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WWE Smackdown on Fox
Fri, Mar. 29, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm

TV RATINGS

2,201,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.60

Competition note: Smackdown went head-to-head with college basketball tournament games on CBS, TBS, and ESPN. Games on CBS and TBS outranked Smackdown in total viewership and P18-49.

LOWEST P2+ AND P18-49 SINCE DEC. 29, 2023

P2+ comparisons:

This episode vs. last week (2,235,000): -2%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (2,340,000): -6%
Current 2024-Q1 P2+ average (2,398,000) vs. 2023-Q1 (2,358,000): +3%
Current Mar 2024 P2+ average (2,313,000) vs. Mar 2023 (2,324,000): -0%

P18-49 comparisons:

This episode vs. last week (0.61): -2%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.66): -8%
Current 2024-Q1 P18-49 average (0.67) vs. 2023-Q1 (0.60): +10%
Current Mar 2024 P18-49 average (0.64) vs. Mar 2023 (0.61): +6%

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

P2+: 2201k (-6%)
P18-49: 791k (-9%)
Non-P18-49: 1410k (-4%)

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LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

WWE Smackdown
Friday, March 29, 2024
Uncasville, CT at Mohegan Sun Arena
Estimated tickets distributed:7,074

Market-to-market comparisons (Uncasville, CT):

2022-01-07 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 6,595 (+7% vs. 7,074) ← SAME EVENT TYPE
2022-10-28 (Fri) – AEW Rampage: 4,030 (+76%)
2023-02-10 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 6,449 (+10%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE
2023-10-28 (Sat) – AEW Collision: 4,079 (+73%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q1 WWE Smackdown average: (11,183) vs. 2023-Q1 (9,934): +13%

DIGITAL

As of 6:05 pm, Apr 1

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

1.) 525,579 – The Rock’s vicious beatdown on Cody Rhodes
2.) 503,605 – Logan Paul runs away from Randy Orton
3.) 472,779 – Jade Cargill helps Naomi & Bianca Belair take on Damage CTRL
4.) 359,123 – LA Knight disguises himself to launch an attack on AJ Styles
5.) 354,119 – The Bloodline reveal Roman Reigns ordered The Rock’s hit
6.) 328,510 – Bayley beats down IYO SKY in surprise attack
7.) 316,249 – Mysterio and Lee challenge Escobar and “Dirty” Dom
8.) 238,490 – Jade Cargill signs her SmackDown contract

RECEPTION

As of 6:48 pm, Apr 1

Event rating:

Cagematch.net voter rating: 6.77 (74 votes)
This episode vs. last week (6.33): +7%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.32): +7%
Current 2024-Q1 average (6.34) vs. 2023-Q1 (6.44): -1%

Match ratings:

6.61 (55 votes) – New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate) vs. Legado del Fantasma (Angel & Berto)
6.12 (65 votes) – Dakota Kai vs. Bianca Belair
5.31 (58 votes) – Austin Theory & Grayson Waller vs. The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford)
5.22 (58 votes) – Kevin Owens & Randy Orton vs. Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson)