>This week’s episode of SmackDown, which featured the final build-up for Money In The Bank 2019 PPV and WWE Champion Kofi Kingston fighting with Kevin Owens in the main event segment, drew 1.83 million viewers.
>This is down from previous week’s 1.93 million viewers and turned out to be the lowest viewership for SmackDown for a non-holiday first-run episode ever.
RIP ATTENDANCE AND RIP RATINGS HAHAHA THE FED IS FINISHED
>Vince gives in and puts the main title on a black >Ratings instantly tank Bruh
Mason Ward
>Kofi Kingston vs Kevin Owens
The absolute state.
WWE deserves to die.
Brody Smith
If you guys got past your own prejudices, Kofi has been the best booked part of SD. And SD as a whole is better than Raw.
The problem is Raw. When Raw is uninspiring, nobody wants to hang around and watch SD on Tuesday night.
Dominic Ward
>"diversity is our strength" >WWE roster is the most diverse its ever been >ratings are in the toilet >only thing keeping the company alive is the money it receives from Saudi Arabia (right-wing authoritarian government) and FOX (right-wing corporate television company)
>Saudi Arabia (right-wing authoritarian government) Nigga wut? Its neither left nor right, its a monarchy.
Matthew Lewis
Everything before fox is non canon.
Mason Jackson
Fox is just as pozzed as CNN and MSNBC, boomers just eat up muh Israel and muh based black people
Jayden Green
Pretty much. They put Kofi on top to build up goodwill with fans so they can do whatever they want to get ratings when they go to Fox, and that will most likely not include Kevin Owens or Kofi Kingston.
Caleb Smith
It’s basically a 17th century monarchy with 21st century means of violence and repression.
John Morales
Who cares let the sand niggers live however they want
Hudson Phillips
ratings have been tanking for ten years now. They went full sjw thinking it would get press. but the only people who still watch wrestling are masochists and car crash watching enthusiasts
Like did they think this would genorate some backlash from redneck fans or something?
Its more like this
Adrian Parker
>rating used to be at 3 million Bros, we're literally reaching TNA peak territory.
Go back even 4 years and tell everyone that the WWE Title feud in May 2019 would be between Kofi Kingston and Kevin Owens. Why the fuck would anyone watch that
Easton Gray
Kofi is boring, only cring fans in the crowds like him.
Owens is a midcarder like kofi.
Brody Torres
The anti draw era.
Josiah Kelly
We are back to new generation era just with manlets.
Hudson Hughes
>dull talker >limited offense needs to be carried by opponent
Kofi being champ without new day around exposed the limitations that made him a mid card comedy act for a decade
>tfw Randy was the good guy all along Really, have Randy ever bury someone who didn't really deserves it? Mr Kennedy was a junkie with an one-note gimmick and Kofi was and still is dangeroud in the ring.
Brayden Price
2016: 2.89 million 2017: 2.6 million 2018: 2.1 million 2019: 1.8 million
Thats an average loss of 300,000 per year.
Following this, by 2023, there will be a sub 1 million number.
Some twitch streams have hgher views.
Colton Morris
I apologize to Randy, though I didn't mind him burying those two shitbirds. Just him beating Benoit for the WHC, and the Christian thing.
Adam Nelson
Yeah, fucking WWE is done. Vince is just cashing in now while he can (Saudi and Fox deals) and is hedging his bets on XFL.
Imagine not being on ur grind and Makin moves at all times that you actually time to wipe.
Nathan Fisher
>main even is a 5 foot nothing bulbasaur with a weird chest vs a 5 foot nothing neckbeard fat as fatass that is in worse physical shape than a lot of the fans in attendance >why are the ratings in the toilet?
>and is hedging his bets on XFL. Yikes. Guess he'll be dead soon.
Asher Nelson
>legit gimmick as World’s Strongest Man >his booking pre-belt had him take out everybody for his “Hall of Pain” (Kane, Rey, someone else idk) >title match had him maul an Orton whi was basically helpless as the match progressed >his “earned it” was legit b/c of the backstage shit he went through >fully embraced his role and cut grade-A promos Hmmm... I wonder what the difference between him and Kofi is...