WWE Smackdown Live Viewership Sees Big Increase with Daniel Bryan’s Return, Was It Able to Beat Raw?

June 21, 2017

According to ShowBuzzDaily.com, this week’s edition of WWE Smackdown Live, featuring the return of Daniel Bryan and Money in the Bank fallout, averaged 2.597 million viewers. This week’s number is up big from last week’s 2.072 million viewership average, which as we noted was a new low for 2017.

Comparatively, WWE Raw this week also saw a big increase in viewership, averaging 3.102 million viewers, up from last week’s 2.542 million viewership average.

This week’s WWE Smackdown Live ranked #4 in viewership on cable for the night, behind The Haves & The Have Nots, Tucker Carlson and Hannity.

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.