{"id":25082,"date":"2016-07-09T00:30:44","date_gmt":"2016-07-09T05:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=25082"},"modified":"2016-07-21T00:14:19","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T05:14:19","slug":"711-wwe-raw-vince-mcmahon-returning-tv-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/09\/711-wwe-raw-vince-mcmahon-returning-tv-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"7\/11 WWE Raw &#8211; Vince McMahon returning to TV on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4052345408\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Nearly 20 years after WWF Raw sunk to an historically low TV rating, WWE is following the same playbook.<\/p>\n<p>Vince McMahon is returning to TV this Monday on Raw to &#8220;evaluate&#8221; the jobs of Shane and Stephanie McMahon running Raw. WWE is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/raw\/2016-07-11\" target=\"_blank\">also teasing a development on the Smackdown GM role<\/a> one week before a new era begins.<\/p>\n<p>Last week&#8217;s Fourth of July holiday Raw fell to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/06\/74-raw-tv-ratings-raw-falls-2-0-first-time-two-decades\/\">Bottom 3 of lowest-rated shows\u00a0in the show&#8217;s history<\/a>. 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