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[JerseyBoy23]

This week's Wild Card Finals episode of WWE Smackdown Live garnered 2,885,000 viewers on the USA Network.

This is up +247,000 viewers from the week prior and the first week ever that a first-run episode of Smackdown averaged more viewers than a first-run episode of WWE Raw.

Only person not happy about this is maybe Vince. This is what USA Network wanted when they told Vince to do a brand split.

 

[mrken12]

Only person not happy about this is maybe Vince. This is what USA Network wanted when they told Vince to do a brand split.

Cena played a major role in the ratings bump.

 

[ball15life]

They did it

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

If they don't at least turn this into a storyline after WM, Steph and the whole creative can suck a dikk.

the tuesday after mania would be a great place to start

 

[CBoz]

If they don't at least turn this into a storyline after WM, Steph and the whole creative can suck a dikk.

Joe better show up at the Rumble, be it in the match itself or otherwise.

 

[prophecypro]

Beat Raw in the ratings

 

[MightyHealthy]

Joe better show up at the Rumble, be it in the match itself or otherwise.

It would be even better if he fukks Brock and Bill up, too.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Out drew RAW in Chicago. Beat RAW in ratings.

Officially the A show and the brand that runs the land. :styles:

 

[dh86]

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

It cant even be disputed now brehs #BrandThatRunsTheLand

 

[Drones]

Smack overtaking RAM was inevitable when RAM has Reigns going over everyone while never losing clean, Kevin Owens being an incompetent cheater, and Rollins being directionless but still in the main event every single week. I find myself not even finishing RAM even after FFWDing through most of it.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

 

[MeltzerDirtySprite]

 

[NoMorePie]

What? The ratings become better than RAW when Cena is there?

 

[ill_will82]

Smack overtaking RAM was inevitable when RAM has Reigns going over everyone while never losing clean, Kevin Owens being an incompetent cheater, and Rollins being directionless but still in the main event every single week. I find myself not even finishing RAM even after FFWDing through most of it.

That's why I said after last week's RAW I will be DVRing it and only watching it on Saturdays so I can just cut through all the BS and commercials and find the decent content. Thing is though, about 80-90% of what's booked on RAW is trash every week. Kevin Owens has been booked as a joke, Rollins & Reigns has no business in the main event period. How you have Roman holding a mid-card belt but doesn't defend it against anyone in the mid-card? Rollins has really taking a big step back and should be traded to Smackdown whenever the next draft comes.