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TV RATINGS
Reported earlier by Programming Insider.
Smackdown was #2 for the night on cable in P18-49. The Cavaliers vs. Pacers NBA playoff game on ESPN was #1 with 3,913,000 viewers and a 1.18 P18-49 rating. The Maple Leafs vs. Panthers NHL playoff game on TNT was #2 with 985,000 viewers and a 0.28 P18-49 rating.
P2+ comparisons:
- This episode vs. last week (1,406,000): +3%
- This episode vs. trailing four weeks (1,574,000): -8%
- Current 2025-Q2 P2+ average (1,555,000) vs. 2024-Q2 (2,250,000): -31%
- Current May 2025 P2+ average (1,430,000) vs. May 2024 (2,184,000): -34%
P18-49 comparisons:
- This episode vs. last week (0.37): +11%
- This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.47): -13%
- Current 2025-Q2 P18-49 average (0.46) vs. 2024-Q2 (0.64): -28%
- Current May 2025 P18-49 average (0.39) vs. May 2024 (0.60): -35%
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+: 1455k (-8%)
- P18-49: 550k (-15%)
- F18-49: 214k (-16%)
- M18-49: 330k (-16%)
- Non-P18-49: 905k (-3%)
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LIVE EVENTS
Data from WrestleTix
Friday, May 9, 2025
Dayton, OH at Wright State University Nutter Center
Estimated tickets distributed: 9,879
Market-to-market comparisons (Dayton, OH):
- 2022-10-22 (Sat) – WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event: 4,671 (+111% vs. 9,879)
- 2023-02-01 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 4,736 (+109%)
- 2023-08-04 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 9,258 (+7%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE
- 2024-07-15 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 9,480 (+4%)
- 2024-09-12 (Thu) – AEW Collision: 2,994 (+230%)
Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2025-Q2 WWE Smackdown average: (11,909) vs. 2024-Q2 (12,370): -4%
YOUTUBE
Videos tracked since 9 PM Fri May 9 2025 as of 9 AM Tue May 13 2025 U.S. Eastern Time.
RECEPTION
As of 9:55 am, May 13
Event rating:
- Cagematch.net voter rating: 6.69 (87 votes)
- This episode vs. last week (5.68): +18%
- This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.63): +1%
- Current 2025-Q2 average (6.81) vs. 2024-Q2 (6.44): +6%
Match ratings:
- 8.18 (149 votes) – The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) vs. Fraxiom (Axiom & Nathan Frazer)
- 7.12 (114 votes) – Andrade & Rey Fenix vs. Los Garza (Angel & Berto)
- 6.31 (116 votes) – Carmelo Hayes vs. Aleister Black
- 6.13 (99 votes) – Damian Priest & LA Knight vs. Jacob Fatu & Solo Sikoa
- 5.67 (104 votes) – Nia Jax vs. Jade Cargill
- 5.37 (100 votes) – Alexa Bliss & Zelina Vega vs. The Green Regime (Chelsea Green & Piper Niven)
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.