Post by Flair Forever on May 6, 2014 9:04:16 GMT -5
Smackdown recently took a huge dip in viewership:
3/28/2014____________4/4/2014______________4/18/2014_________________4 /25/2014____________________5/2/2014
3,057,000____________2,710,000_____________2,757,000_________________2,670,000_____________________2,271,000
Down 400,000 viewers over a couple of weeks - down 800,000 viewers over the course of the month following Wrestlemania.
I'm thinking about it - Since the WWE Network has had so much content, I feel a bit overwhelmed.... with Raw Pre/Post shows, all the Wrestlemania extra stuff, Warrior Week, Clash of the Champions replays, NXT, Legends House, Extreme Rules, various Legends Roundtable stuff, all the Countdowns, Beyond The Ring, Tuesday (& Wednesday replay) of Main Event.....
I now have to pick some things to skip (there are only so many hours I can devote to watching wrestling) - and Smackdown generally just doesn't make the cut!
My friend was at the 4/25 Smackdown show live in Hershey, PA, and was very disappointed with the show.... just a general lack of star power (No Authority, No Cena, No Batista, No Evolution, No Daniel Bryan, No Kane, & they had hung a steel cage there, but didn't even use it for a dark match or anything).
Seems like WWE hasn't been putting much effort into Smackdown (this is nothing new) and now the viewers have so much other content to watch - it's become a show that is expendable....
OR, is it just better time management to watch the Smackdown wrap-up show on the WWE Network after it's aired?
Anyone else agree?
3/28/2014____________4/4/2014______________4/18/2014_________________4 /25/2014____________________5/2/2014
3,057,000____________2,710,000_____________2,757,000_________________2,670,000_____________________2,271,000
Down 400,000 viewers over a couple of weeks - down 800,000 viewers over the course of the month following Wrestlemania.
I'm thinking about it - Since the WWE Network has had so much content, I feel a bit overwhelmed.... with Raw Pre/Post shows, all the Wrestlemania extra stuff, Warrior Week, Clash of the Champions replays, NXT, Legends House, Extreme Rules, various Legends Roundtable stuff, all the Countdowns, Beyond The Ring, Tuesday (& Wednesday replay) of Main Event.....
I now have to pick some things to skip (there are only so many hours I can devote to watching wrestling) - and Smackdown generally just doesn't make the cut!
My friend was at the 4/25 Smackdown show live in Hershey, PA, and was very disappointed with the show.... just a general lack of star power (No Authority, No Cena, No Batista, No Evolution, No Daniel Bryan, No Kane, & they had hung a steel cage there, but didn't even use it for a dark match or anything).
Seems like WWE hasn't been putting much effort into Smackdown (this is nothing new) and now the viewers have so much other content to watch - it's become a show that is expendable....
OR, is it just better time management to watch the Smackdown wrap-up show on the WWE Network after it's aired?
Anyone else agree?
I watched both of the episodes with Hogan on them, but other than that I have not watched any for a long time.
