After hitting a four-week high last week, the October 16 “WWE SmackDown” saw a slight drop in views while its ratings remained unchanged.
The show from Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center was down 2% last week’s showaccording toWrestlenomics,” dropping from 1,352,000 to 1,327,000 viewers. That number is still slightly above the four-week average, which currently stands at 1,282,000. Ratings, meanwhile, were flat at 0.32, also above the monthly average.
The show, the first SmackDown event since Money in the Bank, saw the Sami Zayn-Trick Williams rivalry continue as the latter faced Zayn’s ally Johnny Gargano.
Paige bested her former tag team partner Nikki Bella while Rey Phoenix retained her AAA Cruiserweight Championship against Ricky Saints. SmackDown ended with a match between Cody Rhodes and Baron Corbin, with Rhodes finally getting the pinfall after Randy Orton appeared at ringside. However, the knife was aimed at Corbin, causing Orton to watch from the ramp in shock. The show also had an unfortunate moment when Veteran star R-Truth is injured during his match against his former tag team partner Damian Priest, which ended in a no contest.