WWE Raw rating: The lowest rating of 2012

Monday's WWE Raw drew a 2.72 rating, down from a 2.87 rating the week before. Raw averaged 3.79 million viewers compared to the 4.051 average from last week.

Powell's POV: The Monday Night Football game did 16.167 million viewers last night. Things could get even worse for WWE given all of the attention the NFL is getting over the controversial replacement referees. Granted, it's negative publicity, but it is expected to lead to bigger ratings for the NFL, at least in the short term.

This original source for this news item is James Caldwell of PWTorch.com.