-- The unadvertised return of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson propelled this week's WWE Monday Night Raw ratings to a huge increase, with the show averaging 1.751 million viewers - the most watched episode since CM Punk returned in November. Besides that, it would be the best viewership for Raw since the summer. The show drew 1.620 million viewers in the first hour, 1.858 million in the second hour and 1.774 million in the third hour, an unusual trend for Raw. The second hour began with The Rock's appearance and his quarter hour led the entire program with a monstrous 2.154 million viewers.
-- In the 18-49 demo, Raw averaged a 0.60 rating, another strong number compared to recent weeks, while The Rock's segment was up all the way to a 0.79 rating. These figures are all impressive considering the competition that Raw had to contend with on Monday. While NFL's Monday Night Football has wrapped up, college football's semifinals aired against Raw with one game (Rose Bowl) going up against the first hour drawing 27.2 million viewers while a second game (Sugar Bowl) against the last two hours drew 18.1 million. Averaged out, these games were watched by considerably more people than the NFL games.
