Raw Ratings Continue Decline – Smackdown Sees Improvement Over Last Year

– Along with the Q3 financials, WWE also released their Key Performance Indicators. In a break down of the ratings compared to Q3 2015, here is what is revealed…

* Raw is down 14% in Q3 as compared to this time last year.

* Smackdown, which moved to the USA Network and went live, is up 13% as compared to this time last year.

* The USA Network, as a whole, is down 11% as compared to this time last year. Both WWE shows (especially Raw) are above the network average, which makes them very valuable to the network.

* The top 25 cable networks have seen a 6% loss as compared to this time last year.