Phoenix & DiBiase Surgery Updates, New RAW General Manager

— We have received more information regarding last night’s commercial free RAW. The first hour did a 3.37 (3.4) cable rating, and the second did a 3.5 cable rating for a final 3.44 (3.4) cable rating with an average audience of 4.9 million viewers. The two hours of RAW put USA in second and third place for the evening. In the demographics, RAW did a 2.08 among people aged 18 to 49 (up 6% from the previous week) and a 2.82 among males aged 18 to 49 (up 8% from last week’s show)

— Beth Phoenix’s surgery for a torn ACL was successful this morning in Birmingham, Alabama.

— Brett DiBiase also had successful knee surgery at the same facility yesterday as we noted earlier. Dr. James Andrews performed the surgeries so they were both in very good hands.

— USA Today has an interview up with former WWE Diva Maria Kanellis, discussing Celebrity Apprentice, which you can read at http://content.usatoday.com/

— It was announced during Monday’s WWE RAW that a new general manager will be introduced on next week’s show. Vickie Guerrero pleaded with Buzz Aldrin and insisted that she resigned last week under duress, but Aldrin said WWE headquarters informed him of the news and her [brief] time as RAW GM is over.

The **NEW** FULL-TIME RAW General Manager Is…..??!!