Monday's WWE Raw scored a 3.24 rating, down from the 3.46 rating the show drew the previous week. As previously noted, Raw averaged 4.718 million viewers, down from the 4.869 million average from last week.

Shore's Slant So everyone was happy to see Batista return but not actually win the Rumble? In all fairness the viewership numbers show that viewership between the two weeks was very close even if the ratings on the whole dropped. If the CM Punk story turns out to be completely legit, WWE will point to these numbers as proof they made the right call, though it should be pointed out Raw has averaged more than five million viewers for the post-Rumble Raw for the last eight years running.

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