WWE Raw rating: Strong numbers for Old School Raw

Monday's WWE Raw scored a 3.23 rating, up from the 2.97 rating the show drew the previous week. As previously noted, Raw averaged 4.537 million viewers, up from the 4.218 million average from last week.

Powell's POV: Old School Raw went up against the college football national championship game last night, which drew a whopping 25.572 million viewers for ESPN. However, WWE delivered big, particularly in the first hour of the show, which averaged 4.723 million viewers.