WWE RAW viewership falls to record low against 2023 football competition

The September 11th 2023 edition of WWE RAW drew an average of 1.353 million viewers on the USA Network with a 0.40 18-49 demo rating. Raw was down 21% in overall viewership from last week and down 22% in 18-49. Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics.com noted the following…

“Against the first week of Monday Night Football, with the exception of the ‘Best of’ episode on Dec 26 last year, this is the least-watched RAW ever. Bills vs. Jets was watched by 22.6 million viewers across ABC (11.7M), ESPN (9.4M), and ESPN2 (1.5M).”

Here were the hourly numbers…

Hour 1: 1.370
Hour 2: 1.400
Hour 3: 1.290

One year ago, the September 12th 2022 edition of WWE RAW drew an average of 1.709 million viewers on the USA Network with a 0.44 18-49 demo rating.

Against the first week of Monday Night Football, with the exception of the "Best of" episode on Dec 26 last year, this is the least-watched Raw ever.

Bills vs. Jets was watched by 22.6 million viewers across ABC (11.7M), ESPN (9.4M), and ESPN2 (1.5M).

— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) September 12, 2023