Raw 4/9 Viewership Keeps Rising; Averages 4 Million For Two Hours

Raw after WrestleMania 34 improved ratings on top of a good month of viewership in March. 

The Raw after WrestleMania performed better than any other episode in recent years outside of the 25th Anniversary of Raw. According to ShowBuzz Daily, Raw averaged more than 4 million viewers for the first two hours and dipped to 3.5 million viewers in the third hour. This comes after a straight month of all three hours averaging more than 3 million viewers

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Hour 1: 4,069,000 viewers with 1.5 million in the 18-49 year old demographic. 

Hour 2: 4,098,000 viewers with 1.49 million in the 18-49 year old demographic.

Hour 3: 3,597,000 viewers with  1.40 million in the 18-49 year old demographic.

Raw out performed every other original cable show in both viewership and the 18 to 49 year old demographic. News shows like Sean Hannity and Rachel Maddow have beat Raw in recent weeks in viewership but not this week. 

On YouTube, WWE had more videos receive more than one million views than usual. The following are the videos and their view count. 

Rousey and Stephanie McMahon in the first segment had 2.3 million views. 

Ember Moon's debut had 1.3 million views. 

Braun Strowman and Nicholas relinquishing the Raw Tag Team Championship had 1.9 million views. 

Bobby Lashley's WWE return had 4 million views.

Jeff Hardy's return had 1.5 million views. 

Paige's retirement speech had 1.2 million views. 

Samoa Joe's return had 1 million views. 

Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt talking with "Brother Nero" had 1.4 million views. 

Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens had 1 million views. 

 

 

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