SmackDown Live Live SmackDown Discussion thread, February 17th 2023: Madcap Moss attempts to win Intercontinental Title from Gunther, No Cap

[#Waddles]

That was a real good show overall. I'm actually pumped for tomorrow's show.

 

[Storm Trooper]

The entire show was very enjoyable. The last 10 minutes were legendary.

 

[Hidden Blaze]

let’s be real.
Perfect song

 

[Y2Jayne]

Skipped the first match because, come on....

Nice to see Howdy getting physical.

 

[Y2Jayne]

Of course Sheamus and Drew won again, it's not like the Vikings needed that win.

 

[Y2Jayne]

Every week please

 

[Y2Jayne]

Gunther still dominant and he lifted Moss like he was a cruiserweight, what a beast.

 

[ETE]

The stakes were just raised for Brock v Bobby biiiiiiiig time.

Whoever wins...actually loses big time and then has to feud with Bray Wyatt and his nonsensical rambling go nowhere wrestlecrap.

I'm here for Brock no selling his doofus ass though if thats the feud we get.

 

[Dale]

That ovation Sami got with his old music back Gonna go even harder tonight.

 

[Chris]

Pat Laprade noted that Friday night's ovation for Sami Zayn on Smackdown was the longest known in history at the Bell Center, lasting 5:12, longer than Hulk Hogan in 2002, Saku Kolvu i 2002 and Jacques Villeneuve in 1997. The Montreal record was set at the old Forum by Maurice "Rocket" Richard, the hockey legend.

 

[Cwalker]

I think I would’ve saved bringing “Worlds Apart” back for the PPV but man that segment Was great

 

[Chris]

Friday's WWE SmackDown --which featured the final build to Elimination Chamber -- averaged 2.383 million viewers on Fox, down 3.4 percent from the previous week. It's the lowest audience total for the show since January 20.

SmackDown topped all of television with a 0.58 rating in the 18-49 demo. That's down 9.4 percent from last week and is also the show's lowest rating since January 20.

SmackDown also topped all English-language broadcast network programming with a 0.34 rating in the 18-34 demo, although it trailed NBA All-Star weekend coverage on cable as well as a show on Telemundo in that age group.

As compared with the same week in 2022, SmackDown's overall viewership was up 9.7 percent while its 18-49 rating was up 7.4 percent. It's the fourth straight week where SmackDown was up year-over-year in both viewership and the demo.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, along with the 10-week averages in both categories. This week's episode was up 0.6 percent in overall viewers and even in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/wwe-smackdown-ratings-down-ranks-first-on-tv-in-key-demo