Coming fresh off of Sunday’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view and last week’s edition of the red brand that was the lowest in the show’s history, last night’s Monday Night RAW from Buffalo could seemingly only do better in the ratings, right? The numbers are in and despite some actual competition, that is indeed the case.

Coming in with an overall rating of 2.866, last night’s RAW saw a 16% rise in viewership over last week’s historically bad 2.470. As stated, there was finally some competition for RAW so despite the audience increase, they took a hit in the Top 150 Cable Rankings for the 18-49 demographic. The number one watched program in the rankings this week was the MLB Home Run Derby, ahead of the opening hour of RAW. Coming in third was the usual number one over the past number of weeks, Love & Hip Hop Atlanta, then fourth was the MLB Celebrity Softball Game. RAW’s 9PM hour slides in at number five, meaning that the 10PM hour gets knocked down to sixth.

Here’s a look at the last four weeks of ratings for RAW:

• June 25th: 2.663
• July 2nd: 2.707
• July 9th: 2.470
• July 16th: 2.866

Source: Showbuzz Daily

EA’s Take: Coming off of what some considered a pretty bad pay-per-view and with some actual competition once again with MLB’s All-Star festivities, RAW turns it around this week. I’d love to continue attempting to explain the ratings to you all, but for this take I think it would be easier for me to direct you to tonight’s episode of The Greg DeMarco Show, live on BlogTalk. Greg and Patrick will be going into the topic of the ratings and what it all means, giving many that don’t fully understand it a glimpse into the system. I advise you tune in tonight at 11PM EST at this link!

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