The final RAW show before Extreme Rules with Drew McIntyre vs. Seth Rollins in the main event drew 2.470 million viewers. This is down 8.8% from last week's 2.707 million viewers and a new viewership low for 2018. This is also the lowest RAW viewership in history, coming in under the 2.478 million viewers from the September 26th, 2016 episode, which went up against the Trump - Clinton Presidential Debate and Monday Night Football.
The first hour featured the brawl between Roman Reigns and Bobby Lashley, which drew 2.582 million viewers (last week's hour 1 - 2.641 million), the second hour featured Drew McIntyre challenging Seth Rollins, which drew 2.508 million viewers (last week's hour 2 - 2.822 million) and the final hour, with McIntyre and Rollins in the main event, drew 2.320 million viewers (last week's hour 3 - 2.658 million).
RAW was #4 for the night in viewership on cable, behind Hannity, Tucker Carlson Tonight and The Ingraham Angle. RAW was #2 in the 18-49 demographic for the second week in a row, behind Love & Hip-Hop.