WWE SmackDown Viewership And Rating Report For Last Friday Night

WrestleNomics reports that the go-home episode of WWE SmackDown, which aired last Friday on the USA Network, drew an average of 1.450 million viewers and achieved a rating of 0.41 in the key 18-49 demographic.

This marks a 4.86% decrease from the previous week's viewership of 1.524 million, but a 7.89% increase from last week’s rating of 0.38 in the key demographic. Last Friday's episode had the best rating since June 6, which recorded a rating of 0.42, and the audience was up from the 1.401 million viewers two weeks prior. The show ranked as the top program of the night in the key 18-49 demographic.

So far in 2025, SmackDown is averaging a rating of 0.437 in the key 18-49 demographic with an average of 1.502 million viewers. In comparison, during the same period in 2024 on FOX, the show had a rating of 0.654 and an average of 2.324 million viewers.

The episode was headlined by a segment featuring Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena and “The Best In The World,” CM Punk.