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WWE Smackdown on Fox
Fri, Jan. 26, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm

brandon@wrestlenomics.com

TV RATINGS

2,475,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.71

HIGHEST P2+ SINCE SEP. 15, 2023

HIGHEST P18-49 SINCE: AUG. 25, 2023

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (2,408,000): +3%
• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (2,153,000): +15%
• Current 2024-Q1 P2+ average (2,433,000) vs. 2023-Q1 (2,358,000): +4%
• Current Jan 2024 P2+ average (2,433,000) vs. Jan 2023 (2,346,000): +4%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.62): +15%
• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.55): +29%
• Current 2024-Q1 P18-49 average (0.66) vs. 2023-Q1 (0.60): +15%
• Current Jan 2024 P18-49 average (0.66) vs. Jan 2023 (0.58): +15%

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

• P2+: 2475k (+3%)
• P18-49: 942k (+13%)
• Non-P18-49: 1533k (-2%)

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LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

WWE Smackdown
Friday, January 26, 2024
Miami, FL at Kaseya Center
Estimated tickets distributed: 9,513

Market-to-market comparisons (Miami, FL):

• 2021-07-07 (Wed) – AEW Road Rager: 3,738 (+154% vs. 9,513)
• 2021-09-06 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 6,490 (+47%)
• 2021-10-15 (Fri) – AEW Rampage: 2,522 (+277%)
• 2021-10-16 (Sat) – AEW Dynamite: 2,678 (+255%)
• 2022-03-04 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 6,631 (+43%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE
• 2022-12-29 (Thu) – WWE Live: 4,950 (+92%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q1 WWE Smackdown average: (10,448) vs. 2023-Q1 (9,934): +5%

DIGITAL

As of 7:05 pm, Jan 29

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

• 1.) 611,172 – Superstars pick their numbers from the Royal Rumble tumbler
• 2.) 430,049 – Randy Orton, LA Knight & AJ Styles vow to defeat Roman Reigns
• 3.) 390,880 – Final Testament take down Bobby Lashley and The Street Profits
• 4.) SmackDown, Jan. 26, 2024 – FULL MATCH — LA Knight vs. Solo Sikoa: 351,934
• 5.) 309,660 – Trick Williams saves Carmelo Hayes from an A-Town Down Under
• 6.) 296,966 – LA Knight, AJ Styles and Randy Orton get into a wild fight
• 7.) 233,852 – Paul Heyman suggests Jimmy Uso should win the Royal Rumble
• 8.) 221,388 – The Kabuki Warriors win the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles
• 9.) 207,655 – Eladio Carrión introduces Randy Orton
• 10.) 168,525 – Elektra Lopez debuts by helping Santos Escobar defeat Carlito

RECEPTION

As of 7:17 pm, Jan 29

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 6.16 (66 votes)
• This episode vs. last week (6.28): -2%
• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (7.10): -13%
• Current 2024-Q1 average (6.87) vs. 2023-Q1 (6.44): +7%

Match ratings:

• 7.18 (103 votes) – The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka & Kairi Sane) vs. Katana Chance & Kayden Carter (c)
• 5.97 (64 votes) – Carmelo Hayes vs. Austin Theory
• 5.78 (75 votes) – Carlito vs. Santos Escobar
• 5.21 (66 votes) – LA Knight vs. Solo Sikoa

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