SmackDown Live Live SmackDown Discussion thread, May 7th, 2021: A Special 'Go Back' edition of SmackDown

[Chris]

Obviously they both acknowledge him

Yeah I'm not sure why this wasn't an option lol

 

[Sabretooth]

I still want Rikishi involved at some point.

 

[bradatar]

I think they should just eventually have Jimmy join as well after some teases but then it be a faction, this works for a few weeks of filler though tbf

I hope so I actually like the Usos. Just let the family
be a faction for like a while. Jimmy can always be the one like “ah this shit again?”


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[DammitC]

no Black?

 

[Chris]

Overnight viewership for last night's Throwback edition of SmackDown saw the show average 2.157 million viewers on Fox, up 12.2 percent from last week's episode that went against night two of the NFL Draft. It's the largest week-to-week increase SmackDown has had on Fox since moving to the channel in October 2019.

Last night's overnight viewership number was the highest for SmackDown since January 29, which was the Royal Rumble go-home show.

It wasn't enough to lift SmackDown out of last place among network shows for total audience as everything else was over 2.7 million. The audience was consistent throughout, averaging 2.147 million viewers in hour one and rising 0.9 percent to 2.166 million in the second hour.

In the 18-49 demo, SmackDown drew a 0.6 overnight rating, up 20 percent from last week. With the exception of Christmas night, that matched the highest overnight rating SmackDown has drawn in the demo since November 6. It beat everything else on the networks last night.

SmackDown also finished first on the networks in 18-34, drawing a 0.4 rating. That's up 33.3 percent from last week and, aside from the Christmas night episode that followed NFL football, it matched the best overnight mark in the demo in over a year.

Year-over-year, SmackDown was up 5.7 percent in overnight viewership. It was also up 20 percent in 18-49 and up 33.3 percent in 18-34.

Here's a look at the last 11 weeks of SmackDown overnight viewership and key demo ratings, along with the 10-week averages prior to this week:

Source: f4wonline.com

 

[Deezy]

Jimmy Uso a draw confirmed.

 

[Deezy]

would've been a top 5 moment for sure

 

[Chris]

Friday night's Throwback edition of SmackDown averaged 2.282 million viewers on Fox, up 13.1 percent from the previous week's episode that went against night two of the NFL Draft. It was the best audience for SmackDown since the Royal Rumble go-home show on January 29.

The 18-49 demo number of 0.65 was up 32.7 percent from the previous week and matches SmackDown's best rating in that category since January 15.

While the show finished in its usual spot at the bottom of the network rankings in terms of total viewers, it topped all of television in 18-49, finishing more than 20 percent ahead of Shark Tank on ABC, which came in second.

In the 18-34 demo, SmackDown was up 43.3 percent from the previous week, drawing a 0.43 rating. SmackDown also topped all of TV in that category.

Year-over-year, SmackDown was up 12.7 percent in overall viewers. The show was also up 30 percent in 18-49 and up 43.3 percent in 18-34 as compared to the same week last year.

Here's a look at last week's viewership totals and key demo numbers for the four most-watched wrestling shows:

• WWE Raw: 1.872 million viewers (0.53 in 18-49, 0.32 in 18-34)
• WWE NXT: 761,000 viewers (0.18 in 18-49, 0.08 in 18-34)
• AEW Dynamite: 1.090 million viewers (0.42 in 18-49, 0.19 in 18-34)
• WWE SmackDown: 2.282 million viewers (0.65 in 18-49, 0.43 in 18-34)