Raw Rating rebounds, beats year-ago number, and holds audience better than any show in nearly a year

The Mar. 12 episode of WWE Monday Night Raw this week drew a 2.23 rating, above last week’s 2.12 rating and matching the rating from two weeks ago. The ten-week average headed into this week was 2.23, buoyed by the Raw 25 special and the rating the day after the Royal Rumble after Ronda Rousey debuted. The 2018 average so far is also 2.23.

The hourly viewership numbers were: 3.351 million, 3.429 million, and 3.275 million. That represents a first-to-third hour dropoff of just 76,000, the lowest number since March 27, 2017.

The rating one year ago was 2.21. Last year at this time, the average rating was 2.21.

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