SmackDown Live WWE SmackDown November 12, 2021 Discussion - King Woods and Roman Reigns battle for the rule of SmackDown

[Dale]

Yeah I'm not sure how Sonya adding herself fits really. Maybe she does something like she schedules her vs Naomi in a match to decide it with fuckery planned but Aliyah helps and Naomi gets the win

Not entirely sure either other than her being the authority figure and bringing order to the team. Only other options I guess are a surprise Bayley/Asuka return.

 

[Jimmy King]

I assumed it would be Von Wagner replacing Sami unless he’s there as Pearce’s heavy, it would make sense with Pearce getting wrecked by Brock a few weeks back.

 

[Chris]

Yeah I dont really think the Wagner stuff had anything to do with the match but considering they explained 0 and didn't name him I could easily be wrong there lol. Pearce's bodyguard would make sense

 

[Dale]

Can't really think of who the replacement would be other than maybe Sheamus or Ridge.

 

[Chris]

True, SmackDown doesn't really have a lot in the way of established stars currently

 

[Chris]

If they go by Pearce's logic you can throw Jinder in there for being a former WWE Champion

 

[Dale]

Don't you even put that energy out there

 

[Chris]

Friday night's SmackDown averaged 2.104 million viewers on Fox, up 0.5 percent from the previous week. It's the second-lowest viewership for the show since August 20.

In the 18-49 demo, SmackDown drew a 0.56 rating, down 1.8 percent from the previous week's show. SmackDown still finished first among the major networks on Friday night. It was second in all of television, trailing an NBA game on ESPN.

SmackDown finished last in total viewers among the eight shows on the major networks, but it did lead in the 18-34 demo with a 0.37 rating. That was up 12.1 percent from the previous week, so the 35-49 age group declined heavily for this show.

As compared to the same week in 2020, SmackDown was down 5.8 percent in total viewers and down 6.7 percent in the 18-49 demo.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of ratings for SmackDown on Fox (eliminating the two times the show aired on FS1), along with the 10-week averages in viewership and 18-49 prior to this week. This week's show was down 4.7 percent in viewers and down 5.1 percent in 18-49 from the recent averages.