WWE RAW Reunion Draws Best Viewership In 11 Months
Monday's big WWE RAW Reunion episode, featuring returns by several top Legends and Superstars including WWE Hall of Famers Steve Austin and Hulk Hogan, drew an average of 3.093 million viewers, according to Showbuzz Daily. This is up 26% from last week's 2.453 million viewers.
This is the best viewership and the first time RAW has hit 3 million viewers since the post-SummerSlam 2018 episode on August 20, which drew 3.095 million viewers. It topped the post-WrestleMania 35 episode of RAW, which
averaged 2.924 million viewers, by 6%.
The last major RAW featuring a host of former legends, RAW 25 in January of 2018, averaged 4.53 million viewers, beating last night's episode by 32%.
For this week's show, the first hour drew 3.019 million viewers (last week's hour 1 – 2.379 million), the second hour drew 3.178 million viewers (last week's hour 2 – 2.503 million) and the final hour drew 3.083 million viewers (last week's hour 3 – 2.478 million).
RAW was #1 in viewership and #1 in the Cable Top 150 18-49 demographic this week, for the first time in several months.
The Bachelorette on ABC drew 6.597 million viewers on broadcast TV in the 8pm hour while Love Island drew 1.876 million viewers on CBS, American Ninja Warrior drew 4.739 million viewers on NBC, Beat Shazam drew 2.458 million viewers on Fox and CW's Penn & Teller show drew 1.180 million viewers, all in the 8pm hour on broadcast TV.
Below is our 2019 RAW Viewership Tracker:
January 7 Episode: 2.324 million viewers
January 14 Episode: 2.722 million viewers
January 21 Episode: 2.462 million viewers
January 28 Episode: 2.703 million viewers (post-Royal Rumble episode)
February 4 Episode: 2.510 million viewers
February 11 Episode: 2.462 million viewers
February 18 Episode: 2.771 million viewers (post-Elimination Chamber episode)
February 25 Episode: 2.922 million viewers
March 4 Episode: 2.783 million viewers
March 11 Episode: 2.819 million viewers (post-Fastlane episode)
March 18 Episode: 2.695 million viewers
March 25 Episode: 2.589 million viewers
April 1 Episode: 2.639 million viewers
April 8 Episode: 2.923 million viewers (post-WrestleMania 35 episode)
April 15 Episode: 2.665 million viewers (Superstar Shakeup episode)
April 22 Episode: 2.374 million viewers
April 29 Episode: 2.158 million viewers
May 6 Episode: 2.244 million viewers
May 13 Episode: 2.349 million viewers (taped episode from London)
May 20 Episode: 2.521 million viewers (post-Money In the Bank episode)
May 27 Episode: 2.190 million viewers (Memorial Day episode)
June 3 Episode: 2.405 million viewers
June 10 Episode: 2.125 million viewers (post-Super ShowDown episode)
June 17 Episode: 2.235 million viewers
June 24 Episode: 2.275 (post-Stomping Grounds episode)
July 1 Episode: 2.496 million viewers
July 8 Episode: 2.352 million viewers
July 15 Episode: 2.453 million viewers (post-Extreme Rules episode)
July 22 Episode: 3.093 million viewers (RAW Reunion episode)
July 29 Episode:
2018 Total: 149.628 million viewers over 53 episodes
2018 Average: 2.823 million viewers per episode
2017 Total: 156.971 million viewers over 52 episodes
2017 Average: 3.018 million viewers per episode