WWE Raw Viewership Rebounds For Becky Lynch's Big Announcement
WWE's post-Money In The Bank Raw did well in viewership terms.
Finally, some positive news regarding WWE's television ratings in the Empty Arena Era, as Raw rebounded from last week's all-time low to score its largest average viewership since the 6 April episode.
An increase of 13.7% saw Raw's number increase to 1.919 million viewers across its three hours. Here's how that breaks down:-
Hour one: 1.993 million
Hour two: 1.961 million
Hour three: 1.802 million
The dropoff between hours one and three is considerably less steep than usual.
As far as the key 18-49 demographic goes, Raw topped the cable television rankings for the night with a 0.57 rating. The show was the 18th most-watched in the country as far as the total viewership goes, but 2nd amongst non-news programming, with only HGTV's Celebrity IOU finishing above it.
This episode was largely built around Becky Lynch's pre-advertised "big announcement," which was, of course, 'The Man' confirming she is pregnant and passing the Raw Woman's Championship over to Asuka, who had won Money in the Bank the night before. Raw also featured confirmation of WWE's new brand-to-brand invitation rule, Drew McIntyre vs. Andrade, and a big Edge vs. Randy Orton confrontation - their first since WrestleMania 36.