The viewership for the August 16th edition of Monday Night RAW are in. The go-home RAW for SummerSlam drew an average of 1.857 million viewers. The numbers have been obtained from Brandon Thurston at Wrestlenomics:
As reported by Thurston, this rating is a strong rating for the red brand. The go-home show has seen the highest rated show since the return to live crowds back in July 19th. Compared to the previous week, an increase of 13% has been seen. The August 9th edition of RAW saw 1.790 million people tune in.
The key demographic of 18-49 obtained a 0.55 rating for the show. This roughly equates to around 713,000 viewers in that age bracket.
WWE RAW has now broadcast 5 episodes in front of live crowds. On average 1.841 million viewers have tuned in to the red brand since an in-person crowd have been in attendance.
As mentioned, the main theme of the show was the final build towards SummerSlam on Saturday August 21st. The show was main evented by a final confrontation between WWE Champion Bobby Lashley and Goldberg. Lashley and Goldberg will be facing off for the title at SummerSlam.
Two more matches have also been confirmed for August 21st. Click here to see which matches were added and to see the full card.
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