The big news: SmackDown drops below two million viewers on FOX For the first time in 2022, WWE SmackDown fell below its personal Mendoza line of two million viewers for a FOX airing of the show. Of course, the NBA playoffs hurt all pro wrestling shows this week with this being the most notable example….
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The big news: NBA Playoffs take a bite out of pro wrestling ratings The big winners of the last year in terms of television ratings are the NFL and the NBA and with the latter league at the start of it’s playoff season, numbers are up from last year and the result is a big…
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The big news: AEW Rampage numbers way up with loaded show On a recent episode of Busted Open Radio, Tony Khan promised that he would be “ruthless” on Friday nights and promised a renewed focus on making Rampage a “must-see” show. This past Friday saw Bryan Danielson wrestle for just the second time on…
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The big news: AEW Dynamite back over one million viewers Last week’s episode of Dynamite featured three title matches and the show did average numbers. This week there were no title matches, no number one contender type matches, but featured almost all of AEW’s biggest stars in CM Punk, Jon Moxley, Chris Jericho, Bryan Danielson,…
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The big news Even with AEW coming off a very successful Revolution PPV and WWE ramping up on the road to WrestleMania, the viewership and 18-49 demo numbers were remarkably similar to the 10 week averages for the major shows with the exception of NXT, which was slightly up. That show had several main roster…
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The big news Coming off a very successful pay-per-view on Sunday night, the follow-up show to Revolution did a record low viewership for Dynamite on TBS. That’s the bad news. The good news is that the show topped all of cable television in the key demo and was way up from the previous week….
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The big news Despite all the hype around Tony Khan’s huge “industry changing” announcement, AEW Dynamite viewership dropped this week for the final episode of the show before Sunday’s Revolution Pay-Per-View event. The 18-49 number dropped even more as there were a lot more eyes, particularly younger ones, on the news this week pertaining to…
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The big news: Monday Night RAW had its best 18-49 number since early October with its return to the USA Network after two weeks on SyFy. NXT and Dynamite were up as well so it was a good week as the build to WrestleMania and Revolution continue for each company. On the downside, both RAW and…
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The big news: AEW Dynamite matches the lowest 18-49 number since April 2021; RAW was up in second week on SyFy. AEW Dynamite did not have as strong of a lead-in from Big Bang Theory as it does most weeks on TBS and as a result, the show did its lowest viewership in over two months…
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AEW Rampage must have a crush on me, because on the cusp of Valentine’s Day, the day we spoil our significant others, I was gifted something lovelier than a dozen roses: one “Switchblade” in an AEW ring. SmackDown and I have been on the outs since 2016, last time we were committed to each other…
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