Smaccdown Live ratings up 7% after Jinder wins the belt #NewBoomPeriod

[Vinny Lupton]

Despite monster competition from an NBA playoff game on Tuesday night, SmackDown viewership was up seven percent over last week. The show averaged 2.328 million viewers.

Game four of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics aired opposite SmackDown for the last 90 minutes of the show and averaged 7.017 million viewers.

With Raw ratings being down again this week , SmackDown was able to retain almost 90 percent of the audience of the WWE's flagship show. The only major thing advertised for SmackDown in advance this week was Jinder Mahal hosting a Punjabi Celebration after winning the WWE Championship from Randy Orton at Backlash.

The episode was eighth for the night in total viewers on cable, but it finished third in the 18-49 demo, trailing only the NBA game and the basketball post-game show.

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

MIDEON JINDER = RATINGS

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

It's simple. People tune IN when they know Orton isn't on top.

 

[NYChase718]

Shanes taking his inheritance back on the low

 

[Momentum]

Maharajah saving the blue brand

Smark darlings kill ratings, confirmed

 

[puppetmaster]

When they try something different for once it creates intrigue

 

[TheGodling]

Let's hear what the dudes who were acting like Jinder wasn't going to be a draw have to say now! :hinderjinder:

 

[RammerJammer]

#BollywoodSet
#Maharaja
#SmarkTears
#MeltzerTears
#AlvarezTears
#TakingNoLosses

 

[Golayitdown]

It's simple. People tune IN when they know Orton isn't on top.

And OUT when he is

 

[Golayitdown]

When they try something different for once it creates intrigue

Imagine that

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

And OUT when he is

Water is wet.

 

[El Guapo]

JinDraw

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

all this says is that ppl like their champions to LOOK like champions

 

[Golayitdown]

Water is wet.

And Orton can't draw

 

[Thebadguy]

Same thing happened when Mark Henry won the belt from Orton.