The league creation of Power Slap, where people willingly slap one another in hopes of not being concussed so they can do the same, became a reality in 2023. Zuffa’s cache with networks gave it the ability to put this debacle on the air with the hopes (no one admits out loud) that it would […]
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UFC 296 Prelims draw average of 925K viewers
UFC 296 on ESPN2 drew 925,000 viewers this past Saturday per Sports Media Watch. The telecast drew 565,000 viewers in the A18-49 demo. UFC 296 prelims aired on ESPN2 due to College Football on ESPN. The featured event saw Alonzo Menifield defeat Dustin Jacoby via unanimous decision. However, the fight prior to the feature drew […]
AEW Dynamite (11.29) averages 858K viewers
AEW Dynamite on Wednesday, November 29th drew 858,000 viewers per Wrestlenomics. The telecast drew 386,000 viewers (0.29) in the demo. The ratings are up slightly from last week’s pre-Thanksgiving telecast. Once again the biggest quarter-hour for the show was the first 15 minutes which featured a match between Jon Moxley and Jay Lethal. It drew […]
AEW Dynamite averages 846K pre-Thanksgiving
AEW Dynamite drew 846,000 viewers per Wrestlenomics. The telecast drew 337,000 viewers (0.26) in the 18-49 demo. The ratings were up overall from the November 15th episode which drew 823,000 viewers. But it did better in the 18-49 demo with 368,000 (0.28). Per Wrestlenomics the best quarter hour for the telecast was the first with […]
Top Rank Boxing draws 602K viewer avg on ESPN
Top Rank Boxing on Saturday night drew 602,000 viewers on ESPN. The telecast also received 0.15 in the 18-49 demo per Sports TV Ratings. The telecast featured a battle of middleweights with Kazakkhstan’s Janibek Alimkhanuly stopping Vincenzo Gualtieri via TKO in the 6th round in their fight in Rosenberg, Texas. The undefeated former Olympian retained […]