WWE Raw’s final stop before Money in the Bank 2026 delivered 2.4 million global views during its first seven days on Netflix. The October 5 episode was down modestly from the 2.5 million views recorded by the September 28 edition, while accumulating 4.3 million hours viewed across the week.
Though the week-to-week global viewership figure declined by 100,000, Raw improved its placement on Netflix’s weekly charts. The program ranked seventh globally among television shows for the week, moving up one position after placing eighth the previous week. It also made a more substantial gain in the United States, where it ranked fourth after finishing seventh domestically for the September 28 episode.
Raw was behind Below, East of Eden, and Mojo Brookzz: I Know You Lying on the U.S. television chart. The fourth-place domestic result represented a strong chart showing for WWE’s flagship Monday night program as it built toward one of the company’s major premium live events.
A Small Viewership Dip, But Better Weekly Chart Positions
The October 5 broadcast arrived with the usual heightened stakes of a premium live event go-home edition. WWE presented major championship developments, a No. 1 contender’s match, and further escalation in several prominent rivalries ahead of Money in the Bank in New Orleans.
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Its 2.4 million views marked a four-percent decline compared with the previous week’s 2.5 million. However, the shift in Netflix chart position illustrates that Raw’s overall placement among the platform’s programming improved despite that minor decrease. The move from eighth to seventh worldwide and seventh to fourth in the United States gave the episode a stronger comparative result in the week’s streaming landscape.
Hours viewed provide another measure of the audience’s consumption of the episode. Raw generated 4.3 million hours watched over the seven-day reporting period. That total reflects viewing across the full weekly window rather than a traditional same-night television measurement, fitting the program’s distribution model on Netflix.
WWE’s Netflix-era reporting places particular focus on worldwide viewing and weekly chart performance. As a result, Raw’s ranking movement is an important part of the episode’s performance picture alongside its total views. The October 5 show did not match the preceding week’s global audience number, but its stronger chart positions gave WWE a notable positive indicator heading into Money in the Bank.
Roman Reigns And LA Knight Set The Tone
World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns and LA Knight opened the October 5 Raw with a face-to-face confrontation before their championship match in New Orleans. The segment established the central title focus of the go-home broadcast, putting the reigning champion and his challenger in the spotlight at the beginning of the show.
Reigns’ presence ensured that the World Heavyweight Championship picture remained central to the build for Money in the Bank. Knight, meanwhile, had a direct opportunity to make his final statement before challenging for one of WWE’s top championships. Their confrontation gave the episode an immediate premium live event atmosphere and framed the looming match as Raw’s most significant men’s title issue.
The program’s placement of Reigns and Knight in the opening segment also underscored how much attention WWE placed on their impending showdown. Go-home episodes frequently rely on a decisive final exchange between rivals, and Raw used its opening minutes to establish the tension between the champion and challenger before the action moved into the rest of the card.
Women’s World Championship Match Becomes A Triple Threat
The night’s main event centered on the Women’s World Championship scene. Liv Morgan faced Becky Lynch in a No. 1 contender’s match designed to determine who would challenge Women’s World Champion Stephanie Vaquer.
There was no clean winner. The match ended in a no-contest after Vaquer interfered, preventing either Morgan or Lynch from securing the designated championship opportunity. Rather than allowing the issue to remain unresolved, Vaquer challenged both women to meet her in a triple threat match at Money in the Bank.
That decision significantly changed the championship landscape going into the event. Instead of defending against one challenger, Vaquer will now have to contend with both Morgan and Lynch in the same bout. Triple threat rules create a different challenge for a defending champion, as Vaquer will not need to be involved in the deciding fall in order to lose the title.
The finish also left the conflict among all three competitors active heading into New Orleans. Morgan and Lynch were unable to settle who deserved the title match, while Vaquer’s interference directly inserted the champion into the outcome. The result gave Raw a major final development and ensured that the Women’s World Championship match will carry a three-way rivalry rather than a conventional one-on-one structure.
Key Matches And Judgment Day Interference
Elsewhere on the October 5 episode, Rey Fenix defeated Ethan Page. The result added another singles victory to Fenix’s Raw campaign during a night that featured several divisions receiving attention ahead of the premium live event.
The Judgment Day was also involved in a significant tag team result. Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonagh defeated Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee, but the outcome was influenced by outside interference from Big Cass. The interference helped Dominik and McDonagh secure the win over the father-and-son-adjacent pairing of Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee.
Big Cass’ involvement was especially important because it affected a match featuring several established Raw names and altered what might otherwise have been a straightforward tag team contest. Judgment Day benefited from the outside assistance, giving Dominik and McDonagh momentum as WWE continued to feature the group’s activity on the Money in the Bank go-home show.
The women of Judgment Day also scored a victory over Sol Ruca and Lola Vice. That win gave the faction success across both its men’s and women’s sides on the same episode, reinforcing Judgment Day’s presence throughout the broadcast.
Money In The Bank Momentum Carries Into New Orleans
Raw’s October 5 episode was built around final positioning before Money in the Bank, and the show delivered developments in both world championship programs highlighted during the broadcast. Reigns and Knight had their final face-to-face confrontation before their World Heavyweight Championship match, while Vaquer’s next challenger situation evolved from a No. 1 contender’s contest into a triple threat title defense.
The title scenes were supported by victories for Rey Fenix and Judgment Day, along with Big Cass’ interference in the Mysterio and Dragon Lee tag match. Taken together, those developments gave WWE multiple talking points heading into New Orleans while keeping the show’s most important stakes focused on its championship matches.
From a streaming standpoint, the episode’s results were mixed in the narrowest sense but favorable in terms of competitive chart placement. Raw’s worldwide audience slipped from 2.5 million views to 2.4 million, yet it rose to seventh globally. Its fourth-place finish in the United States was an even more notable improvement from the prior week’s seventh-place domestic ranking.
With 4.3 million hours viewed over seven days, the October 5 Raw carried WWE into Money in the Bank with a solid presence on Netflix’s weekly lists. The next major question will be whether the fallout from New Orleans, including the outcome of Reigns versus Knight and Vaquer’s triple threat defense against Morgan and Lynch, can translate into another strong week for the red brand.
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