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WWE Smackdown on Fox
Fri, Mar. 15, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm

brandon@wrestlenomics.com

TV RATINGS

2,340,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.68

Reported earlier by Programming Insider.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (2,439,000): -4%
• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (2,404,000): -3%
• Current 2024-Q1 P2+ average (2,430,000) vs. 2023-Q1 (2,358,000): +5%
• Current Mar 2024 P2+ average (2,376,000) vs. Mar 2023 (2,324,000): +2%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.69): -1%
• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.68): +1%
• Current 2024-Q1 P18-49 average (0.68) vs. 2023-Q1 (0.60): +12%
• Current Mar 2024 P18-49 average (0.67) vs. Mar 2023 (0.61): +10%

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

• P2+: 2340k (-2%)
• P18-49: 900k (+2%)
• Non-P18-49: 1440k (-5%)

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LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

WWE Smackdown
Friday, March 15, 2024
Memphis, TN at FedExForum
Estimated tickets distributed: 12,235

Market-to-market comparisons (Memphis, TN):

• 2021-12-06 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 5,296 (+131% vs. 12,235)
• 2023-01-06 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 9,119 (+34%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE
• 2023-08-28 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 7,377 (+66%)
• 2023-10-21 (Sat) – AEW Collision: 2,933 (N/M)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q1 WWE Smackdown average: (11,567) vs. 2023-Q1 (9,934): +16%

DIGITAL

As of 4:05 pm, Mar 18

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

• 1.) 613,888 – Nick Aldis announces Logan Paul will face KO and the Viper
• 2.) 567,431 – Jimmy Uso responds to Jey Uso’s WrestleMania challenge
• 3.) 393,808 – Bayley vs. Dakota Kai
• 4.) 290,254 – Styles attacks Knight and accepts a WrestleMania challenge
• 5.) 232,734 – Randy Orton vs. Grayson Waller
• 6.) 162,094 – Dragon Lee vs. Santos Escobar
• 7.) 143,339 – The Rock Concert layeth the smackdown on Cody Rhodes
• 8.) 135,033 – New Catch Republic vs. Pretty Deadly – Qualifying Match

RECEPTION

As of 4:50 pm, Mar 18

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 6.19 (76 votes)
• This episode vs. last week (5.65): +10%
• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.47): -4%
• Current 2024-Q1 average (6.31) vs. 2023-Q1 (6.44): -2%

Match ratings:

• 6.66 (69 votes) – Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson) vs. New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate)
• 6.54 (71 votes) – Legado del Fantasma (Angel & Berto) vs. LWO (Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde)
• 5.56 (71 votes) – Bayley vs. Dakota Kai
• 5.41 (68 votes) – Randy Orton vs. Grayson Waller
• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Dragon Lee vs. Santos Escobar

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