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TV RATINGS

WWE Smackdown on Fox
Fri, Sep. 6, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm
1,770,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.45

LOWEST P2+ AND P2+ SINCE DEC. 29, 2023

Competition note: An NFL game aired head-to-head in primetime on Peacock. AEW Collision ran head-to-head on TNT (157,000 viewers, 0.04 P18-49 rating). Smackdown was #1 in P18-49 on broadcast as usual, despite delivering the second-least watched episode in its five-year run on Fox. The only episode lower is the Dec. 29, 2023 “Best of” episode which was mainly re-aired content.

P2+ comparisons:

This episode vs. last week (2,054,000): -14%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (2,156,000): -18%
Current 2024-Q3 P2+ average (2,156,000) vs. 2023-Q3 (2,317,000): -7%
Current Sep 2024 P2+ average (1,770,000) vs. Sep 2023 (2,327,000): -24%

P18-49 comparisons:

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This episode vs. last week (0.53): -15%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.58): -22%
Current 2024-Q3 P18-49 average (0.59) vs. 2023-Q3 (0.63): -6%
Current Sep 2024 P18-49 average (0.45) vs. Sep 2023 (0.62): -27%

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

P2+: 1770k (-18%)
P18-49: 599k (-22%)
Non-P18-49: 1171k (-15%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

WWE Smackdown
Friday, September 6, 2024
Edmonton, AB at Rogers Place
Estimated tickets distributed: 10,928

Market-to-market comparisons (Edmonton, AB):

2022-09-26 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 12,332 (-11% vs. 10,928)
2023-07-05 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 5,746 (+90%)
2024-05-08 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 4,572 (+139%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q3 WWE Smackdown average: (11,983) vs. 2023-Q3 (11,354): +6%

DIGITAL

As of 5:03 pm, Sep 9

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

1.) 444,862 – FULL MATCH: The Bloodline conquer The Street Profits and #DIY
2.) 304,800 – LA Knight hits BFTs on Carmelo Hayes and Andrade
3.) 304,591 – Apollo Crews pins Giovanni Vinci in less than ten seconds
4.) 229,566 – Bayley def. Tiffany Stratton after Nia Jax interference fails
5.) 128,751 – Piper Niven helps Chelsea Green steal a win from Michin
6.) 110,755 – A total melee kicks off the Eight-Man Tag Team Match

RECEPTION

As of 5:29 pm, Sep 9

Event rating:

Cagematch.net voter rating: 5.64 (43 votes)
This episode vs. last week (6.36): -11%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.34): -11%
Current 2024-Q3 average (5.91) vs. 2023-Q3 (7.03): -16%

Match ratings:

6.36 (46 votes) – Tiffany Stratton vs. Bayley
6.19 (36 votes) – The Bloodline (Jacob Fatu, Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa) vs. #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa) & The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford)
6.08 (37 votes) – Austin Theory and Grayson Waller vs. Kevin Owens
Ineligible (<5 mins) – Apollo Crews vs. Giovanni Vinci
Ineligible (<5 mins) – Chelsea Green vs. Michin