6/21 SD! Rating Increases, Preliminary Extreme Rules Buy Rate Shows Decrease From Last Year

By Nick Paglino

WWE Extreme Rules6/21 SD! Rating Increases

According to PWTorch.com, this past Friday night's edition of WWE Smackdown drew a 1.71 rating, up from the 1.66 rating the show drew the previous week.

This week's show averaged 2.280 million viewers, however, down from the 2.32 million viewers the show took in the previous week.

Preliminary Extreme Rules Buy Rate Info

WWE's corporate website is reporting that preliminary buy rate estimates show this year's Extreme Rules PPV totaling 228,000 buys. Although this is a preliminary number, this figure is down from the 2012 Extreme Rules PPV buy rate, which took in 263,000 buys.

This year's show was headlined by Triple H vs Brock Lesnar in a Steel Cage Match, while last year's PPV was headlined by John Cena vs Brock Lesnar in an Extreme Rule Match.

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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