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WWE Smackdown on Fox
Fri, Jan. 19, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm

brandon@wrestlenomics.com

TV RATINGS

2,408,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.62

Competition note: Smackdown was head-to-head with the Nuggets vs. Celtics NBA game on ESPN, which averaged 2.02 million viewers.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (2,385,000): +1%
• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (2,078,000): +16%
• Current 2024-Q1 P2+ average (2,419,000) vs. 2023-Q1 (2,358,000): +3%
• Current Jan 2024 P2+ average (2,419,000) vs. Jan 2023 (2,346,000): +3%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.64): -3%
• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.54): +16%
• Current 2024-Q1 P18-49 average (0.64) vs. 2023-Q1 (0.60): +12%
• Current Jan 2024 P18-49 average (0.64) vs. Jan 2023 (0.58): +12%

Viewer counts for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 4 non-preemption episodes in parentheses:

• P2+: 2408k (+7%)
• P18-49: 823k (+5%)
• Non-P18-49: 1585k (+8%)

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LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

WWE Smackdown
Friday, January 19, 2024
Atlanta, GA at State Farm Arena
Estimated tickets distributed: 12,009

Market-to-market comparisons (Atlanta, GA):

• 2022-01-01 (Sat) – WWE Day 1: 11,213 (+7% vs. 12,009)
• 2022-07-29 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 9,368 (+28%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE
• 2022-12-27 (Tue) – WWE Live: 7,821 (+54%)
• 2023-07-17 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 12,014 (-0%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q1 WWE Smackdown average: (10,760) vs. 2023-Q1 (9,934): +8%

DIGITAL

As of 5:05 pm, Jan 22

Most-viewed YouTube videos on WWE’s official channel:

• 1.) 943,726 – Randy Orton counters Roman Reigns’ Spear with the RKO
• 2.) 900,622 – FULL MATCH – Randy Orton vs. Solo Sikoa
• 3.) 594,677 – Orton says he’ll RKO Roman Reigns as Styles and Knight brawl
• 4.) 592,353 – Nick Aldis threatens to make Roman Reigns’ title vacant
• 5.) 304,367 – Pete Dunne returns with Tyler Bate against Pretty Deadly
• 6.) 235,290 – Solo Sikoa hits Samoan Spikes on LA Knight and AJ Styles
• 7.) 230,558 – Logan Paul targets Kevin Owens’ arm in a brutal assault
• 8.) 163,584 – The LWO battle Santos Escobar, Angel & Humberto
• 9.) 145,298 – Randy Orton goes head-to-head Solo Sikoa
• 10.) SmackDown, Jan. 19, 2024 – Kayden Carter & Katana Chance vs. Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn – Title Match: 130,713

RECEPTION

As of 5:28 pm, Jan 22

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 6.32 (70 votes)
• This episode vs. last week (6.87): -8%
• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (7.53): -16%
• Current 2024-Q1 average (7.13) vs. 2023-Q1 (6.44): +11%

Match ratings:

• 6.65 (68 votes) – Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson) vs. British Strong Style (Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate)
• 6.42 (59 votes) – LWO (Carlito, Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde) vs. Legado del Fantasma (Angel, Humberto & Santos Escobar)
• 5.25 (55 votes) – Randy Orton vs. Solo Sikoa
• Ineligible (<5 mins) – The Unholy Union (Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn) vs. Katana Chance & Kayden Carter (c)
• Ineligible (<5 mins) – LA Knight – No Contest vs. AJ Styles

This report was produced with the assistance of programming scripts created by me.