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WWE Smackdown on USA Network
Fri, Oct. 25, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm
1,418,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.43

Confirmed by Wrestlenomics via a Nielsen source.

Competition note: Smackdown ranked #2 for the day on cable in P18-49. Fox Sports PR announced over the weekend that based on early fast nationals data, Game 1 of World Series on Friday averaged a total of 15.2 million viewers across Fox, Fox Deportes, Univision, and Fox Sports streaming. The 10 pm Pacers-Knicks game on ESPN was #1 on cable with a 0.54 P18-49 rating. The 8 pm Suns-Lakers game had a 0.26 P18-49 rating. The Louisville vs. Boston College college football game on ESPN2 had a 0.22 P18-49 rating.

P2+ comparisons:

This episode vs. last week (1,378,000): +3%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (1,529,000): -7%
Current 2024-Q4 P2+ average (1,492,000) vs. 2023-Q4 (2,149,000) on Fox: -31%
Current Oct 2024 P2+ average (1,492,000) vs. Oct 2023 (2,330,000) on Fox: -36%

P18-49 comparisons:

This episode vs. last week (0.42): +2%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.46): -7%
Current 2024-Q4 P18-49 average (0.45) vs. 2023-Q4 (0.56) on Fox: -20%
Current Oct 2024 P18-49 average (0.45) vs. Oct 2023 (0.62) on Fox: -27%

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

P2+: 1418k (-8%)
P18-49: 578k (-6%)
Non-P18-49: 840k (-9%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

WWE Smackdown
Friday, October 25, 2024
Brooklyn, NY at Barclays Center
Estimated tickets distributed: 11,482

Market-to-market comparisons (Brooklyn, NY):

2021-11-21 (Sun) – WWE Survivor Series: 12,646 (-9% vs. 11,482)
2021-11-22 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 5,484 (+109%)
2022-03-25 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 9,300 (+23%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE
2022-10-10 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 11,223 (+2%)
2023-02-13 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 10,818 (+6%)
2023-12-01 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 12,241 (-6%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE
2024-04-01 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 13,620 (-16%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q4 WWE Smackdown average: (9,885) vs. 2023-Q4 (10,370): -5%

DIGITAL

As of 5:03 pm, Oct 28

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

1.) 2,256,392 – Jimmy and Jey Uso reunite after ripping gold from The Bloodline
2.) 728,687 – Randy Orton saves Cody Rhodes from an Imperium ambush
3.) 568,073 – Triple H grants Randy Orton a match against Kevin Owens
4.) 246,065 – Motor City Machine Guns win the right to challenge Bloodline
5.) 239,860 – LA Knight BFTs Carmelo Hayes and Andrade to disrupt Game 7
6.) 226,756 – Bayley helps Naomi defeat Candice LeRae
7.) 94,408 – Motor City Machine Guns dethrone The Bloodline in Brooklyn

RECEPTION

As of 5:29 pm, Oct 28

Event rating:

Cagematch.net voter rating: 7.81 (71 votes)
This episode vs. last week (5.95): +31%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.69): +17%
Current 2024-Q4 average (6.95) vs. 2023-Q4 (6.89): +1%

Match ratings:

7.38 (93 votes) – The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) vs. #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa)
6.06 (83 votes) – The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) vs. The Bloodline (Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa) (c)
5.30 (72 votes) – Carmelo Hayes vs. Andrade
4.33 (62 votes) – Candice LeRae vs. Naomi