WWE Raw Viewership, Ratings Fall On 8/30/21

WWE Raw viewership is back below 2 million to round out August 2021.

ShowBuzz Daily reports the August 30 episode of WWE Raw drew an average of 1.907 million viewers, down from last week's viewership of 2.067 million viewers.

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The demo number was down also as the show posted a 0.54 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic, down from last week's number of a 0.64 rating in the same demographic. Hour number two had the highest demo but the first hour had the most viewers

This week's episode flipped the script from what was announced last week as Bobby Lashley did not take on Seamus instead, there were two separate championship matches.

One match featured Damian Priest successfully defending his United States Championship against Sheamus and Drew McIntyre. Then, in the main event, Randy Orton and Riddle successfully defended their Raw Tag Team Championship against MVP and Bobby Lashley.

Hourly Breakdown

Hour 1: 1.955 million viewers, 0.56 in the 18-49 demo
Hour 2: 1.936 million viewers, 0.57 in the 18-49 demo
Hour 3: 1.830 million viewers, 0.50 in the 18-49 demo

Top 5 Most Viewed WWE Raw (8/30) Videos on YouTube
- RK-Bro vs. Bobby Lashley & MVP – Raw Tag Team Championship Match (1.1 million views)

- Priest vs. McIntyre vs. Sheamus – United States Championship Triple Threat Match (525,000 views)

Doudrop renders Eva Marie unable to compete (467,000 views)

- Priest’s Open Challenge brings out McIntyre, Lashley, RK-Bro and Sheamus (458,000 views)

- Charlotte Flair vs. Nia Jax: (436,000 views)

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