WWE Officials Unhappy With “Mixed Match Challenge” Viewership?

 The “Mixed Match Challenge” that has been recently seen on Facebook Watch, is WWE’s latest attempt to stay relevant with how people view content.

The tournament features teams of one male and one female from both “Raw” and “Smackdown Live,” coming together to win $100,000 for a charity of their choosing.

While the tournament has gained a lot of excitement on social media, how many people are actually tuning in?

According to a report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, as well as from WrestlingInc, viewership declined in Week 2, which for the live show, dropped about 32% from the premiere episode. This equates to about 132,600 viewers for Week 1 to 92,000 for Week 2.

From the report:

There was an even steeper live viewership drop during Week 3, which saw Braun Strowman and Raw Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss beat Sami Zayn and Becky Lynch. The show peaked at around 62,400 viewers, a decline of 54% from the premiere episode and 32% from Week 2.

Despite the decline in live viewership, the number of total views has not dropped as much percentage-wise from Week 1. Thus far, the premiere episode has drawn 1.9 million views after 18 days (Finn Balor and Sasha Banks vs. Shinsuke Nakamura and Natalya), Week 2 has drawn 1.7 million views after 11 days (The Miz and Asuka vs. Big E and Carmella), and Week 3 has drawn 1.6 million views after 4 days.

You can see a clip from last week’s episode below:

Hear what Braun shouted at Alexa during Mixed Match Challenge

Editor’s Opinion:

This is not surprising. Viewership in any television show always is hot for the first week, but tends to decline as the season goes on. WWE officials don’t need to panic; the “Mixed Match Challenge” has been awesome!

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