WWE Raw viewers up big from last week

Last week’s episode of Monday Night Raw hit record lows for viewership but there was some reason to be optimistic, considering the Extreme Rules pay-per-view was just days away and the fallout show would be the next evening. Sure enough, despite tough competition from MLB’s Home Run Derby, viewership was back up this week.

Raw drew 2.86 million viewers, up big from last week’s 2.47 million. The hourly breakdown looks back to normal too:

Hour one: 3.11 million
Hour two: 2.85 million
Hour three: 2.62 million

Next week will see Bobby Lashley vs. Roman Reigns with the winner challenging Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam, and a Raw tag team title match pitting The B-Team against The Deleters of Worlds. It looked back last week but WWE looks to already be bouncing back strong.

For complete results and the live blog for Raw this week click here. To read a complete recap and review of all the night’s events click here. To watch highlights of the show click here.