.37 key demo rating – Money in the Bank fallout/ July 4th holliday

7/11/22: 1,735,000 viewers – 0.44 key demo rating

7/18/22: 1,765,000 viewers – 0.46 key demo rating

7/25/22: 1,901,000 viewers – 0.50 key demo rating – SummerSlam go-home show

8/1/22: 2,230,000 viewers – 0.61 key demo rating – SummerSlam fallout

8/8/22: 1,956,000 viewers – 0.54 key demo rating

8/15/22: 1,978,000 viewers – 0.53 key demo rating

8/22/22: 2,055,000 viewers – 0.55 key demo rating

8/29/22: 2,107,000 viewers – 0.59 key demo rating – Clash at the Castle go-home show

9/5/22: 2,054,000 viewers – 0.58 key demo rating – Clash at the Castle fallout

9/12/22: 1,709,000 viewers – 0.44 key demo rating – start of Monday Night Football

9/19/22: 1,593,000 viewers – 0.45 key demo rating – faced two NFL games

9/26/22: 1,674,000 viewers – 0.45 key demo rating

10/3/22: 1,599,000 viewers – 0.40 key demo rating – Extreme Rules go-home show

10/10/22: 1,824,000 viewers – 0.55 key demo rating – Extreme Rules fallout

10/17/22: 1,803,000 viewers – 0.50 key demo rating

10/24/22: 1,641,000 viewers – 0.45 key demo rating

10/31/22: 1,500,000 viewers – 0.36 key demo rating – Crown Jewel go-home show

11/7/22: 1,593,000 viewers – 0.43 key demo rating – Crown Jewel fallout

11/14/22: 1,648,000 viewers – 0.44 key demo rating

11/21/22: 1,646,000 viewers – 0.41 key demo rating – Survivor Series WarGames go-home show

11/28/22: 1,668,000 viewers – 0.40 key demo rating – Survivor Series fallout

12/5/22: 1,536,000 viewers – 0.41 key demo rating

12/12/22: 1,472,000 viewers – 0.37 key demo rating

12/19/22: 1,705,000 viewers – 0.43 key demo rating

12/26/22: 1,075,000 viewers – 0.27 key demo rating – Best-Of Episode

1/2/23: 1,605,000 viewers – 0.41 key demo rating

1/9/23: 1,693,000 viewers – 0.50 key demo rating

1/16/23: 1,489,000 viewers – 0.42 key demo rating – against NFL playoff competition

1/23/23: 2,344,000 viewers – 0.70 key demo rating – 30 anniversary/Royal Rumble go-home show

1/30/23: 2.114,000 viewers – 0.64 key demo rating – Royal Rumble fallout

2/6/23: 1,866,000 viewers – 0.55 key demo rating

2/13/23: 1,812,000 viewers – 0.47 key demo rating – Elimination Chamber go-home show

2/20/23: 2.006,000 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating – Elimination Chamber fallout edition

2/27/23: 1,767,000 viewers – 0.51 key demo rating

3/6/23: 1,827,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating – John Cena’s return

3/13/23: 1,705,000 viewers – 0.53 key demo rating

3/20/23: 1,771,000 viewers – 0.55 key demo rating

3/27/23: 1,843,000 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating – WrestleMania 39 go-home show

4/3/23: 2,260,000 viewers – 0.76 key demo rating – WrestleMania 39 fallout

4/10/23: 1,818,000 viewers – 0.59 key demo rating

4/17/23: 1,815,000 viewers – 0.58 key demo rating

4/24/23: 1,815,000 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating

5/1/23: 1,778,000 viewers – 0.54 key demo rating – Draft episode

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