The World Series proved to be insurmountable competition for professional wrestling, sending both WWE SmackDown and AEW Collision into several historical lows. Games 6 and 7 of the series between the L.A. Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays went head-to-head with WWE and AEW’s programming, leading to SmackDown ’s all-time low viewership and Collision falling to its smallest 18-49 audience to date.

SmackDown’s Historic Low

The October 31 edition of SmackDown from Salt Lake City fell to 933,000 viewers and 272,000 viewers (a 0.20 rating) in the 18-49 demographic on the USA Network. According to the WrestleNomics report, both of these figures are the lowest in SmackDown ’s history.

The show was already handicapped by airing on Halloween, but Game 6 of the World Series added fur

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