WWE Smackdown Live Viewership Rises with a Steel Cage Main Event, Which Show Won This Week’s WWE Ratings War?

January 19, 2017

According to ShowBuzzDaily.com, this week’s edition of WWE Smackdown, featuring a Steel Cage main event, Shane McMahon’s big announcement, and the return of Jerry Lawler, averaged 2.652 million viewers. This week’s number is up from last week’s 2.533 million viewership average.

This week’s Smackdown ranked #10 for the night on cable in viewership, behind Curse of Oak Island, Fixer Upper, The Haves & Have Nots, The O’Reilly Factor, Tucker Carlson, Special Report, Hannity, The Five and The First 100 Days.

This week’s WWE Raw, featuring an appearance by Brock Lesnar, once again defeated Smackdown in the weekly WWE ratings war, as the show averaged 3.271 million viewers.

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.