[Contrarian]

– The May 18 episode of WWE SmackDown garnered a 1.81 cable rating with 2,803,000 viewers. The previous week’s show drew a 1.7 cable rating, with 2,530,000 viewers.

Fella's reign pulling in some horrible ratings. Anyways, screw the World title, Fella can have that shit as long as he wants. Great Khali will be proud of Fella.



DB is coming for WWE Title. :bryan2

 

[GetStokedOnIt]

It's still up from last week, so it's not all 'horrible'. They're not good though.

 

[Tedious]

Why would anyone like Sheamus being champion? I don't blame people for not wanting to watch.

 

[CamillePunk]

Maybe if it wasn't for all the Raw recap people would want to watch the show more.

 

[Firallon]

Better than last week by a bit but still bad. Funny how people are blaming Sheamus, when in reality its the atrocious booking and barrage of RAW recaps.

 

[drew mcintyre]

Why would anyone like Sheamus being champion? I don't blame people for not wanting to watch.

this , fuck this ginger bitch !!

sheamfull = rating killer !

 

[Carcass]

So they have Punk on the Show and the viewership jumps by 300k? unk

 

[King_Of_This_World]

Why do people even care about the ratings for smackdown? I dont get it.

 

[LIL' WINNING FOOT]

Just give me Tuesday Night Smackdown live, please.

 

[dualtamac]

Sigh, another ratings thread to either hate on wrestler X or big up wrestler Y......

 

[fulcizombie]

Let's hope that Sheamus brings SD ratings close to impact's . He can do it, that's how horrible he is ...

 

[Hazaq]

Fella is the next viper.

 

[Phil5991]

Yup Sheamus is singlehandedly the cause of poor ratings, and totally not all the filler matches, lack of star power and compelling story telling...

Nope, none of that, it's just Sheamus' fault.

 

[Silent KEEL]

Well looking at the main event, that'll explain it all. Good match, though.

 

[SporadicAttack]

I still watch Smackdown but it's been on the decline for a long while. I would be more into Smackdown if Alberto Del Rio was Champion. I'm not even a Del Rio fan, but he's better than Sheamus by a long shot...in my opinion.

I know one person doesn't bring down the ratings. But please no more Sheamus and Orton title reigns. Give someone else a shot and more people might start watching.

And.....NO MORE RECAPS! More wrestling!

 

[DegenerateXX]

Right, because people only watch or don't watch wrestling because of the world champion. BOOOOOO!!!!! SHEAMUS U SUK!!!1111

 

[DesolationRow]

This seems to correspond just right with the general trend of viewership decline since Wrestlemania season wrapped up with Lesnar breaking Triple H's poor arm. Raw is just staying above four million viewers at the moment.

 

[Silent KEEL]

How can you say that the champion doesn't bring the ratings? Usually the show is booked around the heavyweight champion, more of that can be said of Smackdown more so than RAW. The champion usually has the most time on the show. The ratings absolutely is affected by who the champion is. Nobody has a reason to care about Sheamus, he's never been booked interesting at all. He comes in, Brogue kicks a guy in the face, and wins his match. His matches are usually longer than just that, but the ending is usually the same. He's boring.

 

[ViolenceIsGolden]

Ratings for Smackdown have been this low since Sheamus first debuted on ECW back in 2009 so how could it be his fault? I'm not fan at all and don't wanna see him as champion but the ratings would be low no matter what even if a great champion in the feud of the year with nothing filler on the show. Friday is just a horrible night for tv shows. People with lives don't wanna sit and stair at a tv like they will usually do on a Monday night when they have work the next day and just want to clear their head before they go to bed.

 

[Bushmaster]

Just give me Tuesday Night Smackdown live, please.

Live smackdowns seem to do horrible in the ratings.

Maybe they should just skip Jericho and have Orton feud with Sheamus. that'll draw rightrton