The viewership information for the Feb. 3 edition of “Monday Night Raw” is in, courtesy of TVBytheNumbers.com. The show averaged 4,211,000 viewers, which is over 500,000 down from the previous week’s total of 4,718,000. Unfortunately for WWE, viewership was down 11 % due to the substantial decrease in viewers.
As is the case most times, viewership decreased throughout the entire show. The first hour, which featured The Authority setting up the main event between Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton, averaged 4,428,000 viewers. Viewership slightly decreased to 4,221,000 for the second hour, which saw the New Age Outlaws successfully defend their WWE Tag Team Championship. For the third and final hour, viewership dipped below 4,000,000 as it averaged 3,983,000 viewers.
Additionally, unlike the previous week, WWE did not top the charts for ratings in terms of adults aged from 19-49. WWE was only behind “Love and Hip Hop,” which garnered a 1.8 rating on VH1. WWE’s final rating for the audience was 1.5, which was also down from last week’s rating, which was a 1.7