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

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TV RATINGS

2,439,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.69

First reported by SportsMediaWatch.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (2,348,000): +4%
• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (2,438,000): +0%
• Current 2024-Q1 P2+ average (2,439,000) vs. 2023-Q1 (2,358,000): +5%
• Current Mar 2024 P2+ average (2,394,000) vs. Mar 2023 (2,324,000): +3%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.64): +8%
• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.69): -0%
• 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): +9%

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

• P2+: 2439k (-1%)
• P18-49: 910k (-1%)
• Non-P18-49: 1529k (-0%)

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LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

WWE Smackdown
Friday, March 8, 2024
Dallas, TX at American Airlines Center
Estimated tickets distributed: 14,001

Market-to-market comparisons (Dallas, TX):

• 2021-07-19 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 10,478 (+34% vs. 14,001)
• 2022-04-01 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 12,011 (+17%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE
• 2022-04-02 (Sat) – WWE Wrestlemania: 65,719 (-79%)
• 2022-04-03 (Sun) – WWE Wrestlemania: 65,653 (-79%)
• 2022-04-04 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 10,392 (+35%)
• 2022-10-31 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 8,505 (+65%)
• 2023-10-23 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 11,949 (+17%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q1 WWE Smackdown average: (11,493) vs. 2023-Q1 (9,934): +16%

DIGITAL

As of 4:05 pm, Mar 11

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

• 1.) SmackDown, March 8, 2024 – FULL SEGMENT – Rhodes and Rollins accept The Rock and Reigns’ Challenge: 3,549,027
• 2.) 793,621 – Randy Orton RKOs KSI onto the PRIME logo
• 3.) 759,556 – Cody Rhodes SLAPS The Rock in heated exchange
• 4.) 484,516 – Randy Orton steals Logan Paul’s brass knuckles
• 5.) 419,972 – Rhodes and Rollins hijack Rock and Reigns’ address
• 6.) 260,504 – Bobby Lashley and Karrion Kross tear each other apart
• 7.) 259,908 – Randy Orton & Kevin Owens vs. Grayson Waller & Austin Theory
• 8.) 259,739 – Bianca Belair feels no remorse for Bayley

RECEPTION

As of 4:59 pm, Mar 11

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 5.65 (74 votes)
• This episode vs. last week (7.19): -21%
• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (7.13): -21%
• Current 2024-Q1 average (6.35) vs. 2023-Q1 (6.44): -1%

Match ratings:

• 6.12 (68 votes) – Austin Theory & Grayson Waller vs. Kevin Owens & Randy Orton
• 6.08 (63 votes) – Angel vs. Dragon Lee
• 4.37 (62 votes) – Bobby Lashley vs. Karrion Kross
• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Michin vs. Tiffany Stratton

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