Monday Night Raw with the first show head-to-head with the new season of Monday Night Football did 2,902,000 viewers, down 30,000 viewers from last week’s show.

Hour one opened with 3,022,000 viewers, followed by 2,987,000 in the second hour, and then 2,699,000 viewers in the third and final hour.

Raw placed #3, #5, and #7 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic. NFL did over 11 million and 10 million viewers going up against Raw. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)