WWE Raw on Netflix viewership down for second straight week, Hulk Hogan docuseries update

Following the high of the post-WrestleMania 42 edition, last week’s WWE Raw on Netflix was down in viewers and global hours viewed for the second straight week.

Released by Netflix on Tuesday, the Monday, May 4 edition brought in 2.7 million global views and 4.6 million global hours viewed. It was the go-home edition before last weekend’s Backlash PLE that featured Roman Reigns and Jacob Fatu in the main event.

The views are down 100,000 from last week and the lowest since February 16 while the hours viewed are their lowest since January 19. (Note that the January 26 show did not have reported numbers as it was out of the top ten).

The episode finished seventh globally, 400,000 behind sixth and 200,000 behind eighth. It finished in the top ten in 21 countries and eighth in the U.S.

The listed runtime was 1:36, shorter than in recent weeks.

The leader for the week was Man on Fire with 12.6 million global views and 70.2 million global hours viewed.

On the Hulk Hogan: Real American docuseries front, it dropped out of the global top ten after two weeks.

Last reported 10 weeks of WWE Raw on Netflix viewership:

Episode date (ascending)Global ViewsGlobal Hours
May 4, 20262.7 million4.6 million
April 27, 20262.8 million5.2 million
April 20, 20263.3 million6.6 million
April 13, 20262.9 million5.6 million
April 6, 20262.9 million5.5 million
March 30, 20263.0 million5.5 million
March 23, 20262.9 million5.5 million
March 16, 20263.0 million5.9 million
March 9, 20262.8 million5.0 million
March 2, 20263.0 million5.4 million
Average for last 10 weeks (rounded)2.93 million5.48 million

Hulk Hogan docuseries edges out WWE Raw in Netflix global top ten

The four-part Hulk Hogan: Real American docuseries on Netflix edged out last Monday’s WWE Raw in total global viewers, according to Netflix’s weekly Tudum rankings.

The Hogan series, co-produced by WWE, brought in 3.1 million global viewers in its second week on the list, up from the prior week’s three million in its debut week. Like the prior week, it was fifth overall globally and had 12.9 million global hours viewed.

The Monday, April 27 edition of Raw did 2.8 million global viewers (sixth overall) and 5.2 million global hours viewed. The viewers are a dip of 500,000 from the post-WrestleMania Raw while the global views were down 1.4 million from the prior week — partially due to a lower runtime and the drop in viewers.

The global views and global hours viewed were both Raw’s lowest since March 9.

The Hogan doc was a top ten show in 14 countries while Raw was in the top ten in 12 countries.

The leader of the week was the first season of Man on Fire (11 million global views) followed closely by the first season of Should I Marry a Murderer? (10.6 million global views).

The difference between fourth place and the Hogan series in fifth place was 3.6 million.

Last reported 10 weeks of WWE Raw on Netflix viewership:

Episode date (ascending)Global ViewsGlobal Hours
April 27, 20262.8 million5.2 million
April 20, 20263.3 million6.6 million
April 13, 20262.9 million5.6 million
April 6, 20262.9 million5.5 million
March 30, 20263.0 million5.5 million
March 23, 20262.9 million5.5 million
March 16, 20263.0 million5.9 million
March 9, 20262.8 million5.0 million
March 2, 20263.0 million5.4 million
February 23, 20262.8 million5.6 million
Average for last 10 weeks (rounded)2.9 million5.6 million

Hulk Hogan docuseries big success in first week on Netflix

The four-part Hulk Hogan docuseries on Netflix was a big viewership success for in its first week on the streaming service.

Revealed as part of the streamer’s weekly Tudum rankings, ‘Hulk Hogan: Real American’ finished fifth overall in the world, just behind last week’s edition of WWE Raw.

The series brought in three million views globally and 12.3 million global hours viewed based on a total runtime of 4:06.

Co-produced by WWE, It was a top ten series in ten countries worldwide and was also fifth in the U.S. behind Raw.

After Hogan’s passing last year, it was announced last December that Netflix was continuing to move ahead with the project with the name and release date revealed three weeks ago.

By comparison, the Vince McMahon docuseries was the fourth most-watched show on Netflix globally after just four day on the service from September 23-29, 2024. The series was viewed 4.9 million times during that period with 28.2 million total hours streamed.

Fight Game: Hulk Hogan Netflix docuseries review

John LaRocca and I return with a brand-new Tuesday edition of the Fight Game to discuss some of the most topical things going on in pro wrestling this week.

We gave out their thumbs up and thumbs down before jumping into two main topics:

  • Finding landing spots for the latest WWE releases
  • How to book the Brock Lesnar vs. Gunther storyline

We also did a full review of the new Netflix docuseries, Hulk Hogan: Real American.

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