WWE TV scores and viewer numbers will always be the most important measuring sticks in determining your results.
The WWE has had a good deal of struggles with declining television scores during the pandemic wrestling era, and the arrival of AEW has only increased the examination of television ranking trends. While the numbers in the United States have been consistently low, except for a few brief rises, the viewer in other countries presents a promising picture for the WWE.
Michael Morales and Miguel Perez, of Lucha Libre Online, published exclusive information about WWE scores outside the United States. Based on the reports of Lucha Libre Online, India is one of the most prominent markets in the WWE, as the country has achieved a staggering figure.
The average number of RAW viewers in India in January 2021 was over 4 million viewers per week. SmackDown was making $ 3 million a week, while NXT was also getting a little over a million in the first month of the new year.
South Africa garnered an average of over a million viewers for both RAW and SmackDown. Canada, Germany and Italy attracted nearly 300,000 viewers a week, respectively, for RAW and SmackDown broadcasts.
The report only had the SmakDown number for South Korea, which surpassed 300,000 viewers. RAW figures were not available.
These impressive numbers are only half the history of the WWE
WWE managed to attract an average of 5.9 million viewers for RAW in January 2021 from India, Canada, Germany, South Africa and Italy. For SmackDown, which also included the South Korean market, WWE reached about 5.2 million viewers.
The report quickly realized that these figures do not yet reveal the full story, as many countries and markets have been left out. It should be noted that WWE broadcasts a litany of programs in Latin America, the United Kingdom, China, Japan and several other places.
SmackDown has maintained a steady evolution in 2021 in the US, as the Blue brand has remained above the two million threshold. RAW officials have not been so lucky, as the Red brand has managed to attract about 1.85 million viewers in January 2021.
The Lucha Libre Online report concluded with the following detail:
The approximate actual ranking between the aforementioned countries and the United States for Raw rises to 7.2 million viewers per week in January 2021. Although Raw has an average of 7.75 million average viewers in the countries mentioned.
The great importance of the report has been the great importance of the WWE television deal in India. WWE’s exceptional progress in India explains why the company has invested a lot of time in putting together an independent show for Indian fans.
The WWE Superstar Show was a successful event, and plans were reported to start a weekly program and boost talent and self-produced stories.