
WWE Raw Viewership & Ratings Report, 5/18/2026
WWE Raw's May 18, 2026 episode maintained consistent viewership compared to the previous week. The show experienced a slight decline in its domestic Netflix ranking for TV shows.
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WWE Raw's May 18, 2026 episode maintained consistent viewership compared to the previous week. The show experienced a slight decline in its domestic Netflix ranking for TV shows.

Jade Cargill says her upcoming WWE Women's Title rematch at Clash In Italy is motivated by revenge. Cargill explained that she is approaching the title match with a revenge-centered mindset.

Carlito revealed during an appearance on Insight with Chris Van Vliet that fans regularly ask him to spit apples in their faces at conventions, but he refuses these requests due to potential legal issues. The former WWE United States Champion said he will sign apples for fans, both fake and real ones, but will not recreate his signature apple-spitting move from his wrestling career.

Major WWE and TKO executives, including former chairman Vince McMahon, are set to testify in the upcoming WWE merger trial. The testimony will involve key figures from both organizations as part of the legal proceedings.

WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray stated that he loved a segment on Raw but believes it revealed who will win a match at the upcoming Clash In Italy event.

Je'Von Evans has received continuous praise from fellow wrestlers and WWE's creative team for his work, with top stars Roman Reigns and Becky Lynch spending time with him backstage. Evans recently competed against Penta for the Intercontinental Championship on the May 25, 2026 episode of Monday Night RAW, where Penta retained the title after hitting a Mexican Destroyer. Despite criticism from Disco Inferno regarding the match's pacing and selling, Evans is being viewed as a major prospect within WWE.

Dominik Mysterio stated that WWE "doesn't know what to do with him" following his absence from the Clash In Italy card. The AAA Mega Champion made these comments after being left off the event.

Vince McMahon, Triple H, and Nick Khan are listed as witnesses in the upcoming trial over a shareholder lawsuit challenging WWE's 2023 merger with Endeavor to create TKO Group Holdings. The lawsuit alleges that McMahon steered WWE toward the Endeavor deal because it allowed him to remain involved with the company after sexual misconduct allegations became public in 2022, and that other potential bidders were not given a fair opportunity to compete. The case names McMahon, Khan, Triple H, George Barrios and Michelle Wilson as defendants over their roles as WWE board members during the merger process, with the plaintiffs seeking damages that could reach millions of dollars.

WWE star Ludwig Kaiser (El Grande Americano) has been officially allowed to travel internationally following his recent arrest. The wrestler is now cleared for international travel after the legal restriction has been lifted.

WWE Raw ranked #7 globally and #5 in the United States on Netflix for the week of May 18, 2026, drawing 2,600,000 global views. This represented a 3.7% decrease from the previous week's episode on May 11, 2026, which had 2,700,000 global views, while the global ranking remained unchanged at #7.

WWE star Ludwig Kaiser is free to travel during his ongoing battery case. This was revealed ahead of his mask-vs-mask match in AAA, where he performs as El Grande Americano.

Former WWE writer and producer Chris Dunn claims that Vince McMahon would never ask talent to take pay cuts, instead choosing to either keep wrestlers he valued or simply release them outright. Speaking on the Public Enemies Podcast, Dunn argued that McMahon's approach was more "all-or-nothing" compared to the current TKO era, stating that McMahon would have either fired someone or kept them if he considered them valuable like The New Day, who he called "a national treasure."