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.