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Quarter-hours for this episode of Smackdown will be posted soon. We plan on having a news update tomorrow covering some new live event data and analysis of whether WBD could bid on WWE as well as AEW. —————- WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox at 8 pm, was watched by 2,563,000 viewers on average, including about 955,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.73 P18-49 rating. AEW Rampage on TNT at 10 pm, was watched by 357,000 viewers on average, including about 150,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.11 P18-49 rating. Smackdown ranked #1 on television overall on the day in P18-49. Rampage ranked #12 in P18-49 among cable originals for the day, according to Showbuzz Daily. Including broadcast primetime, it ranked #26. This was Smackdown’s highest total viewership since the December 30 episode with John Cena. This was the highest P18-49 viewership since December 25, 2020. Ruling out that Christmas Day episode that had an NFL game as a lead-in, this is the highest P18-49 audience for Smackdown since March 20, 2020, which was the first show during the pandemic without fans. In P18-49, Smackdown had more than double the audience of any other show in primetime. Compared to last week, Smackdown was up 19% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 41%. In P18-49, viewership was up 61%. Compared to last week, Rampage was down 18% in total viewership. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 3%. 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+: 2563 (+20%) P18-49: 955 (+39%) M18-49: 597 (+38%) F18-49: 358 (+37%) P18-34: 349 (+53%) M18-34: 230 (+60%) F18-34: 119 (+43%) P35-49: 606 (+32%) M35-49: 367 (+24%) F35-49: 239 (+38%) Non-P18-49: +12% Rampage: P2+: 357 (+22%) P18-49: 150 (+27%) M18-49: 102 (+32%) F18-49: 48 (+33%) P18-34: 41 (+19%) M18-34: 34 (+100%) F18-34: 6 (-65%) P35-49: 110 (+32%) M35-49: 68 (+12%) F35-49: 42 (+105%) F12-34: 9 (-45%) M12-34: 38 (+100%) P25-54: 183 (+25%) P50+: 199 (+13%) Most-viewed YouTube videos from Smackdown, as of 4pm today: Roman Reigns deals with The Bloodline dissension: 2,154,569 Triple H presents Reigns a new Undisputed WWE Universal Title: 1,808,929 Sikoa sides with Reigns and delivers a Samoan Spike to Jimmy Uso: 1,128,232 Several female Superstars make their claim for Money in the Bank: 412,462 Reigns reaches 1,000 days as Undisputed WWE Universal Champion: 326,284 Belair brawls with Asuka during “The Grayson Waller Effect”: 299,108 Montez Ford vs. LA Knight — Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: 278,921 Zelina Vega vs. Lacey Evans — Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: 244,068 The Brawling Brutes battle Austin Theory & Pretty Deadly: 168,718 The O.C. vs. Hit Row: 160,811 Most-viewed YouTube videos from Rampage, as of 4pm today: AAA Mega Champion Vikingo, Komander & Dralistico battle in a 3-way spectacle!: 170,869 Shibata defends ROH Pure Title in technical showcase against Lee Moriarty: 85,595 NJPW World TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr collides with young star Action Andretti: 77,532 Willow Nightingale defends NJPW Strong Women’s title against Emi Sakura!: 71,724 Exclusive: Dralistico, Komander & El Hijo Del Vikingo Entrances: 23,287 This ratings report was written with the assistance of automated programs created by me, then manually edited. Subscribers have exclusive access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet. Brandon Thurston brandon@wrestlenomics.com
Brandon Thurston has written about wrestling business since 2015. He’s also worked as an independent wrestler and trainer.
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