By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

WWE Raw TV Ratings

-- June 23: There was no "lag effect" of Raw ratings increasing the week after Brock Lesnar returned. Instead, Raw fell two-tenths of a rating to one of the lowest ratings of the year.

Raw scored a 2.63 rating, down from a 2.83 rating last week to continue the pattern of highs and lows since WrestleMania.

Apr. 27: 2.68 rating
May 4: 2.55 rating (down)
May 11: 2.67 rating (up)
May 18: 2.87 rating (post-PPV bump)
May 25: 2.55 rating (down)
June 1: 2.79 rating (post-PPV bump)
June 8: 2.59 rating (down)
June 15: 2.83 rating (post-PPV bump)
June 22: 2.63 rating (down)

Raw's product is not sticking with viewers, as WWE continued to struggle retaining viewers the week after a PPV/special event...

- Raw averaged 3.670 million viewers, down 11 percent from last week's live audience of 4.113 million viewers. The show was especially hurt by the first hour.

Hourly Break Down: Soft start of 3.594 million first hour viewers, soft middle of 3.606 million second hour viewers, and an increase to 3.812 million third hour viewers.

- In the key demographics, Raw took a hit among males 18-34, falling to a one-month low. Raw also struggled with the general population of viewers, scoring a one-month low among adults 18-49.

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WWE Raw Scoresheet

- Avg. Rating: 2.84 rating
- Avg. Viewers: 3.963 million
- 2015 High: 3.68 rating / 5.363 million viewers (3/30 post-WM31)
- 2015 Rating Low: 2.55 rating (5/4 & 5/25)
- 2015 Viewers Low: 3.573 million viewers (5/4)
- Avg. 2H to 3H Decline: -4.9 percent

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