Smackdown is slowly going back to its USA numbers with yesterday’s broadcast getting 2,441,000 viewers off hours 2,390,000 and 2,493,000. The show was down 457,000 viewers from last week.
Smackdown on FOX only beat The CW in the overall viewership and it also lost viewership in all demo, this time losing the 25-54 demographic and barely winning the 18-34 and 18-49 demo.
Next week’s show is airing on FS1 rather than FOX which could spell even more trouble. (Rating credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
In the the third installment of this season of Total Divas, the drama from the last episode continues.
However, the drama was also mixed with sadness. Last season, the wrestling community lost a legend in Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart, but the loss of the fans is nothing to that of Jim’s daughter, Nattie. Ever since her father’s death, Nattie has been wearing herself out working in order to avoid dealing with her emotions. She had also been becoming increasingly annoyed with the WWE creative team who hadn’t been giving her a lot of TV time.
In an effort to cheer up her friend, Ronda Rousey invited her friend to her home which is also a working farm. Apparently, Rousey felt that some time spent in nature would help her deal with her grief. She had Nattie help with all sorts of farm chores including shoveling goat droppings. While I commend Rousey for attempting to assist her friend, I don’t think that cleaning goat dung would help to ease my grief if I was dealing with my father’s death.
While Nattie didn’t seem to enjoy her poop cleaning duties, the time spent in the fresh air did seem to her good. So, maybe Rousey did have the right idea as gross as it may seem to us. Nattie wasn’t the only Superstar who was having life changing moments in this episode.
Sonya Deville, who is the first openly lesbian WWE Superstar was given the honor of having a float in a Florida Pride parade. Further adding to Sonya’s happiness, she and her girlfriend, Arianna, had gotten back together prior to the parade. Also, Sonya’s friends had perfected her vision for the float, which she was unable to help with because of shoulder injury. Sonya’s injury was healed in time for the parade, therefore, Sonya was able to gleefully shout,”I’m here! I’m gay! Pride!”
Sonya’s elation only served to make Carmella depressed.
Ever since Carmella’s relationship with WWE announcer Corey Graves has become public knowledge, she has been called a homewrecker and a whore. This has understandably upset Carmella. In this episode, Carmella decided to be open about their relationship and used her housewarming party as a means of throwing a surprise birthday for Corey.
However, the surprise was on Carmella because Graves was unable to attend the party although she managed to have fun anyway. She took her friends to a show where women dressed as mermaids and swam in tanks dancing sexually. The Divas were so impressed by the show that two of them, Naomi and Liv Morgan, decided to participate in the show the next night. Despite misgivings about the show, Naomi ended up swimming like the mermaids.
This show and the rest of the drama on this episode seems to leave no doubt that fans are in for more drama on Total Divas.
The upcoming show in Saudi Arabia will mark the fourth time that the WWE have broadcast a live show from the region, but thus far it has been hard to get carried away with any of the action we have seen during these shows. The last outing in Saudi Arabia saw fans massively underwhelmed with a bout between Goldberg and the Undertake, which saw numerous botches.
The shows, in general, have been marketing ploys that have seen the WWE get millions of dollars in return for WrestleMania-esque shows. WWE has been criticized for supporting the Saudi government and plus they are not allowed to take female wrestlers to the venue. Which is a shame, since WWE in the last years has done so much for women’s wrestling to be more equal to men. However, one of the best MMA female fighters, now in WWE, Ronda Rousey, defended WWE’s event, despite that.
The action inside the ring has never been anything noteworthy. If anything, the WWE Network special is just a glorified house show with titles never changing hands. However, this installment could be one that could be full of blockbuster matches. But why should fans tune in?
In-Ring Debut of Tyson Fury
Some fans are refusing to buy into any of the matches on this card, but both matches involving these newcomers could surprise many. Without doubt, the arrival of Tyson Fury into the WWE was a shock to many, as he is typically seen on boxing. The lineal world heavyweight champion has been taking the USA by storm since his draw with Deontay Wilder, and all roads lead to a rematch between the pair next year.
However, before that, he will need to negotiate a match with Brawn Strowman safely. The pair have been exchanging words over recent weeks, and it will be interesting to see how a potential wrestling match could pan out. Fury is one of the biggest names in world sport, and before too long could be the heavyweight champion so the WWE being able to make the move with him has been smart strategy.
Cain Velazquez
One of the most interesting bouts on the card is one that we would typically take place in the octagon and is a Wrestle Mania worthy matchup between Cain Velazquez and Brock Lesnar for the WWE Title. The pair met in UFC nine year ago, with Velazquez beating Lesnar by TKO in the first round to win the UFC heavyweight championship. The story that has been told surrounding this rivalry is a believable one. Velazquez is in WWE to help Rey Mysterio, while Lesnar will get to avenge one of the lowest points of his UFC career. The added scar that Lesnar picked up at the hands of the Mexican just adds another element of interest.
This could be particularly difficult to book, but if Velazquez is in WWE for the long-term then he will need to win this, and then there could be a possible rematch later down the line at Mania. The Mexican is no stranger to wrestling and has already competed in his native country with Lucha Libre AAA. However, this will be a step up. It could be the match of the night, though.
Fiend vs Rollins
Most fans have already grown sick and tired of Bray Wyatt’s comeback as the Fiend, and it has also ensured that Seth Rollins has unintentionally been getting bad receptions by the fans. Their first match in Hell in a Cell was a disaster, with the match ending in a no contest. These two superstars do have the ability to put on a clinic, but with both wrestlers now competing on opposing brands, it will be difficult to see how this ends.
Rollins will likely keep hold of the title, but Wyatt can’t afford a loss this early on his comeback. Plus fans will not want to see a no contest or disqualification. WWE will have to be smart with this match and come up with something unique, or just remove the title being awarded to the winner. Either way, the Fiend is a unique character, and his entrance alone will captivate the audience in attendance.
Team Hogan for Crown Jewel gained three more members, including a team captain last night on Smackdown after Seth Rollins was removed from the match due to his other match against The Fiend.
The new team captain is Roman Reigns, who earlier in the day was unsuccessful in gaining the Intercontinental champion after Baron Corbin interfered to cause the disqualification.
Joining Reigns and the already announced Ricochet and Rusev, will be Ali and Chad Gable, who is known being referred to as Shorty G. With these three additions, Team Hogan is now complete.
The five of them will be taking on Team Flair consisting of Randy Orton, King Corbin, Shinsuke Nakamura, Bobby Lashley, and another team member which is yet to be announced.
Both Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair will be appearing on Friday Night Smackdown next week on FS1 to continue promoting the match.
WWE is guaranteeing a finish for the Seth Rollins vs The Fiend match at Crown Jewel, saying that the falls count anywhere match cannot be stopped for any reason whatsoever.
WWE got a lot of deserved criticism after the Hell In A Cell match between the two ended in a referee stoppage, becoming the second HIAC match in a row to end without a proper winner. After initial reports of a disqualification, WWE clarified that the match was actually stopped by the referee after The Fiend was unable to defend himself.
That explanation still wasn’t enough for fans and critics as gimmick matches like the Hell In A Cell are usually done to provide a clear winner.
Rollins and Wyatt for the Universal title will be one of the featured main events at Crown Jewel which will be taking place on Halloween in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Smackdown will be pre-empted on FOX next week with the show airing on FOX Sports 1 instead due to game three of the World Series. This is only for next week and the show will return to FOX the following week.
With all the rights for the MLB World Series owned by FOX, it was inevitable that Smackdown would be pre-empted. WWE shows have not been pre-empted on television for several years after NBCUniversal decided to move their dog show competition from USA Network not to clash with Raw.
AEW and NXT will also have a very tough week next week as one of the games will air head-to-head with both shows.
When WWE visits Mexico at the end of November, they’re bringing two of the biggest Latin American stars in the business for a tag team match.
The combined Raw and Smackdown roster show from the Arena Ciudad de México on November 30 will have former World Heavyweight champion Rey Mysterio teaming up with former two-time UFC Heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez. Their opponents have not been named yet and WWE hopes to fill the majority of the 22,000-seater arena with Mexican fans watching their heroes.
Tickets are available at superboletos.com ranging from $17 USD to nearly $600 USD for ringside VIP experience.
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer noted this week that the reason that Jake Hager has not wrestled for All Elite Wrestling yet is because there was a clause in his contract stating that he won’t wrestle until his fight on October 25 for Bellator MMA is done.
Hager, the man formerly known as Jack Swagger, will be taking on Anthony Garrett on the show that will air on Paramount from the Mohegan Sun Casino. Garrett has a 4-2 MMA record and lost his last fight while Hager is 2-0 and still undefeated.
On Dynamite, Hager is being pushed as the unstoppable MMA fighter and a loss would certainly hurt the gimmick. Hager did not want to get injured prior to the fight and is training hard on the other days he’s not with AEW for Dynamite.
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A couple of matches have already been announced for tonight’s Smackdown on FOX including a title match. Smackdown last week dropped a whopping million viewers from its debut episode and with no draft to rely on, it will be interesting what the base audience will be on FOX.
The Intercontinental title will be on the line as Shinsuke Nakamura will be defending against Roman Reigns. Also a number one contenders match for the Smackdown Women’s title will take place in a six-pack challenge match involving Carmella, Dana Brooke, Lacey Evans, Nikki Cross, Mandy Rose, and Sonya Deville. The winner gets a title shot against Bayley at a date still to be announced. And the third match announced is an eight-man tag match with Big E and Xavier Woods of The New Day teaming up with Heavy Machinery to take on the Smackdown Tag Team champions The Revival and Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode.
Smackdown tonight takes place from The Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.
WWE today announced that its first-ever weekly podcast series, WWE After the Bell, will launch on Wednesday, October 30 and will be hosted by Smackdown commentator Corey Graves. The WWE Podcast Network was launched in association with Endeavor Audio.
“After the Bell will deliver unprecedented access to the biggest WWE Superstars and storylines week in and week out,” Graves said. “No other podcast can say that. As WWE’s first podcast, we have the responsibility to ask the burning questions, and it’s going to be a wild ride.”
Paul “Triple H” Levesque, WWE Executive Vice President, Talent, Live Events & Creative, will join Graves as a special guest for the premiere episode.
Listeners can subscribe to WWE After the Bell on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Pandora. Additional Superstar-focused podcasts from WWE Podcast Network will be announced in the near future.
NXT continued to struggle in the ratings this week, getting 712,000 viewers for last night’s episode, down 78,000 viewers from last week. It has consistently lost viewers throughout the past five weeks that the show has been on USA Network although it has lost less percentage of viewers along the way compared to Dynamite so far. NXT was #30 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
AEW won the Wednesday night war ratings battle for the third week in a row, getting a total of 1,014,000 viewers for yesterday’s episode. That is down 126,000 viewers from last week’s show which aired on both TNT and TruTV. The show was #5 in the top 50 cable chart among the 18-49 demographic.
With a falls count anywhere match against The Fiend set for Crown Jewel, Seth Rollins has been removed from the five-on-five tag team match which he was originally announced for.
Rollins was the first participant announced for the match, captaining Team Hogan. He was joined by Rusev and Ricochet but now Team Hogan has three more members to announce before the October 31 match against Team Flair.
Team Flair has four out of five members announced, with Randy Orton as team captain, King Corbin, Bobby Lashley, and Intercontinental champion Shinsuke Nakamura.
Rollins will be defending the Universal title against The Fiend at Crown Jewel and with Wyatt drafted to Smackdown, it’s highly unlikely that Wyatt gets the title unless he’s moved back to Monday Night Raw.
The preview episode of WWE Backstage on FS1 on Tuesday did a total of 597,000 viewers. The show started almost 45 minutes later than its intended 7:30PM start time due to the MLB ALCS game. WWE Backstage returns weekly starting November 5 at 11PM ET on FOX Sports 1. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
11-year-old boy Nate Richardson had one hell of a night yesterday at AEW Dynamite as the wrestling fan was invited to the ring after Dynamite and Dark tapings finished and had the opportunity to pin Cody.
Dressed as Orange Cassidy, Nate was celebrating his birthday by sitting ringside for Dynamite. Nate, along with his dad, also attended the AEW debut episode in Washington and became an instant hit with the fans due to his cosplay.
With Cody, Brandi, Dustin, The Young Bucks, and MJF in the ring, Cody invited Nate to the ring. “I have no idea what prompted Cody to bring him into the ring. I was asked many times if it was planned, who we know, how’d we make that happen, etc. It was 100% unscripted,” his father Derek told ABC affiliate 6ABC Action News. “We had no idea that would happen. Wrestling is built on improv in a lot of ways and that’s what that was.”
After waiting for a referee to come in, Cody then went down on the mat and encouraged the young boy to pin him. MJF didn’t want the kid to do it, calling him a little brat, but after Dustin interfered to do it, the 11-year-old covered Cody, including hooking his leg.
After his hand was raised, Cody then gave him his American Nightmare weightlifting belt. The Young Bucks then wondered if this will also be counting towards Cody’s win/loss record and Cody jokingly said to get the kid a plane ticket to Baltimore as he’s going to face Jericho at Full Gear!
“My son was stunned at the ‘announcement’ regarding Full Gear and ‘his match’ against Jericho. I had to break the news that it was a joke. I don’t think he actually thought he was fighting Jericho. He would be there in a heartbeat, however. He has, in the past, asked if he could go to wrestling school. I can’t say I’d stop him,” his father told 6ABC.
You can see the video below.
https://twitter.com/DerekEsquire/status/1184672633985609728
Episode three of season nine of Total Divas titled Rowdy Ronda did 281,000 viewers, up 20,000 viewers from last week’s broadcast. (Ratings credit: Showbuzzdaily.com)
The AEW Tag Team title tournament continued to take shape last night on Dynamite as both semi-final matches are now set.
The two semi-finals are SCU vs The Dark Order and The Lucha Bros vs Private Party. Both matches will happen on next week’s episode of Dynamite which will take place at Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The final match is on the October 30 episode of Dynamite.
One of the matches last night had to be slightly changed as Luchasaurus is currently injured and was pulled from the show. Instead of Luchasaurus, Marko Stunt teamed up with Jungle Boy but the young duo lost their match against The Lucha Bros.
Four matches have been announced for tonight’s NXT as WWE tries to play catchup with AEW having already lost a good chunk of viewers from its premiere episode.
The big match will be Tommaso Ciampa’s return to the ring as he takes on Angel Garza. This will be Ciampa’s first match since March, coming back way ahead of schedule and after he was told it would be better if he did not wrestle again due to his injury.
Also on the show will be Pete Dunne taking on Damian Priest, and Keith Lee versus Dominik Dijakovic in their third match.
Tegan Nox will also be in action, her first match since the 2018 Mae Young Classic in August of last year. No opponent has been named at time of this writing.
With the draft now over, several WWE Superstars were left as “free agents” and were able to sign with either brand after they were not picked up during the live television broadcasts.
WWE today announced that more Superstars have found a new home with seven joining Raw and six joining Smackdown.
Those who are now part of the Raw roster are Peyton Royce and Billie Kay of The IIconics, Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins, Mojo Rawley, No Way Jose, and Sarah Logan.
Joining the Smackdown brand are Cesaro, Luke Harper, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville of Fire & Desire, Dana Brooke, and Drake Maverick.
