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WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox, was watched by 2,303,000 viewers on average, including about 791,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.60 P18-49 rating.
Smackdown outranked every sports cable telecast for Friday, according to SportsTVRatings.
AEW Rampage on TNT at 10 pm, was watched by 363,000 viewers on average, including about 185,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.14 P18-49 rating.
This was Rampage’s highest P18-49 viewership since August 11 and highest total viewership since September 8.
The AEW Countdown special for Wrestle Dream, airing after Rampage, was watched by 139,000 viewers on average, including about 60,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.05 P18-49 rating.
This week’s Smackdown was up 3% compared to last week’s total viewership of 2,227,000. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 4% from last week’s 0.62 rating.
This week’s Rampage was up 6% compared to last week’s total viewership of 341,000. Among viewers 18-49, viewership was up 13% from last week’s 0.12 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+: 2303 (-1%)
P18-49: 791 (-5%)
M18-49: 500 (-7%)
F18-49: 292 (+2%)
P18-34: 287 (+1%)
M18-34: 170 (-4%)
F18-34: 117 (+11%)
P35-49: 504 (-9%)
M35-49: 329 (-9%)
F35-49: 175 (-5%)
Non-P18-49: 1512 (+1%)
Rampage:
P2+: 363 (+2%)
P18-49: 185 (+20%)
M18-49: 111 (+19%)
F18-49: 73 (+25%)
P18-34: 60 (+29%)
M18-34: 38 (+41%)
F18-34: 22 (-2%)
P35-49: 125 (+34%)
M35-49: 74 (+17%)
F35-49: 51 (+70%)
Non-P18-49: 178 (-17%)
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Smackdown, as of 4pm today:
1. FULL SEGMENT — LA Knight joins John Cena against The Bloodline: SmackDown, Sept. 29, 2023: 841,577
2. Knight aligns himself with Cena to battle Uso & Sikoa at WWE Fastlane: SmackDown, Sept. 29, 2023: 457,385
3. Asuka saves Charlotte Flair from a Damage CTRL assault: 427,624
4. The Street Profits and Bobby Lashley decimate The LWO: 350,544
5. Karl Anderson attacks Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa: 333,737
6. Rey Mysterio battles Santos Escobar in U.S. Title Match: 321,483
7. Karl Anderson vs. Jimmy Uso: 233,552
8. Charlotte Flair takes on Bayley in a fierce showdown: 230,622
9. Bobby Lashley to The Street Profits: “Prove yourself”: 186,674
10. Cameron Grimes vs. Austin Theory: 149,439
Most-viewed YouTube videos from Rampage, as of 4pm today:
1. Who will face AEW Women’s Champ Saraya for the title? Soho or Shida?: 107,902
2. NJPW Strong Champ Kingston puts his NJPW title on the line vs. Rocky Romero!: 98,869
3. AEW World Trios Open Challenge! The Hardys & Zay step up to the Acclaimed!: 68,898
4. The Righteous have arrived on Rampage! Dig what we’re saying?: 63,836
5. EXTENDED CUT! What’s next for Mike Santana & Ortiz?: 59,792
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
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Brandon Thurston has written about wrestling business since 2015. He operates and owns Wrestlenomics.