The viewership for Raw was unusual.
The last two weeks, the ratings for Raw and Smackdown were both improved and so were the demographic distribution which was the first sign of improvement in months. According to Showbuzz Daily, the average viewership was down in all three hours this week but the third hour had the highest viewership. Typically, the third hour has the largest drop-off in viewership.
Hour 1: 2,597,000 viewers with 840,000 in the 18-49 year old demographic.
Hour 2: 2,679,000 viewers with 860,000 in the 18-49 year old demographic.
Hour 3: 2,714,000 viewers with 890,000 in the 18-49 year old demographic
The third hour of the show was centered around the main event match. Dolph Ziggler defended his WWE Intercontinental Championship in a rematch against Seth Rollins.
On YouTube, a couple videos had over 1 million views and some others performed well too. Braun Strowman destroying Kevin Owens' car and the opening segment with Kurt Angle, Roman Reigns, Bobby Lashley, and Raw Constable Baron Corbin have had 1 million views. A couple matches and Bayley attacking Sasha Banks had more than 500,000 views.
