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Dana White’s Power Slap TV ratings tank despite strong lead-in from AEW pro-wrestling

Related Topics: All Elite Wrestling, Dana White

The premiere episode of Dana White’s Power Slap had an excellent lead-in thanks to All Elite Wrestling’s AEW: Dynamite. However, it seems the UFC president’s latest endeavor failed to hold on to most of those viewers.

According to ShowBuzzDaily, the program—which had its debut delayed a week after White was caught on video slapping his wife, Anne, while on a family vacation in Mexico—was No. 45 in the top 50 cable telecasts for Wednesday, January 18, 2023. Power Slap, which TBS broadcasts at 10 p.m. ET, had a reported 295,000 viewers and a 0.