Friday Night Ratings: WWE Smackdown & AEW Rampage Both Down Last Week


-- Friday's WWE Smackdown was down in overnight viewership numbers as released by ShowBuzzDaily, drawing 2.174 million viewers - just under a 5% drop from the previous week, which contained the fallout from the Day 1 PPV. However, it's still the third best audience for Smackdown since October. In the 18-49 demographic, Smackdown dipped to a 0.54 rating to finish second on the night and that figure is still the second best in almost two months.

-- AEW Rampage meanwhile was down to 526,000 viewers, approximately a 10% decrease week-over-week. It is the second lowest audience for the show since mid-December. In the 18-49 demo, Rampage was also down to a 0.20 to finish #15 on the night, a 16.7% drop from last week and the second lowest rating since December 10.