WWE RAW Viewership Sees Big Increase For Vince McMahon’s TV Return

Monday’s edition of WWE RAW from in Sacramento, CA averaged 2.547 million viewers, up from 2.193 million the previous week. Here is the hourly viewership breakdown, courtesy of ShowbuzzDaily:

• Hour 1: 2.717 million viewers
• Hour 2: 2.558 million viewers
• Hour 3: 2.367 million viewers

This was the post-show for Sunday’s TLC pay-per-view event and featured the return of Vince McMahon, which was hyped up over the past few days leading up to the show. RAW had some notable moments including appearances Triple H, Vince, Shane, and Stephanie McMahon as well as Apollo Crews, Bobby Roode, Chad Gable & Kurt Angle vs. Baron Corbin, Finn Balor vs. Dolph Ziggler, WWE Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose vs. Tyler Breeze, RAW Tag Team Title #1 Contenders Fatal Four Way Match, and RAW Women’s Title #1 Contender Gauntlet Match.

WWE also hyped the Royal Rumble and the matches taking place at that show. WWE will attempt to keep increasing its viewership for RAW next week, which will be tough as it’s already been taped and will air on Christmas Eve.

This episode faced some heavy competition. The show had to go up against ESPN which was ESPN which was averaging 13.006 million viewers for the New Orleans Saints vs. Carolina Panthers game