WWE Smackdown Live Viewership Increases Again, Was It Enough to Beat Raw’s New 2017 Low?

By Nick Paglino

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According to ShowBuzzDaily.com, this week’s edition of WWE Smackdown Live, featuring a big Money in the Bank announcement and AJ Styles vs Dolph Ziggler, averaged 2.350 million viewers. This week’s number is up from last week’s 2.328 million viewership average for the post-Backlash episode.

As noted, this week’s edition of WWE Raw, which took place on Memorial Day, set a new low for 2017, averaging 2.613 million viewers.

Despite the new low set by Raw this week, the show was able to beat Smackdown Live in the weekly WWE brand split ratings war.

This week’s Smackdown Live ranked #3 in viewership on cable for the night, behind Tucker Carlson and Hannity.

Nick Paglino
Nick Paglino

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.

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