{"id":6686,"date":"2016-04-29T15:16:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T20:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=6686"},"modified":"2016-04-29T15:16:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T20:16:08","slug":"wwe-smackdown-viewership-opposite-the-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2016\/04\/29\/wwe-smackdown-viewership-opposite-the-nfl-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown viewership opposite the NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-3187122956\" 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-108 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_SD_dn_600-300x300.png?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"Logo_SD_dn_600\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_SD_dn_600.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_SD_dn_600.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_SD_dn_600.png?resize=70%2C70&amp;ssl=1 70w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Logo_SD_dn_600.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Thursday&#8217;s WWE Smackdown averaged 2.109 million viewers for USA Network, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.showbuzzdaily.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Showbuzzdaily.com<\/a>. The number was down from the 2.431 million count from last week.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> The NFL Draft topped eight million viewers between ESPN and NFL Network last night, which likely explains the big drop for Smackdown. 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