{"id":45684,"date":"2018-09-19T15:14:27","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T20:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=45684"},"modified":"2018-09-19T15:14:27","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T20:14:27","slug":"wwe-smackdown-live-viewership-coming-out-of-hiac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2018\/09\/19\/wwe-smackdown-live-viewership-coming-out-of-hiac\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown Live viewership coming out of HIAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-3175060495\" 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><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s WWE Smackdown Live averaged 2.281 million viewers for USA Network, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.showbuzzdaily.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Showbuzzdaily.com<\/a>. The number was up slightly from the 2.229 million count from last Tuesday&#8217;s edition.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Coming out of a pay-per-view on Sunday didn&#8217;t pop a number for Raw or Smackdown. Raw had the excuse of going opposite Monday Night Football and the Emmy Awards, but Smackdown had no such excuse. 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