WWE SmackDown viewership took a hit due to the show’s temporary move to FS1 on October 29 but increased compared to last time on FS1.
Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics reports that Friday’s show drew 1,032,000 viewers. It did a 0.29 rating with viewers aged 18 to 49 (373,000), a noteworthy decrease. This number is down from last week, which drew 2.101 million viewers on FOX. But, this number is up from the 866,000 viewers the show previously drew on FS1 on October 15.
Thurston notes that SmackDown scored a 0.24 rating, (314,000 viewers) which is way down from the 0.52 number it drew on October 22. This week’s show featured a lot of King Xavier Woods including in the main event where he scored the winning pinfall in a tag team match against The Usos. The episode was without Roman Reigns, the top star on the brand since SummerSlam 2020.
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