Early WWE RAW Rating #’s Are In, JR Praises Orton, More

— During a recent blog, WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross praioed Randy Orton, saying: “Lots of talk on Raw explaining their recent storyline tweaks after HIAC which is understandable. The Randy Orton story line direction is intriguing and it seems to have re-invigorated the third generation star that yours truly had to lobby with Vince McMahon to hire back in the day. That’s a good thing quite honestly because if I couldn’t sell the boss on a talent then I must have not have been overly sold on said talent myself. A motivated and renewed Orton can be a great asset to the brand which is in dire need of ‘new’ and ‘hot.’”

— Monday night’s episode of WWE RAW was up in viewers and the 18 – 49 demo rating, though it edged down just a hair in the household rating. The show drew 3.75 million viewers and a 1.23 demo rating, up 1% and 3% respectively from last week’s 3.70 million and 1.2 demo rating. The household rating was a 2.71, down less than a tenth of a percent from last week’s 2.72.

The show did hours of 3.87 million, 3.84 million and 3.53 million viewers and was the highest-rated non-football original show on cable programming for the night.

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