Monday night's episode of
RAW was aired live on Memorial Day and, well, ratings were not good. The show managed to draw a 1.61 rating which is a drop from the previous Monday's 1.73. It's also the second lowest rating of the year and the return of Brock Lesnar and WWE's new "Wild Card" rule clearly aren't helping increase interest.
It was a strange episode as the first hour and a quarter was devoted to promos rather than wrestling so fans tuning in to see WWE's response to All Elite Wrestling's
Double or Nothing PPV were met with zero matches.
While the "Wild Card Rule," the 24/7 Championship, and Brock Lesnar being named Mr. Money in the Bank has resulted in a slight uptick in
RAW's ratings, it doesn't appear to be making a significant impact which will help WWE in the long term. On the plus side, each hour managed to draw more than two million viewers.
The first hour drew 2.265 million, the second hour 2.254 million, and the third hour 2.051 million. Time will tell how WWE responds to these numbers of whether it's written off as being the fault of Memorial Day.