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WWE News & Rumors: Viewership Increases After Undertaker’s Return

| Jul 25, 2015 12:07 AM EDT

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WWE's "RAW" views increased slightly after The Undertaker Returned opening an opportunity for Undertaker/Lesnar brawl on July 20.

The Deadman opened the ground with an address of the WWE fans, where he declared that he was back to beat his WrestleMania opponent, Brock Lesnar, Wrestling Rumors reported.

In the July 20 match of "Monday Night Raw," the WWE authority proclaimed the SummerSlam main match to involve The Undertaker and Brock Lesnar, which later would result in an all-out fight between The Phenom and The Beast. The brawl took "security" and the WWE locker room to stop.

WWE believes that the inclusion of The Undertaker to WWE "Battleground" and "SummerSlam" would increase viewership and subscriptions to the company's network.

Even though more people viewed "Raw on July 20 than was the case a week earlier, WWE is still lagging behind with regard to TV viewership. The Monday edition of the flagship WWE match attracted 3.804 million fans, which is approximately 7.7 percent increase from 3.531 million viewers on July 13, What Culture revealed.

The first hour that involved The Undertaker talking to the WWE Universe drew 3.840 million viewers. The second hour, which featured the fight between Lesnar and The Undertaker attracted 4.030 million viewers before dropping to 3.542 million viewers in the third and final hour.

The final hour involved a six-man combination team main event featuring Randy Orton, Cesaro, and John Cena battling against Kevin Owens, Sheamus, and Rusev.

After the brawl and confusion surrounding the July 20 edition of the show has drawn interest from popular culture, to the extent of featuring on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart, WWE predicts the viewership of the company "RAW" will continue to increase as even The Undertaker and Lesnar prepare to battle at "SummerSlam 2015" on Aug. 23.    

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