RAW Ratings 8/18 Down for SummerSlam Go-Home

RAW rating down as we go into SummerSlam at the ThunderDome.

According to ShowBuzz Daily, this week’s Monday Night RAW averaged 1,643,000 viewers. This is down roughly 5% from last week’s show that averaged 1,722,000 viewers. This week saw a 79,000 viewer decrease. As far as non-new programming, the night was won by the Dallas Mavericks versus LA Clippers NBA game.

As far as the demographics, in the 18-49 demo, RAW drew a .48. In the 18-34 demo, RAW drew a .28 and in the 50+ demo, RAW drew a .80. In the all-important 18-49 demo, RAW was ranked 11th when you average all three hours together.

Monday Night RAW Hourly Breakdown

• Hour 1: 1,730,000 (18-49: .52  18-34: .33  50+: 84)
• Hour 2: 1,697,000 (18-49: .49  18-34: .28  50+: .83)
• Hour 3: 1,502,000 (18-49: .44  18-34: .24  50+: .74)

Top 5 Monday Night RAW YouTube Highlights

• Rey & Dominik fight off Seth Rollins & Murphy (over 1.6 million views)
• Randy Orton punts Shawn Michaels (over 900,000 views)
• Zelina Vega revealed as poisoning (over 515,000 views)
• Drew McIntyre rallies RAW lockerroom (over 4481,000 views)
• Asuka & Shayna Baszler vs Shasha Banks & Bayley