Various: More on SmackDown’s Ratings, NJPW Super Junior Tag League Night 10 Results, Indies

More on Last Week’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown Ratings on FS1

As noted, this past Friday’s episode of SmackDown drew 888,000 viewers on FS1. SmackDown was moved from FOX to FS1 due to Game 3 of the MLB World Series airing on FOX during SmackDown’s usual time slot.

WrestleVotes reported that WWE officials were expecting last week’s episode to generate a similar number to what the series had drawn on USA Network prior to the move to FOX in early October. For the month of September, SmackDown averaged around 2.088 million viewers on USA Network.

Internally, WWE expected this past Friday’s SmackDown to do similar numbers to what the show was doing on USA Network prior to the move. It didn’t come close.

The Tuesday night to Friday night move hasn’t gone as expected, regardless of what FOX channel the show is on.

— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) October 28, 2019

NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2019 Tournament Night 10 Results, Updated Standings

NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2019 tournament Night 10 quick match results:

• NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2019 match – El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Tiger Mask & Yuya Uemura via submission (14:55)
• NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2019 match – Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo defeated TJP & Clark Connors via pinfall (11:13)
• NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2019 match – Roppongi 3K defeated Volador Jr. & Titan via pinfall (16:25)
• NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2019 match – Bird of Prey defeated Ryusuke Taguchi & Rocky Romero via pinfall (22:13)

Here is the partial card for NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2019 tournament Night 11, which takes place this Wednesday at the Twin Messe Shizuoka in Shizuoka, Japan.

• NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2019 match – Tiger Mask & Yuya Uemura vs. Roppongi 3K

Updated Super Junior Tag League 2019 tournament standings:

1. Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo – 10 points (5-1)
2. Ryusuke Taguchi & Rocky Romero – 8 points (4-2)
3. El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru – 8 points (4-2)
4. Bird of Prey – 8 points (4-2)
5. Roppongi 3K – 6 points (3-2)
6. Volador Jr. & Titan – 6 points (3-3)
7. TJP & Clark Connors – 0 points (0-6)
8. Tiger Mask & Yuya Uemura – 0 points (0-5)

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

EVOLVE announced that they are currently holding a fan poll to determine Evan Bourne’s opponent for their EVOLVE 139 and EVOLVE 140 events on November 9th and 10th. The choices available are Anthony Greene, AR Fox, Leon Ruff, and Anthony Henry.

Major League Wrestling announced that Zeda Zhang vs. Spider Lady will be the official debut match of their women’s division at their Blood & Thunder event on November 9th in Orlando, Florida.

Hangman Page announced that the horse, Hunter Horse Helmsley, he rode during his entrance at AEW’s All Out event this past August has recently passed away.

Over The Top Wrestling announced that Jordan Devlin has recently left the company and stated that the departure was mutual.