WWE Raw rating: Did Vince McMahon help the ratings rebound?

Monday's WWE Raw television show drew a 2.78 rating, up from the 2.54 rating the show drew last week. Raw averaged 4.1076 million viewers, up from the 3.502 million average from the week before. The first hour drew 4.91 million viewers. The second hour averaged 4.067 million viewers. The final hour scored 4.065 million viewers.

Powell's POV: Vince McMahon's return to television combined with John Cena returning to television after a week off will get a lot of the credit for the improved rating. It's the best viewership WWE has produced for Raw since September 10, and the highest rating since September 17. It will be interesting to see whether the increased rating has a trickle down effect for TNA Impact Wrestling and WWE Smackdown, which both took a big ratings hit as well.