Raw Rating Up For Final Show Before WrestleMania

– The rating for this week’s Raw nudged up for the final episode before WrestleMania 34. Monday night’s episode brought in a 1.19 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic and 3.358 million viewers. Those numbers are up 2% and down less than a percent respectively from last week’s 1.17 demo rating and 3.367 million viewers. The demo rating was the highest score for Raw since Raw 25’s 1.71 rating on January 22nd and besides that special episode, it was the best since the April 17th episode last year also had a 1.19. The total audience, while down from last week, was up against two weeks ago.

Raw ranked #3 among cable originals for the night per Showbuzz Daily, taking a hit due to the NCAA basketball championships on TBS (a massive 4.09 demo rating and 13.283 million viewers) as well as the post-game show (1.35 demo rating, 4.091 million). The hourly numbers were:

8 PM: 1.22 demo rating (3.430 million viewers)
9 PM: 1.15 demo rating (3.329 million viewers)
10 PM: 1.21 demo rating (3.314 million viewers)