SmackDown Live Live SmackDown Discussion thread, June 17th 2022: Riddle to challenge Roman Reigns in an Undisputed WWE Universal Title Match

[Swerve]

Vince is a loser.

 

[DammitC]

she literally said I Quit in her previous match in humiliating fashion; which is a more embarrassing loss than any other female talent has taken in a long while

 

[Hidden Blaze]

she literally said I Quit in her previous match in humiliating fashion; which is a more embarrassing loss than any other female talent has taken in a long while

Okay. Doesn’t change anything to do with what I said. She still has like 13 damn titles in like 7 years. That avg out to 2 a year. Then let’s toss in the womens tag titles also, Royal Rumble Winner, wouldn’t be shocked if she wins the Queen’s Crown thing next time it’s done. So sure she loses, great. Still to much shit in a span of 7 years.

 

[Chris]

Source: f4wonline.com

Friday night's WWE SmackDown averaged 2.272 million viewers in the fast national ratings. That's up 26.1 percent from the overnight number of 1.802 million for the previous week.

The previous week's SmackDown ended up with a final average of 1.914 million viewers, so a similar increase would put this show in the 2.4-2.5 million range when final numbers are released on Monday.

Last night's show averaged a fast national viewership of 2.186 million viewers in the first hour and 2.362 million in the second.

It's the highest overnight number for SmackDown since January 21, 2021.

The show did a 0.55 fast national rating in the 18-49 demo, which led network television. That's up 37.5 percent from the prior week's 0.4 overnight number.

This is SmackDown's best overnight rating in the key demo since May 7, 2021

SmackDown featured Roman Reigns' first televised title defense as Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, along with a much-publicized appearance by Vince McMahon in the show's opening segment. It was announced earlier in the day that McMahon was voluntarily stepping away from his CEO and chairman positions until the WWE Board of Directors' misconduct investigation is completed.

 

[Deezy]

Vince is a draw

 

[Swerve]

Controversy creates cash.

 

[Hidden Blaze]

Vince is a draw

Vince got that Blaze bump. I watched his stupid opening segment. He’s welcome.

 

[Cwalker]

Vince knew what he was doing.

We still have to give credit to

 

[Chris]

Source: f4wonline.com

Friday night's WWE SmackDown averaged 2.29 million viewers on Fox, up 19.6 percent from the previous week. It's the show's second-highest viewership number of 2022.

SmackDown topped all of television with a 0.57 rating in the 18-49 demo, up 29.5 percent from last week. That's the best mark for the show since April 8 and is a full 50 percent higher than any other program on Friday.

SmackDown was third on the networks in terms of total viewers, which is better than the show usually fares.

The episode featured a highly publicized appearance by Vince McMahon, with McMahon opening the show on the same day it was announced that he was voluntarily stepping away from his WWE chairman and CEO positions until the Board of Directors completes its misconduct investigation.

In the main event of the episode, Roman Reigns made his first televised defense of the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, retaining against Riddle.

As compared to the same week in 2021, SmackDown was up 12.3 percent in total viewers and up 5.6 percent in 18-49.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 ratings for SmackDown. This week's show was up 15.3 percent in viewers and up 23.9 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages in both categories.

 

[Swerve]

Vince knew what he was doing.

We still have to give credit to View attachment 28493

 

[Chris]

Source: f4wonline.com

Due to a reporting error with Nielsen, viewership and 18-49 ratings for last Friday's AEW Rampage and WWE SmackDown were re-released Thursday.

WWE SmackDown

The June 17th SmackDown on Fox averaged 2.389 million, up from the 2.290 million previously reported.

Aside from the New Year's Eve show in 2020, which had the benefit of an NFL lead-in, it's the largest audience for the show since April 3, 2020.

SmackDown also averaged a 0.62 rating in 18-49, which was up from the previously reported 0.57. That's the best rating in that category since January 26th of this year.