Early returns on Kevin Owens era not good: Raw ratings collapse

The Kevin Owens era as WWE Universal champ opened as a ratings disaster on Monday Night Raw this week.

The Monday episode of Raw drew an average of 3.069 million viewers over the three-hour show, down 10 percent from last week’s average of 3.413 million viewers.

The first hour drew 3.350 million viewers, the second 3.066 million, and the third, featuring an Owens title defense against Sami Zayn, cratered to 2.792 million, a 17 percent dropoff from hour one.

Yikes, indeed.