9/12 RAW Rating Up Against Week 1 Of NFL Football

September 14, 2011

The 9/12 WWE Monday Night Raw went head to head with the return of regular season "Monday Night Football" on ESPN. Monday night RAW drew a 2.72 cable rating with 3.9 million viewers.

The first hour drew a 2.72 rating (3.82 million viewers), while the second hour drew a 2.71 (3.89 million viewers).

The NFL on ESPN drew 14.5 million and 15.3 million viewers respectively (part of the second game aired on ESPN 2 and later on ESPN).

This is down from last week's RAW rating of 3.0 on Labor Day weekend.

Justin is is the Executive Producer and Co-host of "Chair Shot Reality" which airs every weekend on WrestleZone. LaBar also hosts a weekly audio podcast called "Wrestling Reality" which is available for download everywhere. You can now read some of his WWE opinions on upgruv.com. He also is a producer and performer for IWC Wrestling in Pittsburgh which has been a sustained indy company with history dating back to 2001. He is also occasionally featured on NBC Sports and 120 Sports for WWE commentary. He's a former WWE columnist for Bleacher Report and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.