Following a week in which the show set a record-low for viewership in the modern era on Christmas Eve, Raw was up 11 percent this week, to an average of 1.968 million viewers.

While that's the second-lowest audience for Monday night wrestling in the modern era, it was to be expected given the fact that the episode aired on New Year's Eve. Raw also went up against competition from college football's bowl season, with the Gator Bowl averaging 5.142 million viewers on ESPN.

Raw had the usual fall/winter ratings pattern with a small drop in the second hour and a larger drop in the third. The hourly totals were:

8-9: 2.035 million

9-10: 2.026 million

10-11: 1.843 million

Even though the third hour was the lowest, it still beat all three hours of last week's Raw.

Raw was fourth for the day on cable TV in terms of viewers. In the important 18-49 demo, the hours finished fourth (0.91), sixth (0.90) and eighth (0.85) respectively.

Here's a look at the last 10 weeks of Raw numbers and how they compared to the same weeks in 2017: