Steve Carrier on October 17, 2018
For the first time since the early period of the 2016 brand split, SmackDown out did RAW in the viewership numbers this week.
This week’s RAW episode did 2.396 million viewers, while SmackDown did 2.545 million viewers for the show.
Footage of Batista’s return from this week’s SmackDown has been on fire, as it has done over 3 million hits on YouTube in under 24 hours.