WWE SmackDown ratings up for Roman Reigns return

Friday night’s WWE SmackDown episode averaged 2.269 million viewers on Fox, up 4.1 percent from the previous week. It’s the largest audience total for the show since July 19.

In the 18-49 demo, SmackDown drew a 0.64 rating. That’s up 6.7 percent from last week and is also the best rating the show has done since the July 19 episode. It beat everything else on television with the exception of the Olympics, which ran head-to-head. In some markets, SmackDown did not air in its normal time slot due to the first week of the NFL preseason.

As compared to the same week in 2023, against lesser competition, the show was up 8.2 percent in overall viewers and up 16.4 percent in the 18-49 demo.

This was the SummerSlam fallout edition of SmackDown. The show featured an appearance by Roman Reigns following his return at the PLE.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 2.1 percent in overall viewers and up 1.6 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.