WWE Raw 8/5 Viewership Up Ahead Of SummerSlam; Goldberg's Return Does Over 2 Million YouTube Views

Raw rating increases ahead of SummerSlam.

ShowBuzzDaily reports that Monday's episode of WWE Raw averaged 2,473,000 viewers, up from last week's average of 2,321,000 viewers. Excluding the Raw Reunion show, which drew over 3 million viewers, Monday's show is the second most-viewed episode of Raw since May 20.

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There is even better news when it comes to the rating at Monday's episode averaged a 0.81 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic. Once again, excluding the Raw Reunion episode, this is the highest rating since the May 20 episode posted a 0.87 rating in the same demographic. The second hour of Raw won the night on cable with the third hour finishing second and the first hour finishing fourth.

Hourly Breakdown

Hour 1: 2.411 million viewers, 0.78 rating in 18-49 demographic

Hour 2: 2.571 million viewers, 0.83 rating in 18-49 demographic

Hour 3: 2.438 million viewers, 0.82 rating in 18-49 demographic

Top 5 Most Viewed WWE Raw (8/5/19) Videos on YouTube

Goldberg returns to battle Dolph Ziggler at WWE SummerSlam (2.4 million views)

Samoa Joe checks on Roman Reigns (1.7 million views)

Seth Rollins stands up to Brock Lesnar despite injuries (1.1 million views)

Roman Reigns is nearly run down in the parking lot (995,000 views)

The Fiend targets Kurt Angle (587,000 views)

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