Smackdown ratings rise

​All Vince. Although it's one thing to hotshot stuff against the beginning of football and another to actually maintain those viewers.

Speaking of which, have we discussed yet how revolting that headbutt spot was? The company is currently in the midst of a potentially crippling lawsuit over CTE and 72 year old Vince goes out and gets Owens to lay in a headbutt so he can bleed the hard way? Like, it's 2017, if you find blading too "barbaric" for sponsors and you HAVE to have blood, just hire a goddamn Hollywood prop guy and do some kind of fake blood. I'll never understand why it's OK to have everything else on the show ripping off D-level movies and TV shows, but blood just HAS to be real.​