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After all, who doesn't like NXT 2.0? The Chadster figured that NXT would continue to grow until it ultimately becomes on par with Raw and Smackdown Then NXT could return to Wednesday nights, crush AEW Dynamite, and launch a spinoff, NXT 2.5, to go on Friday nights and take down Rampage For once, things we're[...]

Let's get to the numbers. Overall viewership ratings chart for WWE Raw, WWE NXT, AEW Dynamite, Impact Wrestling, WWE Smackdown, and AEW Rampage Raw increased its average overall viewership this week, thank goodness, with some of those fair-weather fans who abandoned the show last week returning with their tails between their legs to boost Raw back up[...]

What exactly did everyone have to do this Saturday night that was more important than watching WWE Smackdown? The Chadster must be the only true wrestling fan left in the world if he's the only person Vince McMahon and WWE can rely on to tune into Raw and Smackdown week after week, the way the[...]

But WWE is pulling out all the stops, sending Universal Champion Roman Reigns and his entire family from Smackdown to Raw this week in hopes that The Tribal Chief can make a ratings difference Will it work? Roman Reigns appears on WWE Smackdown Announced for Raw on Monday, Universal Champion Roman Reigns and Smackdown Tag Team Champions[...]

After WWE Raw lost to AEW Dynamite two weeks in a row in the ratings, WWE Smackdown faced pressure to prove there's still a reason to watch WWE Did this week's episode deliver? I'll be the judge of that! Becky Lynch interrupts Bianca Belair's Homecoming Celebration with Mayor Kane on WWE Smackdown WWE Smackdown Review 9/17/2021 WWE Universal[...]

And there's one man to blame: Tony Khan. Overall viewership ratings chart for WWE Raw, WWE NXT, AEW Dynamite, Impact Wrestling, WWE Smackdown, and AEW Rampage AEW Dynamite's ratings are in, and this week's show drew 1.175 million viewers and scored a .44 in the 18-49 demographic, making Dynamite the highest-rated show on Cable for the night,[...]

Wouldn't that be neat? Overall viewership ratings chart for WWE Raw, WWE NXT, AEW Dynamite, Impact Wrestling, WWE Smackdown, and AEW Rampage WWE NXT 2.0 drew 770,000 viewers on Tuesday, a massive increase over the previous week, according to Showbuzz Daily The 18-49 demo was also up, from a .14 to a .21 All of this just[...]

The Chadster was devastated when he saw this news, and so was The Chadster's wife Keighleyanne, who was really hoping that WWE's ratings, and thus The Chadster's libido, would rebound this week. Overall viewership ratings chart for WWE Raw, WWE NXT, AEW Dynamite, Impact Wrestling, WWE Smackdown, and AEW Rampage Raw averaged 1.670 million viewers, a steep[...]

WWE returned to Madison Square Garden for an episode of WWE Smackdown this week Did returning to their old stomping ground bring back some of the lost magic? Read on to find out… Becky Lynch dons a fashionable but controversial muppet fur coat on WWE Smackdown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiXtDalFNFIVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Lilian Garcia honors[...]

How could Adam Cole leave WWE when creative had such awesome plans for him? Plus: Beth Phoenix, Brian Cage, Jeff Hardy, and more wrestling news and hot goss!

AEW Dynamite defeated AEW Raw in the ratings. Overall viewership ratings chart for WWE Raw, WWE NXT, AEW Dynamite, Impact Wrestling, WWE Smackdown, and AEW Rampage as of Week 34 of 2021 The ratings are in on Showbuzz Daily, and due to the Labor Day holiday, both Tuesday and Wednesday's ratings came out today Adding to The[...]

What does Vince McMahon have to do to get through to you people?! Auughhh! Overall viewership ratings chart for WWE Raw, WWE NXT, AEW Dynamite, Impact Wrestling, WWE Smackdown, and AEW Rampage as of Week 34 of 2021 WWE Raw averaged 1.849 million viewers, according to Showbuzz Daily, with hours drawing 1.985 million, 1.842 million, and 1.748[...]

Is Kevin Owens headed to AEW? Has Vince Russo rejoined WWE? When will the Iiconics make their post-WWE debut? And more wrestling news and hot goss with His Excellency, El Presidente.

The Chadster's life was ruined forever by the AEW All Out PPV, but he did take some pleasure in seeing Smackdown triumphant in the ratings last week Welcome to Ratings Wars, the only unbiased wrestling ratings report on Vince McMahon's internet. The Bottom Line 'Cause Chad Said So graphic, made by me, The Chadster Graphic design[...]

As a result, several bouts were made official during this week's episode of WWE Raw, joining the Smackdown Women's Championship rematch between Becky Lynch and Bianca Belair that was booked on Smackdown last week. Charlotte Flair will defend the Raw Women's Championship against Alexa Bliss at WWE Extreme Rules. At Extreme Rules, Sheamus will challenge Damian Priest[...]

*UPDATED* WWE has found a new way to cut costs even further, by getting rid of backstage catering for its crew and roster of superstars.

WWE booked the first match for Extreme Rules on Smackdown this week Becky Lynch will defend her Smackdown Women's Championship against Bianca Belair in a SummerSlam rematch Hopefully, this rematch will last longer than 2 seconds, which is how long their squash at SummerSlam took Belair is looking to regain credibility after that booking disaster,[...]

With AEW All Out happening on Sunday, WWE nevertheless pressed forward with another episode of WWE Smackdown Who called who on the phone? What normally acceptable moves resulted in DQ this week for no reason? What's Logan Paul up to? Find out here, folks! Seth Rollins forced Cesaro to stay awake through an episode of WWE[...]

Johnson also reports that Corey Graves will replace Pat McAfee on Smackdown commentary tonight, since McAfee has undergone the traditional WWE hazing ritual of catching COVID. Fightful Select doesn't know yet where Adam Cole will sign (it will be AEW, comrades), but they do know one thing: a major sticking point for the former NXT Champion[...]

When are you going to give it a rest, Tony Khan? When will you just leave The Chadster alone?! Overall viewership ratings chart for WWE Raw, WWE NXT, AEW Dynamite, Impact Wrestling, WWE Smackdown, and AEW Rampage as of Week 33 of 2021 AEW Dynamite drew 1.047 million viewers this week, down from last week's 1.172 million[...]

I expect it to be subtle to start… then? — WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) September 2, 2021 Of course, that's what Vince has said in the past about Raw and Smackdown, when bringing in "Creative Directors," when making "the universe" into "the authority," or whatever The fact is, and I'm saying this one dictator to another, sometimes you need[...]

But now, all of that may be about to change. Overall viewership ratings chart for WWE Raw, WWE NXT, AEW Dynamite, Impact Wrestling, WWE Smackdown, and AEW Rampage as of Week 33 of 2021 NXT ratings were up this week, even for a taped show, as rumors hit the web that Vince McMahon and Bruce Pritchard will[...]

It's unclear if Raw was hurt by the lack of Brock Lesnar and Becky Lynch on the post-SummerSlam edition, as the return of both stars was the talk of SummerSlam and yet both ended up on the Smackdown brand One thing that is clear: unlike The Chadster, many of WWE's fans are traitors who abandon[...]

Both Raw and Smackdown were up in both overall viewership and 18-49 demo, and Raw even surpassed Smackdown to become the top-rated wrestling show of the week (though Smackdown remained the most watched) CM Punk brought his bump to AEW Dynamite this week, but without an advertised appearance by Punk, Rampage's ratings fell. Overall viewership ratings[...]

I realize that this review of WWE Smackdown is a day late, and I have no excuses The truth is… Smackdown this week was so boring that I fell asleep watching it on Friday night and didn't wake up until Sunday morning I know, I know I have no one to blame but myself for[...]

 And now according to Dave Meltzer in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, FOX, the home of WWE Smackdown, is none too pleased that WWE didn't make CM Punk a huge offer to return to the company and let him walk to their competitor. Meltzer further explains that FOX had a very good relationship with CM Punk, stemming from his time[...]

 WWE Chairman Vince McMahon had a one-on-one meeting with Cole backstage at Smackdown a couple of weeks ago to discuss a new deal and his future with the company and WWE was under the impression that the talk went well and the boss had gotten somewhere with Cole. But today, according to Andrew Zarian of Mat Men Pro Wrestling Podcast,[...]

In total, SummerSlam videos generated more than one billion views across all WWE social platforms during the week. Unfortunately, WWE chose to use the opportunity of having so many eyes on their product to engage in some extremely questionable booking decisions, in particular bringing back Becky Lynch only to have her squash Smackdown Women's Champion Bianca[...]

The Chadster nearly spit out a mouthful of White Claw Seltzer when he heard about this rating, because a .53 is within the range of Raw and Smackdown Luckily, thanks probably to the 10PM timeslot combined with the SummerSlam PPV, Rampage fell short of beating either Raw (.55) or Smackdown (.57) in the demo last[...]

But over on WWE Smackdown, the go-home show for WWE SummerSlam, WWE put forth its best effort to show why the landscape needed to be changed in the first place. On WWE Smackdown, Seth Rollins is covered in… poo? during a "brood bath." WWE Smackdown Review for 8/20/2021 Edge opened Smackdown with a promo, claiming that Seth Rollins[...]