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SmackDown Viewership Up This Week, Big Show Talks Supporting The Troops

This week’s episode of SmackDown Live featured an advertised 10-man battle royal to determine the number 1 contender for Bray Wyatt’s WWE Championship and it also featured a Falls Count Anywhere match between Nikki Bella and Natalya.

Related: Number 1 Contender’s Battle Royal Ends In Controversy, Full SmackDown Results 2/21/17

The advertised matches apparently caught the attention of the fans as this week’s episode drew 2.792 million viewers according to ShowBuzzDaily. Viewership for this week’s show was up compared to the 2.626 million viewers who tuned in to watch last week’s episode.

Former WWE Champion Big Show has been taunting Shaq quite a bit on social media as of late and although it seems he’s not a big supporter of Shaq at the moment, he’s always been a big supporter of the troops. Show recently spoke to the Fort Hood Sentinel and he noted that although he’s the one who’s supposed to be inspiring the troops, he finds that they inspire him instead.

“You know, we’re supposed to go there and boost their morale, but when I come back from that trip, I come back inspired because that’s what it’s all about,” he added. “It’s about doing the right thing and stepping up to the plate and all those kids over there, the young men and women over there, are so inspiring. It’s overwhelming.”

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