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POLLOCK’S NEWS UPDATE 3/28 – Louisiana commission confirms WWE and ROH performers exempt from in-ring restrictions

March 28, 2018 John Pollock

A new report from Deadspin confirms that the Louisiana Boxing & Wrestling Commission will not hold the WWE and ROH performers to certain moves being banned on their shows, SmackDown and Raw numbers, son of Sweet Georgia Brown defends Fabulous Moolah, updated battle royal participants for WrestleMania, interview with Liam O’Rourke, and more.

Daniel Bryan’s medical clearance leads to highest SmackDown audience of 2018

March 21, 2018 John Pollock

The news of Daniel Bryan’s medical clearance led to SmackDown Live having its most-watched episode of 2018 and the second highest since the brand split in the summer of 2016.

WWE Television Ratings Report: John Cena leads SmackDown to second highest number of 2018

February 28, 2018 John Pollock

The return of John Cena to SmackDown Live led to the show’s highest viewership in 2018, while Monday’s episode of Raw experienced a drop from the prior week, despite the appearance of Ronda Rousey and no competition from the Winter Olympics.

SmackDown Live ends five-week decline with second highest number of 2018

February 22, 2018 John Pollock

Following Monday’s unique episode of Raw that featured a Gauntlet match that took up the majority of the first two-hours that averaged 3,200,000 viewers, SmackDown Live followed with their second-highest number of 2018.

Marathon Match on Raw Holds Audience for Two Hours

February 21, 2018 John Pollock

The experiment of presenting a nearly two-hour match on Raw proved to be an effective one with Monday’s episode averaging approximately 3,270,000 viewers on the USA Network.

Second hour of Raw draws highest of the three, overall 8.8% drop from last week

February 6, 2018 John Pollock

Monday’s episode of Raw from Des Moines, Iowa averaged approximately 3,080,000 viewers over the course of the three-hour program on the USA Network.

Television Ratings Report – Impact Does Lowest Number Ever on POP TV

December 16, 2017 John Pollock

John Pollock looks at all of the television viewership from the past week among professional wrestling shows. Shows were down across the board, including Impact doing its lowest number ever on POP TV as they faced competition from the WWE.