PWTorch.com reports that last Friday's post-WWE Saturday Night's Main Event episode of SmackDown on the USA Network attracted an average of 1.141 million viewers and achieved a rating of 0.26 in the key 18-49 demographic.
These figures represent a 22.29% increase from the previous week’s viewership of 933,000 and a 30% rise from the previous week's rating of 0.20 in the same demographic. However, both numbers are slightly lower than two weeks ago, when the show earned a rating of 0.29 and attracted an average of 1.147 million viewers.
In 2025, WWE SmackDown is averaging a rating of 0.400 in the key 18-49 demographic and 1.417 million viewers, compared to a rating of 0.602 and 2.127 million viewers during the same time period in 2024.
The episode was headlined by Undisputed WWE Champion “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes facing Aleister Black in a Non-Title Match.
