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WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox, was watched by 2,569,000 viewers on average, including about 918,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.70 P18-49 rating.
AEW Rampage on TNT at 10 pm, was watched by 335,000 viewers on average, including about 122,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.09 P18-49 rating.
With appearances from The Rock, Pat McAfee as well as continued appearances from John Cena, this week’s Smackdown was up 23% compared to last week’s total viewership of 2,094,000. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 33% from last week’s 0.53 rating.
It’s the sixth time this year Smackdown averaged more than 2,500,000 viewers.
Smackdown outranked any other sports telecast on Friday, according to SportsTVRatings, including an Army vs. UTSA college football game on ESPN that average a 0.26 P18-49 rating.
This was Rampage’s lowest total viewership since July 28 and its lowest P18-49 viewership since December 2, 2022.
The season 2 finale of Heels on Starz Primary at 10 pm, was watched by 40,000 viewers, which is also the season average for first runs. The first-run average for season 1 in 2021 was 91,000. None of these measurements include DVR or streaming viewing.
This week’s Rampage was down 13% compared to last week’s total viewership of 385,000. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 28% from last week’s 0.13 rating.
Viewer counts in thousands for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 28 days in parentheses:
Smackdown:
P2+: 2569 (+13%)
P18-49: 918 (+17%)
M18-49: 614 (+24%)
F18-49: 304 (+5%)
P18-34: 328 (+22%)
M18-34: 215 (+31%)
F18-34: 113 (+6%)
P35-49: 590 (+12%)
M35-49: 399 (+20%)
F35-49: 191 (-1%)
Non-P18-49: 1651 (+10%)
Rampage:
P2+: 335 (-11%)
P18-49: 122 (-22%)
M18-49: 84 (-10%)
F18-49: 38 (-37%)
P18-34: 37 (-19%)
M18-34: 26 (+18%)
F18-34: 11 (-56%)
P35-49: 85 (-15%)
M35-49: 58 (-16%)
F35-49: 27 (-17%)
Non-P18-49: 213 (-4%)
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Smackdown, as of 4pm today:
1. FULL SEGMENT – The Rock returns to dismantle Austin Theory: 4,376,356
2. The Rock comes face-to-face with John Cena: 1,855,060
3. The Rock and John Cena highlight wild SmackDown: 1,644,382
4. The Rock’s electrifying entrance: 1,078,194
5. AJ Styles helps John Cena repel an attack by Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa: 1,008,744
6. Santos Escobar asks Rey Mysterio for a title opportunity: 396,252
7. LA Knight puts out a challenge to every champion in WWE: 355,933
8. Asuka vs. Bayley: 277,342
9. The Rock dishes out the People’s Elbow to Austin Theory: 277,098
10. Jimmy Uso costs AJ Styles his match against Finn Bálor: 264,967
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Rampage, as of 4pm today:
1. Could TBS Champ, Kris Statlander, hold off former champ, Jade Cargill?: 288,836
2. 8-Man Action! Lucha Bros & The Hardys vs Butcher, Blade, Jarrett, & Lethal!: 100,900
3. AEW World Trios Champions, The Acclaimed, in ACTION!: 82,449
4. The Kingdom return to Rampage against Daniels & Sydal! : 51,652
5. EXCLUSIVE! Entrances for Hardy & Lucha Bros vs Butcher, Blade, Jarrett & Lethal: 46,999
6. Could Aussie Open gain back their momentum on Rampage?: 35,915
This ratings report was written with the assistance of automated programs created by me, then manually edited.
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Brandon Thurston
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Brandon Thurston has written about wrestling business since 2015. He operates and owns Wrestlenomics.