Biography: WWE Legends Viewership & Ratings Fall for Episode on The Bella Twins, WWE Rivals Surges

– Showbuzz Daily has the Sunday TV numbers for this week’s edition of Legends: WWE Biography on A&E. This week’s episode featured the story of WWE Hall of Famers The Bella Twins (Nikki & Brie Bella). Overall, numbers were down from last week’s episode on WWE Hall of Famer Bill Goldberg.

The episode drew an average audience of 420,000 viewers. That’s down from the 594,000 from last week’s Goldberg episode of WWE Legends. This is the lowest audience for the program since its debut.

In the P18-49 key ratings demo, the show averaged a 0.12 rating. That’s down from the 0.16 rating in the same key demo for last week.

Biography: WWE Legends finished at No. 30 in the Cable Top 150 rankings on Sunday, falling from the No. 11 slot for last week’s episode.

Meanwhile, the new episode of WWE Rivals that followed Biography: WWE Legends on A&E actually drew better numbers. This week’s edition of Rivals, showcasing The Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin, drew 423,000 average viewers. That’s up from the 390,000 viewers for last week’s episode, showcasing The Undertaker vs. Kane. It’s also higher than the series premiere on Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels, which drew 368,000 viewers.

This is the highest viewed episode of WWE Rivals to date. The show drew an average rating of 0.15. It ranked No. 20 for cable originals on Sunday. In short, WWE Rivals performed better than WWE Legends this week.

Lastly, the new episode of WWE Smack Talk on A&E at 11:00 pm drew 212,000 viewers and a 0.07 rating. The show ranked No. 52 for Sunday.