Monday's WWE Raw scored a 3.0 rating, down a tick from the 3.04 rating the show drew last week. As previously noted, Raw averaged 4.15 million viewers, up from the 3.99 million viewers from last week.

Powell's POV: The return of C.M. Punk, the show day teases of Mark Henry retiring, and the fact that it was the night after a newsworthy Payback pay-per-view have to be looked at as key factors in the viewership increase. WWE's strongest competition was the NHL Stanley Cup Final game between the mighty Boston Bruins and C.M. Punk's Chicago Blackhawks, which drew 4.0 million viewers for the NBC Sports Network.

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