WWE RAW Viewership With Brock Lesnar's Return, Massive Drop In Third Hour
Monday's WWE RAW, featuring Absolution vs. Bayley, Mickie James & Sasha Banks in the main event along with Stephanie McMahon's big women's Royal Rumble announcement, drew 2.786 million viewers. This is up from last week's 2.684 million viewers, which was the lowest number going back to mid-June. RAW also featured an appearance by WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar plus Drew Gulak vs. Cedric Alexander in a #1 contenders match advertised ahead of time. It's worth noting that WWE Intercontinental Champion Roman Reigns did not appear this week as he had the week off.
For this week's show, the first hour drew 3.085 million viewers, the second hour drew 2.803 million viewers and the final hour drew 2.470 million viewers, a massive 20% drop from hour one.
RAW was #4 for the night in viewership, behind the NFL on ESPN, Hannity and Tucker Carlson. RAW was #3 in the 18-demographic, behind the NFL and SportsCenter. The NFL averaged 9.4 million viewers this week.
Below is our 2017 RAW Viewership Tracker:
January 2nd Episode: 3.046 million viewers
January 9th Episode: 2.907 million viewers
January 16th Episode: 3.271 million viewers
January 23rd Episode: 3.292 million viewers
January 30th Episode: 3.615 million viewers
February 6th Episode: 3.115 million viewers
February 13th Episode: 3.087 million viewers
February 20th Episode: 3.216 million viewers
February 27th Episode: 3.093 million viewers
March 6th Episode: 3.216 million viewers
March 13th Episode: 3.232 million viewers
March 20th Episode: 3.048 million viewers
March 27th Episode: 3.292 million viewers
April 3rd Episode: 3.767 million viewers
April 10th Episode: 3.429 million viewers
April 17th Episode: 3.346 million viewers
April 24th Episode: 3.007 million viewers
May 1st Episode: 2.87 million viewers
May 8th Episode: 2.696 million viewers
May 15th Episode: 2.751 million viewer
May 22nd Episode: 2.615 million viewers
May 29th Episode: 2.613 million viewers
June 5th Episode: 2.994 million viewers
June 12th Episode: 2.542 million viewers
June 19th Episode: 3.102 million viewers
June 26th Episode: 2.976 million viewers
July 3rd Episode: 2.839 million viewers
July 10th Episode: 3.009 million viewers
July 17th Episode: 3.153 million viewers
July 24th Episode: 3.067 million viewers
July 31st Episode: 3.163 million viewers
August 7th Episode: 3.240 million viewers
August 14th Episode: 3.233 million viewers
August 21st Episode: 3.404 million viewers
August 28th Episode: 3.304 million viewers
September 4th Episode: 2.932 million viewers
September 11th Episode: 2.903 million viewers
September 18th Episode: 2.833 million viewers
September 25th Episode: 2.923 million viewers
October 2nd Episode: 2.773 million viewers
October 9th Episode: 2.871 million viewers
October 16th Episode: 2.688 million viewers
October 23rd Episode: 2.953 million viewers
October 30th Episode: 2.854 million viewers
November 6th Episode: 2.841 million viewers
November 13th Episode: 3.031 million viewers
November 20th Episode: 3.074 million viewers
November 27th Episode: 2.759 million viewers
December 4th Episode: 2.813 million viewers
December 11th Episode: 2.684 million viewers
December 18th Episode: 2.786 million viewers
December 25th Episode: