The ratings for Raw dipped to a 3.1 (rounded up from 3.05) for Monday's episode, while Monday's TNA Impact saw an increase to a 1.0 (rounded up from 0.95), according to pwtorch.com.
Raw, which featured the cast of the upcoming movie "MacGruber" as guest hosts and had most of its roster stranded in Ireland, did its lowest rating since Dec. 2008.
Impact, which was highlighted by Rob Van Dam wrestling Jeff Hardy and later defeating A.J. Styles for the TNA World title, reached 1.0 for the first time since March 8, the night the show made in its debut as a weekly Monday program. Impact did a 0.8 last week for the first episode of the show in its new time slot of 8 p.m., a change that was not promoted well.
Impact did a 1.0 in the final 15 minutes of Monday's unopposed first hour, which included the start of the match between RVD and Hardy for the right to challenge Styles later in the show. Once Raw began, however, Impact dropped to a 0.8 for the conclusion to the RVD-Hardy match. I'm surprised Impact didn't hold the audience there (Raw opened with a promo by Triple H, who eventually was interrupted by CM Punk).
The final quarter-hour of Impact, featuring RVD winning the championship, did a 0.9. I expected that number to be a bit higher as well.
As I wrote earlier today in my Impact recap, I'm predicting Thursday's replay to do a better-than-usual number because of the title change.