WrestleNomics reports that the post-WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event episode of SmackDown on the USA Network, aired on Friday, drew an average of 995,000 viewers and achieved a rating of 0.21 in the key 18-49 demographic.
This reflects a decrease of 19.76% from the previous week’s viewership of 1.240 million and a drop of 19.23% from the previous week’s rating of 0.26 in the same demographic. These figures represent the lowest ratings and viewership for the show since the October 31st episode, which recorded a rating of 0.20 in the key 18-49 demographic and attracted 933,000 viewers. Notably, the episode faced competition from the Alabama vs. Oklahoma college football playoff game on ESPN and ABC, which drew an impressive 14.8 million viewers.
In 2025, WWE SmackDown is averaging a rating of 0.383 in the key 18-49 demographic with 1.384 million viewers, compared to a rating of 0.579 and 2.043 million viewers during the same time period in 2024 across FOX and the USA Network.
This episode was headlined by WWE Tag Team Champions The Wyatt Sicks (Dexter Lumis and Joe Gacy) defending their titles against MFT (JC Mateo and Tonga Loa).
TV RATINGS AND MORE: WWE Smackdown on USA Network, Fri Dec 19 #Smackdown https://t.co/3YzqAlnvxi
— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) December 24, 2025
