Smackdown LIVE

[Troy]

Next week Smackdown is LIVE on Tuesday night.

If I remember right the reason they are doing this is that on Friday there is something else on so it would hurt the Smackdown rating. I like that every now and then they run Smackdown live because it makes the show seem more important and should boost the rating. Maybe if it rates high enough WWE will do it more often.

Would you like Smackdown live each week? Is Tuesday night a good night for wrestling to air in the US?

 

[Andrew]

Should be live. I'll be finding a stream to watch live and possibly do my review at the same time.

 

[The New F'n Show]

Would you like Smackdown live each week? Is Tuesday night a good night for wrestling to air in the US?

Smackdown live every week doesn't make financial sense, they don't get enough ratings to recoup the costs. And (WW)ECW says Tuesday nights are not that great.

 

[Troy]

I just wonder what the difference a live Smackdown versus a taped Smackdown will have in the ratings. In my mind having it live will increase the ratings due to the fact people will be more likely to tune in to see things live whereas if they read spoilers before hand they may decide they will skip it.

Fridays are a pretty bad night for wrestling though so I wonder if WWE will see what they can do on other nights for a potential move to another night down the line. Thursday is the obvious choice but I don't know if WWE will go down that route any time soon.

 

[John McHenry]

Live on Fridays would work in their favor. Less spoilers. I'd be more inclined to watch if I knew I couldn't read results 3 days before but they'd have to get someone over their I wana watch Heel Christian doesn't work for me. Randy no. The only person over their I'm starting to like is Sheamus and I think that speaks volumes.

 

[Troy]

I can't see them wanting to tape on a Monday for RAW and then a Friday for Smackdown. Thursday to Sunday would be the big days for house shows and taping on a friday would mean they miss out on money from house shows. If they went live it would have to be Tuesday or at the latest Wednesday.

 

[John McHenry]

How would you lose how show money because it's a weekend? I would think Friday shows already do poorly cause the story is being told on TV. If you mean cause they could be doing a house show on a friday they could just do it on a tuesday couldnt they?

 

[TheZig]

I don't see Smackdown airing live each week would contribute to the ratings, If anything i could see them dropping because as we know there is alot of adjustments before Raw and i think it would hurt the product overall. Theres also the factor of which day the live show would take place and i think that would add stress to a already buisy roster. Although I've always thought Friday was a bad day to air Smackdown due to people seem to socialise more on the weekend and don't want to be stuck in they're house watching wrestling.

 

[Troy]

How would you lose how show money because it's a weekend? I would think Friday shows already do poorly cause the story is being told on TV. If you mean cause they could be doing a house show on a friday they could just do it on a tuesday couldnt they?

My reasoning is that it is more likely that people will attend a show on a weekend rather than on a Tuesday due to it being a work/school night. On the weekend people have more free time to attend these shows and that is why the house shows almost always run over the weekends.

 

[John McHenry]

O I thought house shows only ran wed thurs friday those are the only times I've ever had a house show come to ohio.