{"id":6385,"date":"2016-04-23T09:35:43","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T14:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=6385"},"modified":"2016-04-22T21:55:29","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T02:55:29","slug":"wwe-smackdown-rating-final-numbers-for-the-april-21-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2016\/04\/23\/wwe-smackdown-rating-final-numbers-for-the-april-21-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown rating: Final numbers for the April 21 episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-1721600083\" 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><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-57 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_WWE_dn-300x300.png?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"Logo_WWE_dn\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_WWE_dn.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_WWE_dn.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_WWE_dn.png?resize=70%2C70&amp;ssl=1 70w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_WWE_dn.png?w=495&amp;ssl=1 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Thursday&#8217;s WWE Smackdown scored a 1.71 rating, up from the 1.70 rating the show drew last week. As previously noted, the show averaged 2.431 million viewers, up from last week&#8217;s 2.355 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Smackdown performed well against NBA playoff competition. However, next week will be much tougher when they are opposed by the first night of the NFL Draft. One year ago, the April 23, 2015 Smackdown delivered a 1.92 rating with 2.642 million viewers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-2033289186\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday&#8217;s WWE Smackdown scored a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":57,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[496],"class_list":["post-6385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wwe_news","tag-wwe-smackdown-rating"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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