SmackDown Live Live SmackDown Discussion thread, January 19th 2024: Huge contract signing set for Reigns, Orton, Styles and Knight

[Y2Jayne]

Beautiful RKO though.

 

[Y2Jayne]

Easy jab but it made me laugh

 

[Antemortem]

Surprised how over Tyler Bate already seemed to be. He seems to be having no problem appealing to the main roster audience. Crowd was entertained by him and so was I, quite frankly.

Also, KC2 vs Unholy Union? 3 minutes, really? Send Alba and Isla back to NXT and revive the NXT belts. Seriously. They deserve way better booking than they've been receiving since coming to the main roster. Very poorly handled. The only upside to this match is Alba taking that Canadian Destroyer really well, but come on. I expect way better than this. First TV match for Unholy Union in 7 months and it's axed. So unacceptable.

 

[Sabretooth]

It seems like WWE has a Vince McMahon hate boner for Alba and Isla. Absolute shit booking for no reason.

 

[Y2Jayne]

First TV match for Unholy Union in 7 months and it's axed.

Did you mean "hexed" ?

 

[Antemortem]

Did you mean "hexed" ?

 

[Jimmy King]

It was a bummer to see them lose in quick fashion but at least they were in a match on TV, which has come rare for them these days so I’ll take what I can get.

 

[Chris]

WWE Smackdown, Jan 19 on Fox: 2,408,000 viewers; 0.62 P18-49 rating | TV ratings, attendance analysis - Wrestlenomics

WWE Smackdown on FoxFri, Jan. 19, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm brandon@wrestlenomics.com TV RATINGS 2,408,000 viewers (P2+)P18-49 rating: 0.62 Competition note: Smackdown was head-to-head with the Nugget…

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TV RATINGS​

2,408,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.62

Competition note: Smackdown was head-to-head with the Nuggets vs. Celtics NBA game on ESPN, which averaged 2.02 million viewers.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (2,385,000): +1%
• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (2,078,000): +16%
• Current 2024-Q1 P2+ average (2,419,000) vs. 2023-Q1 (2,358,000): +3%
• Current Jan 2024 P2+ average (2,419,000) vs. Jan 2023 (2,346,000): +3%