This week's episodes of Raw and SmackDown Live were down 30% and 25% from 2018, respectively. Raw drew a
2019-low of 2.158 million viewers while SmackDown Live logged a
2019-low of 1.833 million viewers. To put this in perspective, Raw's average viewership through 2018 saw a 32% decline over the past
five years.
Though WWE's viewership annually softens in the months following WrestleMania, both numbers represented the lowest non-holiday total outside football season in company history. With the NBA still relatively early in its postseason and football season around the corner, WWE's alarmingly low viewership numbers stand to get very embarrassing, very quickly.
As has been the case, the biggest drops came among
younger demographics. In the case of SmackDown Live, viewership was down 38% among teenagers and 40% among the 18-35 demo.
Without someone to challenge him, McMahon has become comfortable and complacent. Even with his numbers down to historic lows, he's still the only real ballgame in town, and he knows it. Unless something changes, and a competitor rises up to challenge WWE for television dominance, there's no real reason to improve the product.
We are upon that time, so with that being said:
Shut your mouth
@Deezy.