Seth Rollins Return Ups WWE Raw Viewership
WWE saw their television ratings rise for the post-Extreme Rules show.
Following last week's poor WWE RAW viewership report, which once again included an hour of the show dropping below three million viewers, the ratings data came in a little bit more positive this week.
RAW saw its viewership climb slightly on Monday evening to 3.269 million viewers, which was up from last week's 3.191 million viewers. Also on the positive side, all three hours of RAW stayed above the three million viewers mark.
The complete hour by hour breakdown was as follows:
First Hour: 3.359 million viewers (3.376 million viewers last week)Second Hour: 3.332 million viewers (3.302 million viewers last week)Third Hour: 3.115 million viewers (2.894 million viewers last week)
RAW was the second most watched show on cable television Monday evening. It was only beat-out by the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals game between LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers and the Toronto Raptors, which drew 6.142 million television viewers.
In the always coveted 18-49 age group demographic, RAW came in at fourth place for the night. WWE was bested by the NBA game, Love and Hip Hop Atlanta, and ESPN's SportsCenter.
RAW received a final cable broadcast rating of 2.29 (last week's show drew a 2.27).