WWE Raw viewership: How did the first Raw of 2013 perform against the BCS National Championship game?

WWE Raw delivered an average of 4.42 million viewers on Monday. The first hour drew 4.29 million viewers. Hour two produced 4.32 million viewers. The third hour averaged 4.65 million viewers.

Powell's POV: The BSC Championship football game went to halftime at the start of the third hour when WWE rolled out the TLC match. The BCS game averaged 26.4 million viewers per fast national ratings numbers for ESPN on Monday. The game was up nine percent compared to last year, but viewership dropped as a result of Alabama routing Notre Dame. WWE definitely appears to have benefitted from the game being a blowout, though the overall numbers were strong even when the game was just getting started. We hope to have the actual rating info later today.