WWE SmackDown ratings up for Rhodes & Rollins confronting Rock & Reigns

With the show headlined by Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins confronting The Rock & Roman Reigns, SmackDown’s ratings were up on Friday night.

The episode averaged 2.439 million viewers on Fox, up 3.9 percent from the previous week. It’s the largest audience total the show has done since February 21.

SmackDown topped the sports television charts with a 0.69 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 7.8 percent from last week and is also the best rating the show has done since the February 21 episode.

The closest competition was an NBA game that aired after SmackDown was over that averaged 1.6 million viewers and drew a 0.50 rating in 18-49 on ESPN.

As compared to the same week in 2023, SmackDown was up 5.1 percent in overall viewers and up 9.5 percent in the 18-49 demo. It’s the first week in the last three that SmackDown has had a year-over-year viewership increase but the 15th straight week the 18-49 rating has been up year-over-year. 

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 4.6 percent in overall viewers and up 7.8 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.