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Friday night’s (2/14) episode of WWE Smackdown on USA Network averaged 1.422 million viewers, compared to 1.507 million the prior week and the 1.578 million the week before that. The current ten-week rolling average is 1.462 million.
One year ago this week, it drew 2.555 million viewers on Fox. The ten-week rolling average a year ago was 2.304 million.
Two years ago this week, Smackdown drew 2.383 million. Then ten-week rolling average was 2.382 million.
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In the key 18-49 demo, Smackdown drew a 0.43 rating, compared to 0.48 and 0.51 the prior two weeks. The ten-week rolling average is 0.44.
One year ago, Smackdown drew a a 0.75 rating with a ten-week rolling average of 0.63.
Two years ago, it drew a 0.58 rating with a ten-week rolling average of 0.58.
As for attendance, WrestleTix reported 10,825 tickets were distributed headling into the show. The arena has a capacity of 20,356 spectators when configured for basketball.
The announced matches and segments were…
- Tiffany Stratton vs. Nia Jax – WWE Women’s Championship match
- Damian Priest vs. Braun Strowman vs. Jacob Fatu – Triple Threat Elimination Chamber Qualifying match
- Naomi vs. Chelsea Green – Elimination Chamber Qualifying match
Check out our RATINGS HEADQUARTERS PAGE for more ratings reports.
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