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Considering last night’s (Aug. 22, 2016) episode of Monday Night Raw came one night after the SummerSlam pay-per-view (PPV), it was expected viewership would be up. Sure enough, after two consecutive weeks of under 3 million, the show drew 3.31 million viewers this week.
It’s worth noting they didn’t have to go up against the Olympics.
They still had trouble maintaining interest throughout the show, however:
Hour one: 3.46 million
Hour two: 3.37 million
Hour three: 3.11 million
The show opened with Finn Balor vacating the Universal championship and closed with Roman Reigns earning his way into a Fatal 4-Way to determine the new champ next week. The hope, of course, is the increased viewers will be interested enough to stick around.
Football season looms large.
For complete results and the live blog from Raw click here. For a recap with reactions to all the night's events click here. To watch highlights of the show click here.