{"id":1734,"date":"2016-01-22T15:07:41","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T21:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=1734"},"modified":"2016-01-22T15:07:41","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T21:07:41","slug":"wwe-smackdown-viewership-for-the-final-show-before-the-royal-rumble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2016\/01\/22\/wwe-smackdown-viewership-for-the-final-show-before-the-royal-rumble\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown viewership for the final show before the Royal Rumble"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-894591390\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>Thursday&#8217;s WWE Smackdown averaged 2.757 million viewers for USA Network, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.showbuzzdaily.com\/\">Showbuzzdaily.com<\/a>. The number was up from the 2.332 million count from last week.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0A nice number for Smackdown heading into the Royal Rumble on Sunday. It was equal to the number the show did in its first week on USA Network. 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