WWE Raw (8/20/23) Ratings Drop Against NFL Preseason Competition

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 1.591 million viewers on the USA Network, down from the 1.757 million viewers last week.

The 18-49 demo saw the average rating be 0.50, down from the 0.55 rating last week. This was the lowest total viewership since June 12, 2023, and the lowest key demo rating since July 3, 2023.

The show went up against an NFL preseason game between the Ravens and Commanders on ESPN.

Drew McIntyre & Matt Riddle vs. The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods), WWE Intercontinental Champion Gunther vs. Chad Gable, Candice LeRae vs. Rhea Ripley, The Miz vs. Akira Tozawa, Chelsea Green & Piper Niven vs. Katana Chance & Kayden Carter, Cody Rhodes, and Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn vs. The Judgment Day (Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio & Finn Balor) was among the matches featured on the show.

The show on the same week last year did 2.055 million viewers with a 18-49 demo rating of 0.55. 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/Backlash go-home show

5/8/23: 1,785,000 viewers – 0.51 key demo rating – Backlash fallout

5/15/23: 1,716,000 viewers – 0.58 key demo rating

5/22/23: 1,638,000 viewers – 0.54 key demo rating – Night of Champions go-home show

5/29/23: 1,611,000 viewers – 0.52 key demo rating – Night of Champions fallout/Memorial Day

6/5/23: 1,828,000 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating

6/12/23: 1,595,000 viewers – 0.43 key demo rating

6/19/23: 1,821,000 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating

6/26/23: 1,973,000 viewers – 0.61 key demo rating – Money in the Bank go-home

7/3/23: 1,828,000 viewers – 0.49 key demo rating – Money in the Bank fallout

7/10/23: 1,809,000 viewers – 0.56 key demo rating

7/17/23: 1,881,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating

7/24/23: 1,818,000 viewers – 0.57 key demo rating

7/31/23: 1,759,000 viewers – 0.53 key demo rating – SummerSlam go-home

8/7/23: 1,888,000 viewers – 0.61 key demo rating – SummerSlam fallout

8/14/23: 1,757,000 viewers – 0.55 key demo rating

8/20/23: 1,591,000 viewers – 0.50 key demo rating

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