-- Below are the viewership and ratings for last weekend's WWE and AEW shows:
- WWE Smackdown in Chicago featuring a promoted appearance from CM Punk averaged 2.336 million viewers - the biggest audience for the show since mid-April for the first show after WrestleMania 40. It is an 18% increase from last week. In the 18-49 demo, the results were even more dramatic as Smackdown rose to a 0.73 rating, a massive 40% increase week-over-week and also the best score in that category since the April 12 episode. Smackdown went up against Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs which won the night with 4.2 million viewers and a 1.11 rating in people 18-49.
- AEW Rampage on Friday night averaged 328,000 viewers and a 0.12 rating in the 18-49 demo. That compares to last week's figures of 334,000 and the same 0.12 rating. It is the second best audience since mid-May and the best rating since that time as well. Rampage went up against only the last portion of the NHL playoff game.
- AEW Collision on Saturday averaged 429,000 viewers, down just marginally from 431,000 seven days earlier. In the 18-49 demo, Collision averaged a 0.14 rating, up from 0.13 last week. Year-over-year, Collision is down significantly by about 30%. The show finished fifth on the cable charts.
