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TV RATINGS
Reported earlier by Programming Insider.
Highest P18-49 since Aug. 16, 2024, which was an episode that aired on Fox before Smackdown moved to USA Network in September.
Smackdown was #2 for the night in P18-49 on cable. The NBA play-in game, Heat vs. Hawks, was #1 with a 0.62 P18-49 rating.
P2+ comparisons:
- This episode vs. last week (1,551,000): +12%
- This episode vs. trailing four weeks (1,484,000): +17%
- Current 2025-Q2 P2+ average (1,623,000) vs. 2024-Q2 (2,250,000): -28%
- Current Apr 2025 P2+ average (1,623,000) vs. Apr 2024 (2,394,000): -32%
P18-49 comparisons:
- This episode vs. last week (0.45): +22%
- This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.43): +28%
- Current 2025-Q2 P18-49 average (0.49) vs. 2024-Q2 (0.64): -23%
- Current Apr 2025 P18-49 average (0.49) vs. Apr 2024 (0.68): -28%
Viewer counts for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 4 non-preemption episodes in parentheses. Some viewer counts may be based on the national rating for that demo:
- P2+: 1741k (+16%)
- P18-49: 737k (+29%)
- F18-49: 260k (+30%)
- M18-49: 478k (+31%)
- Non-P18-49: 1004k (+7%)
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LIVE EVENTS
Data from WrestleTix
Friday, April 18, 2025
Las Vegas, NV at T-Mobile Arena
Estimated tickets distributed: 16,139
Market-to-market comparisons (Las Vegas, NV):
- 2022-07-02 (Sat) – WWE Money in the Bank: 12,076 (+34%)
- 2023-03-24 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 9,348 (+73%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE
- 2023-05-24 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 4,402 (+267%)
- 2023-05-28 (Sun) – AEW Double or Nothing: 10,550 (+53%)
- 2023-12-29 (Fri) – WWE Live Holiday Tour: 6,480 (+149%)
- 2024-05-25 (Sat) – AEW Collision: 3,080 (N/M)
- 2024-05-26 (Sun) – AEW Double or Nothing: 8,575 (+88%)
- 2025-03-15 (Sat) – AEW Collision: 2,058 (N/M)
Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2025-Q2 WWE Smackdown average: (14,176) vs. 2024-Q2 (12,370): +15%
YOUTUBE
Videos tracked since 9 PM Fri Apr 18 2025 as of 8 PM Mon Apr 21 2025 U.S. Eastern Time.
RECEPTION
As of 8:28 pm, Apr 21
Event rating:
- Cagematch.net voter rating: 6.67 (72 votes)
- This episode vs. last week (6.09): +10%
- This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.14): +9%
- Current 2025-Q2 average (6.81) vs. 2024-Q2 (6.44): +6%
Match ratings:
- 7.27 (135 votes) – Carmelo Hayes vs. Akira Tozawa and Andrade and Angel and Austin Theory and Berto and Brutus Creed and Carlito and Chad Gable and Cruz Del Toro and Dragon Lee and Elton Prince and Grayson Waller and Joaquin Wilde and Julius Creed and Karrion Kross and Kit Wilson and Ludwig Kaiser and Otis and Pete Dunne and R-Truth and Rey Fenix and Santos Escobar and Shinsuke Nakamura and The Miz and Tyler Bate
- 6.71 (86 votes) – American Made (Brutus Creed, Chad Gable & Julius Creed) vs. LWO (Dragon Lee & Rey Mysterio) & Rey Fenix
- 5.56 (86 votes) – The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) vs. The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) (c)
- 5.21 (74 votes) – Jacob Fatu & Solo Sikoa vs. Braun Strowman & LA Knight
- Ineligible (<5 mins) – Chelsea Green vs. Zelina Vega
- Ineligible (<5 mins) – LA Knight vs. Solo Sikoa
This report was produced with the assistance of programming scripts created and maintained by me.
Brandon Thurston has written about wrestling business since 2015. He operates and owns Wrestlenomics.