WWE Smackdown Live Viewership Rises with #1 Contenders Main Event, Which Show Won This Week’s WWE Brand Split War?

By Nick Paglino

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According to ShowBuzzDaily.com, this week’s edition of WWE Smackdown Live, featuring AJ Styles vs Randy Orton to see who will face Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania 33, averaged 2.738 million viewers. This week’s number is up from last week’s 2.566 million viewership average.

This week’s WWE Smackdown ranked #5 in viewership on cable for the night, behind Fixer Upper, The O’Reilly Factor, Tucker Carlson and The Five.

WWE Raw once again won the weekly WWE brand split war, as Raw averaged 3.216 million viewers for a show featuring WWE Fastlane fallout and Goldberg as Universal Champion.

Nick Paglino
Nick Paglino

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.

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