– This week’s WWE SmackDown, featuring the first-ever Shinsuke Nakamura vs. John Cena match as the main event, drew 2.569 million viewers. This is up 1.3% from last week’s 2.535 million viewers. The show also featured Kevin Owens vs. new WWE United States Champion AJ Styles advertised ahead of time. It was the second best audience for the show since the Superstar Shakeup in April.
SmackDown was #3 in viewership, behind Rachel Maddow and Tucker Carlson, and #1 in the 18-49 demographic on cable this week.In comparison, Monday’s RAW drew 3.163 million viewers, up from last week’s 3.067 million viewers.
– As noted, SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon will be the special referee for Kevin Owens vs. WWE United States Champion AJ Styles at SummerSlam on August 20th. AJ tweeted the following on the match today:
A lotta talk about the guy wearing the black and white stripes but I’m focused on the red, white, & blue title on my shoulder. #SummerSlam pic.twitter.com/zrNRXHAltb— AJStyles.Org (@AJStylesOrg) August 2, 2017
– Below is video from this week’s Bring It To The Table with Peter Rosenberg, JBL and Corey Graves. JBL says a reunion of The Shield is not necessarily a positive thing. JBL believes Roman Reigns is the guy they want to carry the company and sell the tickets but Reigns with The Shield didn’t sell tickets. JBL says Reigns is the guy everyone comes to boo, and that sells tickets & merchandise. Graves loves the potential for Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose but he wonders if the WWE Universe would react differently to Reigns if they did a full-blown three-member reunion.
Could @WWERollins, @TheDeanAmbrose and @WWERomanReigns benefit from a #Shield reunion? The #BringItToTheTable panel has some doubts… pic.twitter.com/kJptLDqhrg— WWE (@WWE) August 1, 2017
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