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Smackdown Live Draws Highest Ratings, Was It Enough To Beat WWE RAW?

September 14, 2017

This week’s SmackDown Live drew 2.754 million viewers. In comparison to last week, it is up over 6 percent and is one of the best rated shows since April. Sin City Smackdown was heavily promoted, with three championship matches and the return of WWE Chairman Vince McMahon. This is his first appearance on Smackdown in over four years.

Smackdown Live lost the ratings war to WWE RAW on Monday, as that show drew 2.9 million viewers.

SmackDown was #2 in viewership for this week, only losing out to Tucker Carlson. In case you were curious, WWE Smackdown Live has only hit over 3 million viewers once in the 2017 calendar year, which was an April 11th show.

Josh controls most of the creative writing and ideas for the show on a weekly basis, as well as an on-air talent.
Aside from working with WrestleZone, Isenberg began his career in Broadcast Journalism interning at ESPN and worked with CBS Radio for three years. He has also had the opportunity to interview some of the best athletes and performers alive, including Andrew McCutchen, Ben Roethlisberger, Chris Jericho, Billy Gunn, Karl Anderson, Matt Hardy, Steven Strasburg and others.
Currently, Josh Isenberg works for Major League Baseball in their Advanced Media Productions. He grew up in Pittsburgh and went to Point Park University, which is where Chair Shot Reality is filmed each week.
His life outside of his obsession with wrestling include being a savant for Seinfeld, NFL, NBA, MLB and many television shows. He also has an undying love for musicals, which includes many shows he was a part of in high school. Some of his favorite wrestling moments can be linked to such superstars as Edge, The Rock, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels and The Great Khali.

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