There was a time when WWE phoned in episodes of RAW that were taped in England due to the fact that fans would post spoilers online hours before the show aired. In recent years, though, that's changed and they actually give fans a reason to tune in (last year, AJ Styles won the WWE Championship in Manchester). However, did that translate into ratings during Monday's episode of the show?
Sort of. In a three hour presentation which included a heel turn from Nia Jax, Seth Rollins losing the Tag Team Championships to The Authors of Pain, and a Drew McIntyre vs. Kurt Angle main event, RAW managed to draw a total of 2,441,000 viewers. That's down slightly from last week's 2,472,000 viewers but by no means a bad result and it's hard to imagine WWE being unhappy with this.
Hour one averaged 2,641,000 viewers, hour two drew 2,501,000 viewers, and the final hour of the show averaged 2,181,000 viewers. The show's main competition was ESPN which was averaging 11,787 million viewers for the Dallas Cowboys vs. Tennessee Titans game. What did you think of RAW?