Monday's WWE Raw drew a 3.0 rating overall rating for the full three-hour show, according to PWInsider.com. However, Raw drew a 3.3 rating for the traditional two hours, which is up from the 3.08 rating the show drew last week.

Raw averaged 4.38 million viewers for the three hours, and 4.752 million viewers for the traditional two hours, which is up from the 4.4 million who watched last Monday. The first hour of the show drew a 2.48 rating, hour two went up to a 3.22 rating, and the final hour shot up to a 3.41 rating.

Powell's POV: Good news for WWE. The bonus hour always drags the overall rating down. Thus, we pay more attention to the traditional two hours, which shot up to a 3.3 rating. In comparison, the three-hour Slammy Awards show drew a 2.84 overall rating and a 3.0 for the traditional two hours, so this was also a big improvement over the last three-hour broadcast.

This original source for this news item was Dave Scherer of PWInsider.com.

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