WWE Raw And Smackdown Both Post Ratings Losses

Taking after a Payback Pay-Per-View that was in fact Raw selective yet observed substantial inclusion from Smackdown, both shows ought to have posted solid numbers. Rather, not exclusively were both Raw and Smackdown down from a week ago as far as viewership, yet both shows drew their least appraisals in a while.

The news was more regrettable for Raw, which drew 2.87 million watchers off hours of 2.924 million, 3.039 million, and 2.649 million. In addition to the fact that this was number - a 4.5% drop from a week ago's 3.007 million - the most reduced of the year, but at the same time it's the least non-occasion, non-football-season number posted in the previous 20 years. The show confronted rivalry from the NBA playoffs, additionally dropped forcefully with an end hour that facilitated a generally lauded triple-risk match to decide a contender for the Intercontinental Title.

Smackdown additionally drew its most minimal number of the year, plunging to 2.3 million watchers. This was a 7.74% drop from a week ago's 2.493 millions watchers which, at the time, was the most reduced appraised version of the show in 2017. Like Raw, it endured solid rivalry as the NBA playoffs.