Kurt Angle reveal brings best WWE Raw ratings in three months

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Source: www.F4WOnline.com

By Dave Meltzer | @davemeltzerWON | Jul 18, 2017 2:59 pm

Fueled by the Kurt Angle reveal, Raw did its best numbers since April 17th, averaging 3.15 million viewers, a five percent increase over last week's show that went head-to-head with the Home Run Derby.

The Angle reveal was at the beginning of the third hour, which ended up as the lowest rated hour, but the second-to-third hour drop of five percent was below usual levels.

The show also featured a main event of Samoa Joe vs. Roman Reigns in a match, with no ending, billed to determine the challenger for Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam.

They also did a stronger job than usual of advertising and building to next week's show, with three different matches announced, including a Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose tag team reunion for television, and likely challengers for both the main men's and women's title on Raw for SummerSlam being determined.

The three hours were:

8 p.m. 3.14 million viewers
9 p.m. 3.24 million viewers
10 p.m. 3.08 million viewers

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Amazing what happens when you have a story which has built suspense and hype.

Okay, the pay off sucked. But everyone was curious.