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TV RATINGS

WWE Raw on USA Network
Mon, May. 20, 2024: 8:00 to 11:00 pm

1,733,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.56

HIGHEST P2+ SINCE APR. 15, 2024

HIGHEST P18-49 SINCE APR. 15, 2024

Competition note: Raw was #2 in P18-49 on cable for the night. It ranked behind the Oilers-Canucks NHL playoff game on ESPN, which averaged a 0.58 P18-49 rating and but was slightly lower than Raw in total viewers, with 1,656,000. Earlier in the night on ESPN, the Sun-Fever WNBA game averaged 1,556,000 total viewers and a 0.42 P18-49 rating.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (1,589,000): +9%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (1,622,000): +7%

• Current 2024-Q2 P2+ average (1,772,000) vs. 2023-Q2 (1,804,000): -2%

• Current May 2024 P2+ average (1,647,000) vs. May 2023 (1,706,000): -3%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.53): +6%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.53): +6%

• Current 2024-Q2 P18-49 average (0.59) vs. 2023-Q2 (0.57): +4%

• Current May 2024 P18-49 average (0.54) vs. May 2023 (0.54): +0%

Viewer counts for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 4 non-preemption episodes in parentheses:

• P2+: 1733k (+8%)

• P18-49: 737k (+6%)

• Non-P18-49: 996k (+9%)

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LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

WWE Raw
Monday, May 20, 2024
Greensboro, NC at Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Estimated tickets distributed: 9,898

Market-to-market comparisons (Greensboro, NC):

• 2021-11-26 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 6,711 (+47% vs. 9,898)

• 2021-12-22 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 5,593 (+77%)

• 2022-05-02 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 6,004 (+65%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2022-12-28 (Wed) – WWE Live: 7,063 (+40%)

• 2023-05-15 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 10,012 (-1%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2023-08-12 (Sat) – AEW Collision: 5,420 (+83%)

• 2024-03-03 (Sun) – AEW Revolution: 16,280 (-39%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q2 WWE Raw average: (11,507) vs. 2023-Q2 (9,419): +22%

DIGITAL

As of 8:07 pm, May 21

Most-viewed YouTube videos on WWE’s official channel:

• 1.) Jey Uso vs. Gunther – 2024 King of the Ring Semifinal – FULL MATCH: Raw, May 20, 2024: 462,952

• 2.) 415,907 – Braun Strowman helps Awesome Truth against Judgment Day

• 3.) 325,659 – Otis apologizes to Sami Zayn

• 4.) 240,801 – Bron Breakker sends Kale Dixon to the hospital

• 5.) 233,492 – Sami Zayn implores Alpha Academy to leave Chad Gable

• 6.) 189,920 – Otis helps Chad Gable defeat Sami Zayn

• 7.) 181,811 – Bron Breakker spears Ricochet backstage

• 8.) 151,555 – Damian Priest tells Carlito that protection comes at a cost

RECEPTION

As of 8:25 pm, May 21

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 8.30 (76 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (7.36): +13%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (7.46): +11%

• Current 2024-Q2 average (7.55) vs. 2023-Q2 (6.88): +10%

Match ratings:

• 8.31 (126 votes) – Lyra Valkyria vs. IYO SKY

• 7.40 (110 votes) – Gunther vs. Jey Uso

• 7.19 (100 votes) – Sami Zayn vs. Chad Gable

• 6.01 (70 votes) – The Judgment Day (Finn Balor & JD McDonagh) vs. Awesome Truth (R-Truth & The Miz) (c)

• 5.43 (71 votes) – Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark vs. Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai & Kairi Sane) vs. Katana Chance & Kayden Carter vs. Ivy Nile & Maxxine Dupri

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Kale Dixon vs. Bron Breakker

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TV RATINGS

AEW Collision on TNT
Sat, May. 18, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm

523,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.15

AEW Rampage on TNT
Sat, May. 18, 2024: 10:00 to 11:00 pm
(PREEMPTED AIRING)

391,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.13

Reported earlier by Programming Insider and SpoilerTV.

COLLISION – HIGHEST P2+ SINCE SEP. 23, 2023

COLLISION – HIGHEST P18-49 SINCE FEB. 10, 2024

Competition note: Collision ranked #5 among cable originals for the day in P18-49, behind an NHL playoff game (Canucks-Oilers) on ESPN (0.34), the PGA Championship on ESPN (0.31), Top Rank Boxing on ESPN (0.19), and Formula 1 on ESPN2 (0.19). Rampage ranked #10, according to SpoilerTV.

Collision – P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (378,000): +38%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (420,000): +25%

• Current 2024-Q2 P2+ average (457,000) vs. 2023-Q2 (706,000): -35%

Collision – P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.12): +25%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.12): +25%

• Current 2024-Q2 P18-49 average (0.13) vs. 2023-Q2 (0.27): -52%

Collision – Viewer counts for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 4 non-preemption episodes in parentheses:

• P2+: 523k (+14%)
• P18-49: 198k (+19%)
• F18-49: 53k (-9%)
• M18-49: 150k (+37%)
• Non-P18-49: 325k (+11%)

• P18-49: 198k (+20%)

Rampage – P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (Preemption: 324,000): +21%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (431,000): -9%

• Current 2024-Q2 P2+ average (331,000) vs. 2023-Q2 (407,000): -19%

• Current May 2024 P2+ average (431,000) vs. May 2023 (436,000): -1%

Rampage – P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (Preemption: 0.11): +18%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.15): -13%

• Current 2024-Q2 P18-49 average (0.10) vs. 2023-Q2 (0.12): -17%

• Current May 2024 P18-49 average (0.15) vs. May 2023 (0.11): +36%

Rampage – Viewer counts for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 4 non-preemption episodes in parentheses:

• P2+: 391k (+21%)

• P18-49: 251k (+104%)

• F18-49: 47k (-24%)

• M18-49: 124k (+82%)

• Non-P18-49: 140k (-30%)

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LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

AEW Collision
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Portland, OR at Moda Center
Estimated tickets distributed: 2,855

Market-to-market comparisons (Portland, OR):

• 2022-09-12 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 7,993 (-64% vs. 2,855)

• 2023-01-06 (Fri) – AEW Rampage: 5,083 (-44%)

• 2023-04-07 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 10,116 (-72%)

• 2023-11-08 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 4,413 (-35%)

• 2024-01-08 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 10,294 (-72%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q2 AEW Collision average: (3,495) vs. 2023-Q2 (6,493): -46%

DIGITAL

As of 12:07 pm, May 21

Collision – Most-viewed YouTube videos on AEW’s official channel:

• 1.) 136,769 – Elite BLOOD MONEY! Danielson & FTR try to survive Archer & The Righteous!

• 2.) 129,194 – “Aerial Assassin” Will Ospreay seeks revenge against STP’s Shane Taylor!

• 3.) 81,645 – Orange Cassidy faces Private Party’s Isiah Kassidy while Trent looks on!

• 4.) 80,806 – “The Professor” vs “The QueenSlayer”! Serena Deeb takes on Anna Jay!

• 5.) 68,545 – FTW Contender Series! Former Champ HOOK faces Johnny TV!

• 6.) 55,217 – The Patriarchy’s “Prodigy”, Nick Wayne, in ACTION!

• 7.) 39,012 – KEITH Qualifies! Bounty Hunter Keith continues to earn bounties!

• 8.) 37,976 – FTW Contender Series! Shibata vs Rocky Romero 1-on-1 for the 1st time EVER!

As of 12:07 pm, May 21

Rampage – Most-viewed YouTube videos on AEW’s official channel:

• 1.) 80,806 – “The Professor” vs “The QueenSlayer”! Serena Deeb takes on Anna Jay!

• 2.) 61,944 – “The Machine” Brian Cage vs The Acclaimed’s Anthony Bowens!

• 3.) 56,119 – Kyle O’Reilly & STP’s Lee Moriarty in a hard-hitting BATTLE!

• 4.) 47,218 – “The Virtuosa” Deonna Purrazzo faces the always game Robyn Renegade!

• 5.) 39,695 – RUSH ROLL! Toro Blanco picks up momentum!

RECEPTION

As of 12:32 pm, May 21

Collision – Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 5.81 (63 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (7.63): -24%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (7.91): -27%

• Current 2024-Q2 average (7.26) vs. 2023-Q2 (7.21): +1%

Collision – Match ratings:

• 6.74 (90 votes) – Shane Taylor vs. Will Ospreay

• 6.69 (71 votes) – Bryan Danielson & FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) vs. Lance Archer & The Righteous (Dutch & Vincent)

• 6.21 (77 votes) – Katsuyori Shibata vs. Rocky Romero

• 5.78 (66 votes) – Orange Cassidy vs. Isiah Kassidy

• 5.27 (65 votes) – Serena Deeb vs. Anna Jay

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Johnny TV vs. Hook

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Boulder vs. Bryan Keith

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Nick Wayne vs. Jack Cartwheel

As of 12:31 pm, May 21

Rampage – Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 4.91 (32 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (5.92): -17%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.31): -22%

• Current 2024-Q2 average (6.01) vs. 2023-Q2 (6.21): -3%

Rampage – Match ratings:

• 6.71 (57 votes) – Lee Moriarty vs. Kyle O’Reilly

• 5.70 (39 votes) – Brian Cage vs. Anthony Bowens

• 4.38 (41 votes) – Robyn Renegade vs. Deonna Purrazzo

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Cody Chhun vs. Rush

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TV RATINGS

WWE Smackdown on Fox
Fri, May. 17, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm

2,186,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.59

Reported earlier by Programming Insider.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (2,128,000): +3%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (2,188,000): -0%

• Current 2024-Q2 P2+ average (2,291,000) vs. 2023-Q2 (2,309,000): -1%

• Current May 2024 P2+ average (2,154,000) vs. May 2023 (2,124,000): +1%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.62): -5%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.61): -3%

• Current 2024-Q2 P18-49 average (0.65) vs. 2023-Q2 (0.61): +7%

• Current May 2024 P18-49 average (0.60) vs. May 2023 (0.53): +13%

Viewer counts for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 4 non-preemption episodes in parentheses:

• P2+: 2186k (+2%)

• P18-49: 773k (-4%)

• Non-P18-49: 1413k (+3%)

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LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

WWE Smackdown
Friday, May 17, 2024
Jacksonville, FL at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
Estimated tickets distributed: 10,197

Market-to-market comparisons (Jacksonville, FL):

• 2019-07-13 (Sat) – AEW Fight For The Fallen: 4,332 (+135% vs. 10,197)

• 2020-01-01 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 3,800 (+168%)

• 2021-05-30 (Sun) – AEW Double or Nothing: 4,151 (+146%)

• 2021-06-26 (Sat) – AEW Saturday Night Dynamite: 1,152 (N/M)

• 2021-06-30 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 1,120 (N/M)

• 2021-08-04 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 2,568 (+297%)

• 2021-09-03 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 6,724 (+52%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2021-12-29 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 3,542 (+188%)

• 2022-03-02 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 1,725 (N/M)

• 2022-03-14 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 5,908 (+73%)

• 2022-10-21 (Fri) – AEW Rampage: 2,431 (N/M)

• 2023-05-08 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 8,504 (+20%)

• 2024-01-10 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 3,183 (+220%)

• 2024-04-24 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 2,177 (N/M)

• 2024-04-27 (Sat) – AEW Collision: 2,421 (N/M)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q2 WWE Smackdown average: (12,563) vs. 2023-Q2 (10,204): +23%

DIGITAL

As of 4:05 pm, May 20

Most-viewed YouTube videos on WWE’s official channel:

• 1.) Cody Rhodes and Logan Paul’s tense contract signing – FULL SEGMENT: SmackDown, May 17, 2024: 985,788

• 2.) 465,327 – Jade Cargill gets disqualified against Nia Jax

• 3.) 463,172 – Randy Orton plans to destroy The Bloodline

• 4.) 372,165 – Randy Orton strikes out Carmelo Hayes

• 5.) 319,662 – Tama Tonga eclipses LA Knight in King of the Ring Quarterfinal

• 6.) 205,159 – Belair vs. Stratton – Queen of the Ring Quarterfinal

• 7.) 156,511 – Carmelo Hayes introduces LA Knight to HIM

• 8.) 149,243 – #DIY get one up over Legado del Fantasma

RECEPTION

As of 4:33 pm, May 20

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 5.88 (84 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (6.34): -7%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.39): -8%

• Current 2024-Q2 average (6.21) vs. 2023-Q2 (6.89): -10%

Match ratings:

• 7.17 (115 votes) – Tiffany Stratton vs. Bianca Belair

• 6.57 (98 votes) – Carmelo Hayes vs. Randy Orton

• 5.66 (79 votes) – Legado del Fantasma (Angel & Berto) vs. #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa)

• 5.10 (87 votes) – LA Knight vs. Tama Tonga

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Nia Jax vs. Jade Cargill

This report was produced with the assistance of programming scripts created by me.