WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox the night before Wrestlemania, was watched by 2,484,000 viewers on average, including about 900,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.69 P18-49 rating.
AEW Rampage on TNT at 10 pm, was watched by 340,000 viewers on average, including about 130,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.10 P18-49 rating.
Smackdown ranked #3 on television overall on the day in P18-49, only behind telecasts for the NCAA women’s college basketball championship on ESPN.
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Rampage ranked #43 in P18-49 among cable originals for the day, according to Showbuzz Daily. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #61.
This was Smackdown’s highest total viewership since January 27 and its highest P18-49 viewership since December 25, 2020.
Going against the Hall of Fame on Peacock and Ring of Honor’s pay-per-view Supercard of Honor, this was Rampage’s lowest total viewership ever in its normal Friday 10 pm time-slot and tied for the second-lowest P18-49 viewership in the normal slot.
Compared to last week, Smackdown was up 12% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 19%.
Compared to last week, Rampage was down 9% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 2%.
Viewer counts in thousands, calculated from national ratings, for this week’s episode with difference versus the median of the last 28 days in parentheses:
Smackdown:
P2+: 2484 (+9%)
P18-49: 900 (+16%)
P18-34: 309 (+12%)
P35-49: 591 (+17%)
P25-54: 1107 (+17%)
non-P18-49: 1584 (+6%)
Rampage:
P2+: 340 (-19%)
P18-49: 130 (-21%)
M18-49: 84 (-23%)
F18-49: 46 (-20%)
F12-34: 9 (-45%)
P25-54: 146 (-33%)
P50+: 211 (-10%)
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Smackdown, as of 5pm today:
Bobby Lashley wins the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal: 787,776
Roman Reigns stands face-to-face with Cody Rhodes before WrestleMania: 739,829
Rey Mysterio forms the new LWO with Legado del Fantasma: 577,245
Zayn, Owens, and The Usos leave nothing unsaid before WrestleMania: 404,729
Drew McIntyre and Sheamus aim to outdo each other against Imperium: 218,183
Rodriguez vs. Natalya vs. Baszler vs. Deville – Fatal 4-Way Match: 182,353
Ricochet vs. Montez Ford vs. Chad Gable vs. Erik – Fatal 4-Way Match: 165,558
Relive Cody Rhodes’ undeniable Road to WrestleMania: 92,268
An up-close look at the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal: 65,314
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Rampage, as of 5pm today:
House of Black sends a clear message to Best Friends & Orange Cassidy: 88,094
Taya Valkyrie didn’t let a process server stand in her way: 74,288
Did Sammy Guevara manage to get the victory against Takeshita?: 63,458
‘Rock Hard’ Juice Robinson is more than prepared for ‘Absolute’ Ricky Starks: 58,955
EXCLUSIVE: Sammy Guevara & Konosuke Takeshita Entrances: 31,241
This report was written with the assistance of automated programs created by me, then manually edited.
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Brandon Thurston
brandon@wrestlenomics.com
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