This week in pro wrestling ratings, WWE Friday Night Smackdown experienced a slight decline in ratings while AEW won another round in head-to-head battle with NXT.
WWE Friday Smackdown drew 1.922 million viewers in hour 1 and 1.966 million viewers in hour 2. It fell slightly in the A18-49 demo from 0.6 to 0.5 in both hours this week. It still did draw best in the M18-49 demo with a 5 share. Smackdown on Fox was third overall in the ratings competition on the networks Friday. It did draw better in the 9pm-10pm slot against CBS’ Love Island which grabbed just 1.550 million viewers.
NXT on the USA network was 31st overall with just 0.18 in the A18-49 demo and 689,000 viewers.
AEW on TNT this week scored 886,000 viewers but wound up ranking third in overall cable ratings. It drew highs in A18-34 with 0.24 and A18-49 with 0.46. It did score a low in over 50 with 0.32. It drew 0.34 in overall adults 18-49.
Payout Perspective:
Down week for WWE programming as Smackdown, which had experienced a growth in the last couple weeks, was under 2 million viewers. We had another head-to-head between NXT and AEW with AEW winning again in the key demos except maybe for the over 50 category.
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