SmackDown Sees Poor Attendance
WWE has not only seen a decline in the Television viewership of their shows in the past year but the company has also been struggling to draw a live audience to their events.
In the last twelve months, both Raw and SmackDown have seen poor live audience a number of times, and it appears the same was the case for this week’s episode of the Blue Branded Show as well.
A fan in attendance posted the following photo of this week’s SmackDown Live, where the hard camera side is visibly empty and he noted that almost 40% of the seats in the arena were tarped off:
https://twitter.com/TDC1987/status/1037117160781504512
WWE To Tape New Year Episode Of Raw?
This year was the first time WWE decided to do Live shows for both the Christmas and New Year’s edition of Monday Night Raw and it was noted that a lot of stars were not happy with this arrangement.
Though it appears that the company will return to its regular schedule and at least tape the New Year edition of the Red Branded Show beforehand.
Little Caesars Arena recently made a tweet, inviting fans to attend a special edition of Raw on December 28th. This most likely is the date for the tapings of the December 31th edition of the show:
JUST ANNOUNCED: See your favorite superstars live in action for a special Friday edition of @WWE Monday Night Raw on December 28! Tickets go on sale September 15 at 10 a.m. ?? pic.twitter.com/KUCjWJQvwT
— Little Caesars Arena (@LCArena_Detroit) September 5, 2018