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WWE Smackdown on Fox
Fri, Feb. 9, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm

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TV RATINGS

2,578,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.75

HIGHEST P2+ SINCE AUG. 25, 2023

HIGHEST P18-49 SINCE: AUG. 25, 2023

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (2,469,000): +4%
• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (2,434,000): +6%
• Current 2024-Q1 P2+ average (2,463,000) vs. 2023-Q1 (2,358,000): +2%
• Current Feb 2024 P2+ average (2,524,000) vs. Feb 2023 (2,411,000): +5%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.74): +1%
• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.68): +11%
• Current 2024-Q1 P18-49 average (0.69) vs. 2023-Q1 (0.60): +12%
• Current Feb 2024 P18-49 average (0.74) vs. Feb 2023 (0.61): +22%

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

• P2+: 2578k (+6%)
• P18-49: 985k (+11%)
• Non-P18-49: 1593k (+3%)

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LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

WWE Smackdown
Friday, February 9, 2024
Charlotte, NC at Spectrum Center
Estimated tickets distributed: 13,168

Market-to-market comparisons (Charlotte, NC):

• 2021-07-28 (Wed) – AEW Fight For The Fallen: 6,942 (+90% vs. 13,168)
• 2021-08-14 (Sat) – WWE Supershow: 7,524 (+75%)
• 2022-01-08 (Sat) – AEW Battle of the Belts: 5,601 (+135%)
• 2022-03-18 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 8,079 (+63%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE
• 2022-10-24 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 7,570 (+74%)
• 2023-02-04 (Sat) – WWE NXT Vengeance Day: 5,719 (+130%)
• 2023-09-04 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 8,299 (+59%)
• 2024-01-06 (Sat) – AEW Collision: 3,802 (+246%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q1 WWE Smackdown average: (10,963) vs. 2023-Q1 (9,934): +10%

DIGITAL

As of 7:04 pm, Feb 12

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

• 1.) SmackDown, Feb. 9, 2024 – Triple H reasserts his authority following WrestleMania Kickoff event: 1,230,589
• 2.) 693,220 – Dakota Kai helps Bayley fend off Damage CTRL
• 3.) SmackDown, Feb. 9, 2024 – Seth “Freakin” Rollins’ WrestleMania challenger to be set in the Chamber: 674,007
• 4.) 589,124 – LA Knight helps Drew McIntyre qualify for Elimination Chamber
• 5.) 575,878 – FULL MATCH – Randy Orton qualifies for Elimination Chamber Match
• 6.) 215,238 – Bianca Belair vs. Michin – Elimination Chamber Qualifier
• 7.) 210,461 – #DIY vs. Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate to challenge The Judgment Day
• 8.) SmackDown, Feb. 9, 2024 – Pretty Deadly are ready to run SmackDown: 117,415
• 9.) 102,990 – Randy Orton vs. Sami Zayn – Elimination Chamber Qualifier
• 10.) SmackDown LowDown, Feb. 10, 2024 – Bianca Belair needs to go to WrestleMania: 87,263

RECEPTION

As of 7:42 pm, Feb 12

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 8.26 (105 votes)
• This episode vs. last week (1.89): +337%
• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (5.29): +56%
• Current 2024-Q1 average (6.26) vs. 2023-Q1 (6.44): -3%

Match ratings:

• 7.75 (137 votes) – Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate vs. #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa)
• 7.20 (132 votes) – Sami Zayn vs. Randy Orton
• 7.00 (138 votes) – AJ Styles vs. Drew McIntyre
• 5.88 (102 votes) – Michin vs. Bianca Belair

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