Was Smackdown Able to Defeat Raw Two Weeks in a Row in the WWE Ratings War?

January 5, 2017

According to ShowBuzzDaily.com, this week’s WWE Smackdown Live, featuring Dean Ambrose defeating The Miz for the IC Title, averaged 2.596 million viewers. This week’s number is down from last week’s 2.885 million viewership average. As noted, last week’s Smackdown Live is the first time Smackdown has beaten Raw in the WWE ratings war since the brand split took place in 2016.

Smackdown was not, however, able to defeat Raw two weeks in a row, as this week’s Raw averaged 3.046 million viewers for a show which featured the return of Goldberg.

This week’s WWE Smackdown ranked #10 for the night on cable in viewership, behind The Have & Have Nots, Curse of Oak Island, Fixer Upper, Hannity, The O’Reilly Factor, The Kelly File, Tucker Carlson, Special Report and The Five.

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.