WWE RAW Viewership Increases Headed Into Summerslam

RAW Viewership numbers have been released for this week’s “go home” show from Greensboro, North Carolina. The 8/13 edition of WWE RAW averaged 2.825 million viewers viewers, up from 2.804 million viewers last week.

Here is the hourly viewership breakdown, courtesy of ShowbuzzDaily:

• Hour 1: 2.849 million viewers
• Hour 2: 2.867 million viewers
• Hour 3: 2.760 million viewers

RAW featured Dean Ambrose’s return, Brock Lesnar viciously attacking Roman Reigns after a stellar in-ring promo by Paul Heyman, Renee Young making history on commentary, a tribute to the late Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart and the final hype for SummerSlam.

RAW was the third most-watched show on cable television for the night behind Hannity on FOX News (3.260 million viewers) and The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC (2.972 million viewers).