WWE Raw Audience, Rating Bounce Back Without NFL Competition

-- With NFL games on Monday Night done until the fall, WWE Raw's audience bounced back by generating 1.686 million viewers - an almost 20% increase from last week. The show started off with 1.710 million viewers in hour one, rising to 1.723 million in hour two and dipping only slightly to 1.630 million viewers in the third and final hour. The show peaked with the CM Punk - Cody Rhodes interaction that approached 2 million viewers.

-- In the 18-49 key demo, Raw scored a 0.55 rating - about a 20% increase from last week and helped Raw finish first on the nightly cable charts. The last time WWE Raw aired without competition from the NFL (in August), the show averaged 1.73 million viewers and a 0.54 rating so Monday's figures are pretty much back to normal.