WWE SmackDown Fails To Capture 2 Million Viewers In Episode After WrestleMania Backlash

WWE promoted a big fatal four-way IC Title match for SmackDown and the fallout from WrestleMania Backlash. It was also a big day for WWE because of their return to live touring. How did the viewership turn out?

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According to TV Line, last night’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown garnered an overnight average of 1.83 million viewers. They also scored a .5 in the coveted 18-49 demographic. That was a bit up from the previous week, but not by much.

Last week’s episode, the go-home show before WWE WrestleMania Backlash, drew an overnight average of 1.80 million viewers, according to TV Line. They also scored a .4 in the 18-49 demographic. That is quite a fall from last week.

The previous week’s Throwback Edition of SmackDown brought in an overnight average of 2.157 million viewers with a .6 in the 18-49 demographic. There were a lot of questions regarding why WWE changed the opening segment featuring Pat McAfee’s impression of Vince McMahon. Click here for all of those details.

The week prior brought in 1.923 million viewers with a .5 in the 18-49 demographic. The previous week brought in an overnight average of 2.0415 million viewers. They also brought in a .5 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

The Friday Night SmackDown after WrestleMania drew an overnight average of 1.9965 with a .5 in the 18-49 demographic.

The week before that saw WWE Friday Night SmackDown bring an overnight average of 2.0795 million viewers. The week before that drew an overnight average of 2.036 million viewers. This was a bit up from the week before, but not by a ton.