WWE Raw is the brainchild of Vince McMahon and no matter what, he oversees things for the brand even at an age of 75. The growing age of the WWE head-honcho hasn’t reduced his involvement regarding the red brand, at all. However, he wasn’t present during this week’s episode and in his absence, another trusted shoulder was given the duties of running things on Monday nights.
WWE Talent Relations head John Laurinaitis reportedly ran this week’s episode of WWE RAW at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky. WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon, was in attendance for the show earlier in the day, according to PWInsider. A “capital letters L-O-N-G” production meeting took place earlier in the day with the WWE CEO presiding things.
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Following that, Vince McMahon reportedly then left the building and was not present for the actual live WWE Raw broadcast. The report also informed that WWE’s Senior Vice President and RAW/SmackDown Executive Director Bruce Prichard was also not in attendance for Monday’s episode. That being said, Laurinaitis was left to run the actual show, which was the second-last edition before Survivor Series 2021.
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WWE Raw suffered a huge dip in viewership
The report didn’t mention why Vince McMahon or Bruce Prichard left the host venue, earlier than expected but the word should be out regarding the issue in due course. Apparently, their absence and the booking of the show took a big hit to the viewership.
This past Monday’s live edition of WWE RAW drew an average of 1.549 million viewers on the USA Network, according to Nielsen via Showbuzz Daily. This is down 8.28% from last week’s 1.689 million viewers.
The first hour of the November 8 episode drew 1.654 million viewers (last week’s hour 1 – 1.724 million), the second hour drew 1.621 million viewers (last week’s hour 2 – 1.689 million) and the final hour drew 1.373 million viewers (last week’s hour 3 – 1.655 million). As you can see, a huge dip was seen during the third hour of the event.
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Seth Rollins vs. Kevin Owens featured in the main event match of WWE Raw which ended in a count-out in favor of Rollins. After the match, Owens turned heel in an interesting move. However, that didn’t help the show, at all in terms of ratings and viewership.
