Here’s Why WWE Nixed Raw TV-14 Plans

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Here’s why WWE has nixed plans for Raw to move to a TV-14 rating.

Andrew Zarian had previously reported that the show was set to become a TV-14 product with the July 18 episode.

A lot has happened since then, with Vince McMahon retiring, Triple H taking over creative, and Stephanie McMahon & Nick Khan becoming co-CEOs. An update from PWInsider on August 25 revealed that WWE doesn’t have any current plans for Raw to change rating.

Per Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, this is because WWE doesn’t want to upset advertisers so early into the new regime.

Confirming that there were at one point plans for the change, Meltzer noted:

“That’s not gonna happen now. Yeah, that was one of the new things. Andrew (Zarian) knows the whole story. Absolutely, there were memos and everything. It was planned.

“I think that’s the new regime and that could be Stephanie instead of Vince. Vince maybe was considering it. Stephanie’s thing is let’s not make Mattel unhappy and we don’t need it (the TV-14 rating). You know what I mean? And they don’t.”

WWE Raw viewership has been up since Vince McMahon’s departure, with every episode following the management change so far drawing over 1.9 million fans. The August 22 show drew 2.005 million, with a 0.55 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Stay up to date with WWE Raw viewership for 2022 using our tracker at this link.

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