WrestleNomics reports that last Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown on the USA Network drew an average of 1.190 million viewers and received a rating of 0.27 in the key 18-49 demographic.
This represents a decline of 13.71% from the previous week’s viewership of 1.379 million and a drop of 20.59% from the previous week’s rating of 0.34 in the same demographic. The 0.27 rating is the lowest for WWE SmackDown in three weeks, previously reaching a 0.26 demo rating on Syfy. However, the total audience was still higher than the 1.113 million viewers recorded two weeks ago, also on Syfy.
Current data shows that WWE SmackDown is averaging a rating of 0.277 in the key 18-49 demographic and 1.152 million viewers as of 2026. This contrasts with the rating of 0.468 and 1.554 million viewers during the same time period in 2025.
The episode was headlined by "The Scottish Warrior" Drew McIntyre defending the Undisputed WWE Title against "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes, who is the new Undisputed WWE Champion.
WWE Smackdown, Mar 6 on USA Network: 1,190,000 viewers; 0.27 P18-49 rating | TV ratings analysis #Smackdown https://t.co/gPjEkizgnx pic.twitter.com/Qw8gMVrujf
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