It looks like the ratings boost for WWE SmackDown from the ThunderDome may be coming to an end Though SmackDown held onto its post-SummerSlam increase longer than Raw, ratings and viewership returned to pre-ThunderDome levels, at least according to Showbuzz Daily's overnight report.[caption id="attachment_1198874" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown.[/caption]
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Another brutal attack! Someone gets served! An Intercontinental Championship love triangle! And a Samoan Street Fight! All of that in part two of Bleeding Cool's Smackdown Report...[caption id="attachment_1198874" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown.[/caption]
WWE Smackdown Report for September 18th, 2020 Part 2
When we left off in part one, Sasha Banks was[...]
All of that in part one of Bleeding Cool's WWE Smackdown report...[caption id="attachment_1198874" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown.[/caption]
WWE Smackdown Report for September 18th, 2020
After a glimpse at the Thunderdome, Smackdown gets right down to business with The Miz and John Morrison in the ring It's The Dirt Sheet[...]
Melina - Divas Championship Match[/caption]Melina's return has sparked some jokes on the internet because John Morrison is also currently working for WWE on Smackdown Morrison and Melina famously dated on and off for many years, and a longstanding rumor is that Morrison, despite his in-ring talent, was never respected by Vince McMahon because he let[...]
So they've just announced a Samoan Street Fight to take place on this Friday's episode of WWE Smackdown between Roman Reigns and Jey Uso against Sheamus and The Ratings King of Friday Nights himself, Baron Corbin.[caption id="attachment_1198874" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown.[/caption]Here's what WWE.com's press release has to say about[...]
For the past two weeks on WWE SmackDown, WWE has been teasing the debut, or perhaps re-debut, of a mystery woman Two weeks ago, we saw a video promo focusing on her feet Yesterday, we saw another video, this time starting with her feet, but then showing her getting dressed, giving us a shot of[...]
In the upcoming Election PPV event, WWE Hall-of-Famer President Donald Trump is counting high ratings in the white suburbanite demographic to draw votes against rival Joe Biden. To that end, Trump has been working those voters with fears of Antifa protestors, a group similar to the Retribution stable on WWE Raw, moving into their suburban […]
The ratings for WWE Smackdown are in, and the message is clear: heel Roman Reigns is a success! Once again, viewership rose for Smackdown, with an increase of over 130,000 viewers since last week Smackdown also took the number one spot in the network TV ratings in the 18-49 demographic.[caption id="attachment_1198874" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The official[...]
All we have to do is finish recapping this episode of Smackdown! So let's not waste any time.[caption id="attachment_1198874" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown.[/caption]
WWE Smackdown Report for September 11, 2020 Part 2
We see a video for the woman in the high heels that we saw last week[...]
But before my big break, there's still some WWE Smackdown to get through Welcome to part two of Bleeding Cool's WWE Smackdown report - we watch so you don't have to![caption id="attachment_1198874" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown.[/caption]
WWE Smackdown Report for September 11, 2020 Part 2
Alyse Ashton reports from backstage outside[...]
Smackdown opens with a 9/11 "Never Forget" graphic Well, how are we ever going to if you keep bringing it up every year?!Welcome to Bleeding Cool's WWE Smackdown report We watch, so you don't have to![caption id="attachment_1198874" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown.[/caption]
WWE Smackdown Report for September 11, 2020 Part 1
After[...]
The Tuesday before last, WWE NXT did an amazing rating with a fatal four-way iron man match for the NXT Championship as the main event. As a result of that, in addition to running unopposed by AEW Dynamite, NXT hit the top ten and drew its best 18-49 rating of 2020 and 850,000 viewers. But […]
Welcome to the third and final part of our WWE SmackDown report.[caption id="attachment_1198874" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown.[/caption]
WWE SmackDown Report for September 4th, 2020
Sasha Banks is wheeled into an ambulance Michael Cole and Corey Graves are totally shocked and saddened by these events They're at about an 8out of 10[...]
When we left off in part two of our WWE SmackDown report, Michael Cole, channeling the 1998 version of Tony Schiavone (trust me, it was nothing like the version we know and love today), had just declared that we were about to witness the greatest tag team match in the history of SmackDown Sasha Banks[...]
Are you ready? Are you ready for a good time? Well, too bad, because it's time for WWE SmackDown.[caption id="attachment_1198874" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown.[/caption]
WWE SmackDown Report for September 4th, 2020 Part 1 of 3
Smackdown opens with a recap of the ending of WWE Payback Long story short: The Big[...]
It looks like the long-teased and heavily-anticipated breakup of The Golden Role Models has finally happened, as Bayley viciously attacked Sasha Banks on WWE Smackdown tonight After failing to regain their tag team championships from Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler in tonight's Payback rematch, Banks was left laying in the ring with a knee injury[...]
Roman Reigns has only been back on WWE Smackdown for one week, but the new Universal Champion is already in need of a new opponent to make him look strong On Smackdown this Friday, four superstars will fight for the opportunity to be beaten by Roman in a future Universal Championship title defense One of[...]
There's been a lot of speculation about what WWE is planning to do with Retribution, the non-political Antifa-like stable of anarchists in black hoodies who have been terrorizing WWE Raw and Smackdown for the past month Who are the members of this stable? Who are its leaders? Seth Rollins has been a suspect, along with[...]
During the main event of SummerSlam last Sunday, Roman Reigns made a surprising return to the WWE in his first official appearance since March. In the main event of the Payback PPV, Reigns set up to go toe-to-toe against Bray Wyatt aka The Fiend and Braun Strowman in a "No Holds Barred" match for the […]
Wow, great result for Keith Lee, huh? I'm glad to see him getting a push like this. Not sure what it means for Orton, who has now lost two big matches in a row, one against a "rookie." Welcome to Bleeding Cool's continuing live coverage of WWE Payback, sponsored by Captain Morgan and Doctor Pepper, […]
