WWE RAW Viewership Sets New Low For 2017 Up Against The NBA Finals

By DailyWrestlingNews.com on June 13, 2017

Monday’s WWE RAW, featuring The Hardys vs. RAW Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus in the main event, drew 2.542 million viewers. This is down from last week’s 2.994 million viewers and a new low for 2017. The show also featured WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar returning in the opening segment, which was advertised ahead of time, and no appearances by top stars Roman Reigns or Finn Balor.

This marks the seventh straight week that RAW has averaged below 3 million viewers.

For this week’s show, the first hour drew 2.769 million viewers, the second hour drew 2.522 million viewers and the final hour drew 2.335 million viewers.

RAW was #1 on cable for the night in viewership and #2 in the 18-49 demographic, behind Love & Hip-Hop. The NBA finals aired on network TV (ABC) and drew 19.2 million viewers in the 9pm hour and 20.6 million viewers in the final hour.

Below is our 2017 RAW Viewership Tracker:

January 2nd Episode: 3.046 million viewers
January 9th Episode: 2.907 million viewers
January 16th Episode: 3.271 million viewers
January 23rd Episode: 3.292 million viewers
January 30th Episode: 3.615 million viewers
February 6th Episode: 3.115 million viewers
February 13th Episode: 3.087 million viewers
February 20th Episode: 3.216 million viewers
February 27th Episode: 3.093 million viewers
March 6th Episode: 3.216 million viewers
March 13th Episode: 3.232 million viewers
March 20th Episode: 3.048 million viewers
March 27th Episode: 3.292 million viewers
April 3rd Episode: 3.767 million viewers
April 10th Episode: 3.429 million viewers
April 17th Episode: 3.346 million viewers
April 24th Episode: 3.007 million viewers
May 1st Episode: 2.87 million viewers
May 8th Episode: 2.696 million viewers
May 15th Episode: 2.751 million viewer
May 22nd Episode: 2.615 million viewers
May 29th Episode: 2.613 million viewers
June 5th Episode: 2.994 million viewers
June 12th Episode: 2.542 million viewers
June 19th Episode: