-- This week's Monday Night Raw, which was the first Raw in months against any football competition, was up in viewership, hitting 1.854 million viewers. This compares to 1.819 million last week against college football and 2.128 million the week prior whch was "Legends Night" with a host of former stars on the show. In the 18-49 demographic, Raw averaged a 0.60 rating, up from the 0.53 last week and was its highest rating (excluding Legends Night) in the demo since the summer. Overall, Raw finished third on the night in 18-49 behind two basketball games. The hourly figures for Raw are below:
- Hour 1 - 1.991 million (0.64)
- Hour 2 - 1.875 million (0.61)
- Hour 3 - 1.697 million (0.56)
-- Straight Up Steve Austin, which aired directly after Raw, drew a respectable 672,000 viewers and a 0.19 rating in people, 18-49 placing it 40th on the night.
