{"id":74009,"date":"2019-01-24T13:23:03","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T19:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=74009"},"modified":"2019-01-24T13:23:03","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T19:23:03","slug":"smackdown-ratings-report-did-smackdown-drop-off-like-raw-did-or-hold-its-ground-key-metrics-compared-to-past-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/01\/24\/smackdown-ratings-report-did-smackdown-drop-off-like-raw-did-or-hold-its-ground-key-metrics-compared-to-past-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown Ratings Report: Did Smackdown drop-off like Raw did or hold its ground, key metrics compared to past years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-985892011\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>The Jan. 22 episode of WWE Smackdown Live on USA Network drew a 1.54 rating, a small drop from last week&#8217;s rating of 1.55. Smackdown experiences less variance from the end of one year to the start of another compared to Raw since Smackdown doesn&#8217;t face stiff NFL competition from September to December like Raw does.<\/p>\n<p>The 1.54 is down from a year-ago rating of 1.77 and two-years-ago rating of 1.87. The rolling ten week average for Smackdown headed into this week, including the holidays, was 1.47.<\/p>\n<p>This episode included a Becky Lynch-Asuka-Charlotte segment to open the show, Vince McMahon moderating a Daniel Bryan-A.J. 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