John Cena Returns to the Ring (Photos), Average WWE Raw & Smackdown Ratings in July of This Year Compared to Past Years

By Nick Paglino

Average WWE Raw & Smackdown Ratings

According to The Wrestling Observer, in the month of July WWE Raw averaged a 2.66 rating with 3.67 million viewers. This number is down 11% in ratings and 15% in viewership from July 2014, during which Raw averaged a 2.99 rating with 4.32 million viewers. July 2013 averaged a 2.97 rating with 4.00 million viewers while July 2012 averaged a 3.35 rating with 4.91 million viewers.

With regards to per home viewers, July 2015 averaged 1.44, which is down from 1.49 per home in 2014 and 1.37 per home in 2013.

WWE Smackdown averaged a 1.70 rating with 2.32 million viewers for July 2015, down 4% in ratings and 8% in viewership from July 2014, even though the show was on Friday nights and one of the episodes fell on July 4th. Excluding that holiday episode, the ratings are down 11% at a 1.91 average and the viewership is down 15% from July 2014 with a 2.72 million average.

Smackdown averaged a 1.79 rating with 2.41 million viewers in 2013 and a 1.92 rating with 2.78 million viewers in 2012. Smackdown averaged 1.46 viewers per home in July of this year.

John Cena Returns to the Ring

After suffering an injury scare at the WWE live event in Hampton, VA on Friday night, John Cena returned to the ring in Charlottesville last night, and once again faced Kevin Owens:

Nick Paglino
Nick Paglino

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.

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