SmackDown Live Live SmackDown Discussion thread, November 5th 2021: The Head of the Table returns to SmackDown

[Y2Jayne]

So they fire Kross and Lee but they keep whoever is responsible for those makeups?

 

[Dale]

So they look to be running Sheamus / Ridge which could be nice but is it bad I would like to see them as a tag instead

 

[Chris]

So they look to be running Sheamus / Ridge which could be nice but is it bad I would like to see them as a tag instead

I think we can do both if they're smart just steal the cesaro angle but not not the best of 7 series lol

 

[Dale]

That's kinda what I was thinking, they would give Bar vibes. Wouldn't be surprised if they did a gained respect angle for it and teamed up, would be good for Ridge too I guess given he's still pretty new.

 

[Deezy]

Ridge could be a superfan trying to pick a multi WWE champions brain, Sheamus could be "look fella, you a good kid, but I did the tag team thing"....play it out for a little bit, Sheamus gets jumped in a bar, and Ridge uses his baton to help him and Sheamus and Ridge form a mentor/student team that could end up with the student thinking he has risen past the master.

 

[Chris]

Source: f4wonline.com

With the show back on Fox after airing on FS1 the previous week, Friday night's WWE SmackDown averaged 2.093 million viewers. That's down 6.9 percent from the last time the show aired on Fox two weeks ago. it's SmackDown's lowest viewership on Fox since August 13.

In the 18-49 demo, SmackDown drew a 0.57 rating, down 1.7 percent from two weeks ago. The show finished second on the networks in that category, trailing ABC's Shark Tank, which drew a 0.60 rating.

SmackDown did lead all network programming with a 0.33 rating in the 18-34 demo. That was down 5.7 percent from the October 22 episode.

As compared to the same week in 2020, SmackDown was down 9.6 percent in overall viewers and down 18.6 percent in 18-49.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of ratings for SmackDown episodes that aired on Fox, along with the 10-week averages in both viewership and 18-49. Friday's show was down 5.1 percent in viewers and down 3.4 percent in 18-49 from the recent averages.