WWE Raw (8/23/21) tops 2 million viewers, delivers second biggest viewership number of 2021

This week’s edition of WWE Monday Night Raw saw its viewership and the key demo rise from last Monday’s episode.

According to Showbuzzdaily.com, the episode drew an average of 2.067 million viewers on the USA Network, which is up from the 1.857 million viewers last week.

The 18-49 demo saw the average rating be 0.64, which is up from the 0.55 rating last week. This was the second best viewership number the show has done this year, which even beat out the post-WrestleMania 37 rating, and was only behind the Legends Night edition on January 4th.

The 18-49 demo rating was the highest since the April 12 post-WrestleMania episode. The 18-49 demos saw hour one had 0.65 then 0.67 in hour two, and 0.60 in hour three. Here is the hourly viewership breakdown:

Hour 1 (8 pm):  2.152 million – last week: 1.1.912
Hour 2 (9 pm): 2.094 million – last week: 1. 1.864
Hour 3 (10 pm): 1.956 million – last week: 1.796

Raw ranked #2 in the top 150 shows on cable for the night, which is down from the #1 ranking last week. The show did have to go up against an NFL preseason game on ESPN that did 3.366 million viewers. This was the fallout edition of Monday Night Raw for Saturday’s SummerSlam.

The episode featured Nikki A.S.H. & Rhea Ripley vs. Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler, Damian Priest & Drew McIntyre vs. Bobby Lashley & Sheamus, Karrion Kross vs. Ricochet, Xavier Woods vs. The Miz, Riddle vs. AJ Styles, and Logan Paul appeared on Moist TV.

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