Viewership For December 26 “Smackdown Live”

They’re catching up. It’s pretty much a given that “Monday Night Raw” is the flagship show for WWE. Sure “Smackdown Live” is treated as a big deal in its own right but there’s really not much of a comparison between the two of them. The numbers gap has been closing in recent weeks though and that gap could get much smaller given that this Monday’s show was a holiday episode.

According to Wrestlinginc.com, this week’s episode of “Smackdown Live” drew 2.656 million viewers. This number is up 3% from last week’s 2.578 million viewers. The total viewers are only 4.9% below this week’s “Monday Night Raw”, which drew 2.703 million viewers, albeit on Christmas night.

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Opinion: I’m not sure the comparison between the two shows means anything as “Monday Night Raw” was on a major holiday and “Smackdown Live” was any given episode. It’s cool to see the blue show doing well though as it’s gotten a little better in recent weeks. I can’t imagine this run lasts very long though and that’s not the biggest surprise in the world. At least it’s lasting at the moment though.

Which show did you like better this week? Which do you think will be better in 2018? Let us know in the comments below