This week in pro wrestling ratings, WWE Friday Night Smackdown experienced a slight decline in ratings while AEW won another round in head-to-head battle with NXT. WWE Friday Smackdown drew 1.922 million viewers in hour 1 and 1.966 million viewers in hour 2. It fell slightly in the A18-49 demo from 0.6 to 0.5 in […]
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Ratings swing up for both AEW and WWE programming
This past week, all three pro wrestling programs produced great numbers. Notably, AEW surpassed 1 million viewers on Wednesday night for the first time since its first month and SmackDown recorded its best numbers in months. AEW on TNT Wednesday night drew 1.016M viewers on Wednesday night. It drew 0.37 in the A18-49 and 0.51 […]
WWE imposes new restrictions on third-party platforms for its talent causes stir
The WWE created a stir last week when it issued an edict that its talent could not enter inter third-party contracts using their character names. According to multiple reports, an internal memo stated that WWE performers could no longer use their names to promote individual Twitch or Cameo channels. Performers would use these social media […]
WWE Friday Night Smackdown shows increase in viewers
WWE Friday Night Smackdown on Fox increased in viewership over last week drawing an average of 2.18 million viewers. The first hour drew 2.210 while hour two dropped off to 2.151 million viewers. The demos remained steady with 0.6 in the A18-49 demo, the largest of all networks on Friday and the M18-49 demo was […]
Smackdown improves with over 2M viewers in hour 2
WWE Friday Night Smackdown drew 1.932 million viewers in the first hour and 2.025 million viewers in hour 2. The viewership was up over the previous week and improved from hour to hour. Smackdown did draw the highest viewership in the A18-49 demo in the 8-9pm time slot and tied for the highest in the […]