Raw rating up 8 percent on return of Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar’s return to WWE on Monday’s Raw helped push viewership over the 4 million mark, according to TVByTheNumbers. The final episode of 2013 averaged 4.128 million viewers, up from the Dec. 23 average of 3.820 million viewers.

The first hour drew 4.141 million viewers, peaking in the second hour at 4.204 million before dropping in the third and final hour to 4.04 million.

In addition to Lesnar’s return, the ratings could have been helped by NFL schedule-makers. The NFL’s regular season ended on Sunday, meaning there was no competition from Monday Night Football this week for the first time since September.