How Was Viewership for This Week’s WWE Smackdown? Which Show Won the Post-WrestleMania Ratings War?

April 5, 2017

According to ShowBuzzDaily.com, this week’s edition of WWE Smackdown Live, featuring WrestleMania 33 fallout and the debuts of Tye Dillinger and Shinsuke Nakamura, averaged 2.885 million viewers. This week’s number is up from last week’s 2.698 million viewership average for the WrestleMania 33 go-home show. The Smackdown after WrestleMania 32 averaged 2.444 million viewers, however that show was taped on Tuesday and aired on Thursday.

This week’s WWE Smackdown ranked #3 in viewership on cable for the night, behind Tucker Carlson and The O’Reilly Factor.

WWE Raw once again won the weekly WWE brand split ratings war, as the show took in 3.767 million viewers.

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.