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By Jason Powell

The following are the quarter-hour ratings for Monday's WWE Raw television show.

Q1: 3.2 rating - C.M. Punk and Chris Jericho verbal exchange

Q2: 3.0 rating - Punk and Jericho continuation, Punk vs. Daniel Bryan with the general managers, David Otunga, and Santino Marella

Q3: 3.4 rating - Punk vs. Bryan continuation with Sheamus's involvement, Jericho attacks Punk on the stage, Josh Mathews update on Punk, Undertaker and Triple H video, announcers talk

Q4: 2.8 rating - Kelly Kelly vs. Nikki Bella, John Cena and Miz entrance, Miz promo, two commercial breaks

Q5: 3.1 rating - John Cena vs. The Miz, Rock shown backstage, Primo and Epico vs. Kofi Kingston and R-Truth vs. Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler

Q6: 2.9 rating - Tag match continuation and Kane attack, John Laurinaitis bickers with Teddy Long backstage, announcers talk, two commercial breaks

Q7: 3.1 rating - John Cena and Eve video, Eve promo, announcers talk, Kelly Kelly, Alicia Fox, and Eve backstage, Bending the Rules movie trailer, announcers discuss the G.M. feud, ring intros for the tag match

Q8: 3.1 rating - Cody Rhodes mocks Big Show with a video, Sheamus and Show vs. Mark Henry and Cody Rhodes, announcers hype WWE website announcement, HBK advertised for next week, The Rock kicks off his promo

Overrun 1: 3.5 rating - The Rock continuation, John Cena's interruption

Overrun 2: 3.3 rating - Rock and Cena, Rock wraps up the promo

Powell's POV: The first overrun counts the 15 minutes after the top of the hour, and the second overrun was for 11:15 to 11:21 ET. It's encouraging to see the segment with C.M. Punk, Daniel Bryan, and Chris Jericho deliver the second highest rating of the show. WWE had to be hoping for a better overall number with The Rock on the show, and I expected better numbers for his quarter-hour ratings. The Daytona 500 airing on Monday night didn't help the cause, as the race drew an 8.0 rating and 13.669 million viewers.

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