The NBA game going head to head against Monday Night RAW pummeled the WWE show in the ratings, with RAW getting only a 2.6 rating with an average of 3,640,000 viewers, down 300,000 viewers from the previous week.

The show had 3,620,000 viewers in the first and second hour and 3,800,000 viewers in the third, giving RAW the lowest rating in months. WWE were bracing for the hammering and the show was rumored to have been rewritten during the day to try and soften the blow by putting the McMahons on the broadcast. (Ratings compiled by Nielsen Media Research and put online by PWInsider.com)