CM Punk Arrival Sees WWE Backstage Viewership Increase
The CM Punk Effect?
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Nov 21, 2019
Former WWE Champion CM Punk making his debut on
WWE Backstage
seemingly did wonders for the FOX show.
Tuesday's episode saw an 80% increase from the previous week, with viewers climbing from 100,000 to 180,000. This made the show the 104th most-watched programme of the evening.
The show had previously failed to break into the top 150 since debuting on November 5.
During the show itself, CM Punk discussed a number of things, including
the possibility of an in-ring return.
The former WWE Champion also didn't hold back when discussing Friday Night Smackdown - in particular, the King Corbin segment which opened the show that included that now-infamous mascot: "I mean this is something… the less said about it I think the better. It makes me reconsider doing this show. Did you like it? You can’t possibly defend that. The creative’s bad. I don’t know anything about Baron Corbin really. He’s one of the newer guys. I’ve gotta check him out, but that’s a bad start. What did you think of it? Garbage. Garbage."
You can watch the segment below:
