WWE News: RAW Rating Declines Heading Into Royal Rumble, Drops To 2nd In Ranks (1/21/19)

The ratings are in for this week’s WWE RAW!

After some pretty abysmal weeks for Monday Night RAW in the ratings during December, the red brand was able to turn things around the last couple of weeks with increases in their audience. Could they keep it up for this week’s final edition before Royal Rumble?

While the numbers were delayed this week due to the holiday, they have now dropped and the red brand’s viewership has gone back the other direction with a 2.462 rating, down 9.55% from last week (check out last week’s ratings and ranking report). Here’s how the last four weeks of ratings look for RAW:

• December 31st: 1.968
• January 7th: 2.324
• January 14th: 2.722
• January 21st: 2.462

Meanwhile after a week at the top of the Cable Top 150 Rankings for the 18-49 demographic, Monday Night RAW has dropped down one spot to second this week. Here’s Monday night’s top five:

1. NBA Basketball/Warriors vs. Lakers – TNT – 0.97
2. Monday Night RAW (8PM) – USA Network – 0.95
3. Monday Night RAW (9PM) – USA Network – 0.85
4. NBA Basketball/76ers vs. Rockets – TNT – 0.79
5. Monday Night RAW (10PM) – USA Network – 0.77

EA’s Take: So are the ratings down because people were insulted by Alexa Bliss’ “risque” segment last week or are they down because there wasn’t another one? Just curious, but of course I ask that in jest. The last couple of weeks for RAW, I found the show to be much more entertaining that it’s been in quite some time and honestly, I felt it was better than SmackDown Live’s efforts. However, I didn’t feel that way this week and it looks like a lot of others may agree. Personally, I’m thinking people tuned in at the start of the show to see what was going on (which is why the 8PM hour drew the highest rating) and then when they got a glimpse of it, they started tuning out as the show progressed. Going into one of the biggest pay-per-views of the year, I found this week’s RAW to be disappointing.