Raw Live Raw discussion thread, August 28th 2023: Becky Lynch gets her pound of flesh from Zoey Stark

[Sabretooth]

Lol Becky breaking character and crying over Bray and Trish is still in character and giving her the death stare

 

[Jimmy King]

Becky closing out the show with the Bray armband and crying broke me. That was a nice story she shared as well.

 

[Y2Jayne]

Ciampa entered the ring to "No Will Survive" and they had "Renegade" play when he won

 

[Chris]

Raw last night was up from last week, likely due to having no NFL competition this Monday.

Raw averaged 1.68 million viewers and drew a 0.51 rating in 18-49. The show did steady numbers until 10:15 p.m. and then had a big drop in the last 45 minutes.

Raw was first place on television for the night. The closest cable competition was 90 Day: The Last Resort on TLC at 1,29 million/0.31 while NBC's American Ninja Warrior topped the network rankings at 3.30 million/0.44.

Raw was still lower than the show had been doing with no football competition in previous weeks as the number two weeks ago was 1.76 million/0.55.

Raw was up five percent from last week against preseason football in total viewers, as well as up three percent in 18-49 and down 14 percent in 18-34.

Although Raw has been beating last year's numbers routinely, last year on this week Raw did a huge number and this year was down 20 percent in viewers, down 12 percent in 18-49, and down 26 percent in 18-34. Factoring in the loss of homes over the past year in cable, the real drops would be 16 percent in viewers, four percent in 18-49, and 19 percent in 18-34.

The third hour, built around a Becky Lynch vs. Zoey Stark falls count anywhere match, didn't hold the audience well.

The three hours were:

• 8 p.m. 1.74 million viewers
• 9 p.m. 1.73 million viewers
• 10 p.m. 1.57 million viewers

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