WWE SmackDown Viewership Hits A Home Run With SummerSlam Aftermath

WWE brought the aftermath following SummerSlam this week, a lot of things went down. The big question is how did the viewership pan out?

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SmackDown’s August 11th episode brought in an overnight average of 2.650 million viewers, with a .6 in the 18 to 49 demographic. It might be worth noting that some markets saw a game instead.

This week’s SmackDown featured AJ Styles vs Karrion Kross, in a match that contained a lot of botches. The main event match saw Rey Mysterio win the United States Title. Also, Jey Uso quit WWE to conclude the night.

The August 4th episode of WWE SmackDown brought in an overnight viewership of 2.15 million, with 744k of those in the 18 to 49 demographic, which was #1 in their demographic for the night.

The July 28th episode of WWE SmackDown brought in an overnight viewership of 2.17 million viewers. That was the fast national number, but it was further theorized that the actual number will be between 2.23 million and 2.34 million viewers.

July 21st’s episode of SmackDown on FS1 brought in 1.182 million viewers, this number was up 31% from the last time they were on FS1. Out of that number, 448k were in the treasured 18 to 49 demographic.

The July 14th episode of WWE SmackDown brought in an overnight average of 2.157 million viewers, with a .54 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

The July 7th episode of WWE SmackDown brought in an overnight viewership of 2.375 million, with a .7 in the 18 to 49 demographic. That was their Money in the Bank fallout, and the Bloodline’s segment got over 30 minutes to kick off the broadcast.

The June 30th episode of WWE SmackDown brought in an overnight average of 2,510,000 viewers, with a .69 in the 18 to 49 demographic.

WWE has a lot of things going on for the SmackDown brand, but what excites you most? Sound off in the comments to let us know what you’re thinking!