WWE News Roundup: Hottest Stories of the Week (17th May 2019)

#5 Raw's viewership increased for two weeks straight

Another win for the Wild Card Rule

The go-home episode of Monday Night Raw for Money in the Bank saw another increase in viewership for the second time in a row, even though the show was pre-recorded from London, United Kingdom. With the introduction of the Wild Card Rule, big names such as Roman Reigns can appear on the show even though their home show is SmackDown Live.

According to reports, this weeks episode of Raw averaged 2.35 million viewers, which was an increase of over 100,000 compared to last week's episode. Raw's viewership usually doesn't increase for pre-taped episodes or go-home shows, but this week was an exception to that historic trend. Here is the hourly breakdown of the May 13th edition of Raw:

Hour one: 2.576 million

Hour two: 2.391 million

Hour three: 2.080 million

This is good news and with AEW set to air on TNT this Fall, WWE needs to do whatever they can to maintain a steady viewership.