WWE Raw rating: Did the Ryback or John Cena choice lead to a strong rating?

Monday's WWE Raw drew a 2.79 rating, up a tick from the 2.78 rating the show drew last week.

Powell's POV: The first hour of Raw drew 4.067 million viewers. Hour two produced 4.013 million viewers. The final hour crashed to 3.886 million viewers. The big big comeback in the Monday NIght Football game probably played some part in the third hour collapse. Well, that and three hours is too long for a weekly pro wrestling show.