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TV RATINGS
Reported earlier by Programming Insider.
Smackdown was #2 for the night across both cable and broadcast. The Browns vs. Panthers NFL preseason game on the NFL Network was #1 with a 0.61 P18-49 rating and 2,237,000 viewers.
P2+ comparisons:
- This episode vs. last week (1,544,000): +1%
- This episode vs. trailing four weeks (1,549,000): +1%
- Current 2025-Q3 P2+ average (1,486,000) vs. 2024-Q3 (2,026,000): -27%
- Current Aug 2025 P2+ average (1,550,000) vs. Aug 2024 (2,161,000): -28%
P18-49 comparisons:
- This episode vs. last week (0.46): +4%
- This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.44): +9%
- Current 2025-Q3 P18-49 average (0.43) vs. 2024-Q3 (0.57): -25%
- Current Aug 2025 P18-49 average (0.47) vs. Aug 2024 (0.59): -20%
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+: 1557k (+1%)
- P18-49: 644k (+6%)
- F18-49: 234k (+17%)
- M18-49: 404k (+3%)
- Non-P18-49: 913k (-2%)
Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.
LIVE EVENTS
Data from WrestleTix
Friday, August 8, 2025
Montreal, QC at Centre Bell
Estimated tickets distributed: 13,987
Market-to-market comparisons (Montreal, QC):
- 2022-08-19 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 10,262 (+36% vs. 13,987) ← SAME EVENT TYPE
- 2023-02-17 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 14,029 (-0%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE
- 2023-02-18 (Sat) – WWE Elimination Chamber: 14,651 (-5%)
- 2023-12-05 (Tue) – AEW Collision: 2,852 (N/M)
- 2023-12-06 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 4,994 (+180%)
- 2024-04-15 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 12,709 (+10%)
Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2025-Q3 WWE Smackdown average: (11,762) vs. 2024-Q3 (11,982): -2%
YOUTUBE
Videos tracked since 9 PM Fri Aug 8 2025 as of 5 PM Mon Aug 11 2025 U.S. Eastern Time.
RECEPTION
As of 5:16 pm, Aug 11
Event rating:
- Cagematch.net voter rating: 3.14 (58 votes)
- This episode vs. last week (5.71): -45%
- This episode vs. trailing four weeks (4.69): -33%
- Current 2025-Q3 average (4.38) vs. 2024-Q3 (6.13): -29%
Match ratings:
- 5.42 (58 votes) – Solo Sikoa vs. Sami Zayn
- 4.68 (61 votes) – Chelsea Green vs. Charlotte Flair
- 4.49 (66 votes) – Cody Rhodes & John Cena vs. Drew McIntyre & Logan Paul
- 4.35 (65 votes) – The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) vs. MFT (JC Mateo & Talla Tonga)
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.