WWE And AEW Show Ratings: RAW (Dec 29), SmackDown (Jan 2), And Collision (Jan 3)

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According to Netflix, the WWE RAW episode that aired on December 29 ranked eighth on the U.S. Top 10 TV chart. However, the episode did not secure a position in Netflix’s global rankings, and no worldwide viewership figures were provided.

This latest placement is an improvement from the previous week, as the December 22 episode failed to chart in both the United States and international markets. One week earlier, the December 15 episode reached number seven in the U.S. but still did not make the global Top 10. Overall, RAW has yet to gain international traction, where Netflix’s rankings remain dominated by "Stranger Things."

While RAW's streaming performance overseas has been limited, it continues to generate strong engagement on WWE's digital platforms. One of the most viewed moments featured The Usos winning the World Tag Team Championship from AJ Styles and Dragon Lee, which garnered approximately 847,000 views on YouTube, becoming the show's highlight.

In other news, Programming Insider reports that last Friday's episode of WWE SmackDown on the USA Network attracted an average of 1.175 million viewers and achieved a rating of 0.28 in the key 18-49 demographic. This represents a 3.25% increase from the previous week's viewership of 1.138 million and a 3.70% rise from the prior week's rating of 0.27 in the key demographic. The rating was the highest for the show since the November 28 episode, which also recorded a 0.28 rating in the 18-49 demo. Overall, the audience was the largest since the December 12 episode, which had 1.24 million total viewers, and the show topped the night in the key 18-49 demographic.

In contrast, last Saturday's AEW Collision on TNT drew an average of 241,000 viewers with a rating of 0.03 in the 18-49 demographic. This represents an 11.06% increase from the previous week's 217,000 viewers for the special Christmas Day episode aired on December 25. However, it was a 25% decrease from the rating of 0.04 for that Christmas Day episode in the same demographic. The rating of 0.03 in the 18-49 key demo is the lowest for AEW Collision since the December 6 episode, which also had a rating of 0.03. The total viewer count was also down from the 333,000 viewers during the Collision hour of AEW Holiday Bash on December 17.

For comparison, the first WWE SmackDown of 2025 recorded a rating of 0.45 in the 18-49 demo and drew 1.528 million viewers on the USA Network. In contrast, the first episode of AEW Collision in 2025 had a rating of 0.09 in the 18-49 demo and attracted 345,000 viewers.

Last Friday's WWE SmackDown was headlined by Damian Priest facing Aleister Black in an Ambulance Match, while last Saturday's AEW Collision was headlined by Darby Allin competing against The Death Riders’ Wheeler Yuta in a singles match.