Raw after WrestleMania ratings down eight percent from last year

[Big Red Machine]

Source: www.F4WOnline.com

By Dave Meltzer | @davemeltzerWON | Apr 4, 2017 1:43 pm

The Raw after WrestleMania, in what is traditionally the most-watched show of the year, did 3.76 million viewers, which is up from the 3.61 million for the show the day after the Royal Rumble. It was down eight percent from last year's 4.09 million on the similar show, but that's good in comparison since Raw most weeks is down double digits from the same week a year earlier.

Raw was the highest rated show on cable, as The O'Reilly Factor did 3.65 million viewers for second place. The replay of the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony that aired on the USA Network after Raw did 1.29 million viewers.

The big competition was the North Carolina vs. Gonzaga NCAA tournament final that did 23 million viewers on CBS. Last year's tournament final did 17.75 million viewers, but last year was a combination of three different cable stations and this year was on a network station so while it's way up, it's a hard direct comparison to make.

The viewer pattern was the usual post-daylight savings time with the second hour being the highest and a big third hour drop.

The three hours were:

8 p.m. 3.83 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.89 million viewers
10 p.m. 3.58 million viewers

[KILLdozer]

Probably because no one wanted to see those Johnsons in the crowd.