SD starring Dana Brooke and The Miz - 11.1.19

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Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect Is it though? Do most people know or care about that stuff? I'm pretty ardent, but I only knew that they got stranded via the fallout from the SmackDown results. I mean, it may have helped some people feeling that it might be a more interesting show, I suppose, but I think it's probably more coincidence than anything.

I mean it’s anecdotal but read the comments on YouTube for anything related to the show and you’ll find plenty of “first time I’ve watched the whole show this year” type comments. I’m not saying it’s casuals or brand new fans that saw the news and thought “this could be interesting”, it’s more likely that the bump is from fans that would normally DVR and watch later actually tuning in live.

Or, of course, there was a big chunk of fans that saw Crown Jewel and thought “I gotta watch me some more of that!!”.

In my opinion one is more likely than the other.