Dana White’s Power Slap League has hit a new low on week four.
Dana White’s Power Slap League has been airing on TBS for four weeks, and the ratings have only gone downhill since then. Despite AEW Wrestling’s consistently strong lead-ins, the slap-fighting league ranked outside of the top 60 original cable telecasts on Wednesday night.
ShowBuzzDaily reports that AEW Wrestling’s 8 o’clock telecast attracted 899,000 viewers and a.30 rating among adults 18-49 and a.24 rating among those 18-34. In terms of new cable shows, the sports-entertainment event ranked fifth that evening. With 1.602 million viewers and a.58 rating among 18-49 year-olds and a.52 rating among 18-34 year-olds, ESPN’s NBA game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Clippers at 10:05 p.m. on Wednesday night topped the night’s overall cable ratings. The TBS wrestling broadcast had its lowest viewership since Power Slap’s January 18 premiere, when it drew 899,000 viewers thanks to the lead-in from AEW.
With 275,000 viewers and a 0.08 share in the 18-49 demographic on February 8th, Power Slap ranked at No. 68 for the night. The previous low was 284,000 viewers and a 0.09 share among 18-49-year-olds, so this is a new low for White’s latest attempt to break into something other than MMA.
Power Slap’s 10 o’clock competition includes South Park (Comedy Central), the Ingraham Angle (FOX News), Watch What Happens Live (Bravo), House Hunters (HGTV), 1000-lb Best Friends (TLC), and Kingdom Business (BET).
When it first premiered, Power Slap was seen by 295,000 people. That week, AEW served as a lead-in for the show, bringing in an audience of 969,000. Power Slap’s Week 2 broadcast benefited greatly from AEW Wrestling’s touching tribute to Jay Briscoe. With a lead-in of 1.03 million, Power Slap averaged 413,000 viewers for the night.
Former UFC heavyweight contender wants to try his hands in Dana White’s Power Slap League
Former UFC heavyweight title challenger Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva has expressed his interest in competing in Dana White’s new venture, Power Slap League. From 2005 to 2022, he competed professionally in mixed martial arts for UFC, Strikeforce, EliteXC, Cage Rage, Fight Nights Global, World Victory Road, K-1 HERO’S, and Cage Warriors. He has also been the former heavyweight champion of EliteXC, Cage Rage World Heavyweight Champion, and Super Heavyweight Champion of Cage Warriors.
Fans hoped that Bigfoot Silva’s retirement from mixed martial arts (MMA) would also include kickboxing, boxing, and bare-knuckle fighting ventures after he announced his departure from the sport. The Brazilian has not competed in those sports since his announcement and is not scheduled to do so at the present time.
If anything, he could be interested in signing up for the Power Slap League. TBS airs the contentious league that was founded by Dana White this time last year. Silva may be a supporter despite widespread criticism and low viewership. [via bjpenn.com]
Antonio Silva wrote on Instagram:
“There is not a human being on earth who could survive my slap!”
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