How Was Viewership for Last Night’s Pre-Taped WWE Smackdown Up Against the Presidential Election?

November 9, 2016

According to ShowBuzzDaily.com, this week’s edition of WWE Smackdown Live, which was up against coverage of the Presidential Election, averaged 1.921 million viewers. This is down from last week’s 2.187 million viewership average, and is a new low for Smackdown since the show went live in July.

WWE Smackdown this week ranked #40 on cable TV, with Election coverage taking in over 100 million total viewers.

In this week’s WWE brand split war, Monday’s taped Raw averaged 2.767 million viewers, up from last week’s 2.60 million viewership average.

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.