Friday night's episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 2.227 million viewers on Fox, down 13.3 percent from the previous week (which featured the surprise appearance of The Rock). It's the second-lowest audience total for the show since August 18.
SmackDown drew a 0.63 rating in the 18-49 demo, more than double anything else on the broadcast networks. That's down 10 percent from last week and is also the second-lowest rating SmackDown has drawn since the August 18 episode.
The show featured John Cena appearing throughout, along with a WWE Women's Championship match between IYO SKY and Asuka.
As compared to the same week in 2022, SmackDown was down 12.2 percent in overall viewers but had the same 18-49 demo rating.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for SmackDown, as well as the 10-week averages in both categories. This week's show was down 4.8 percent in overall viewers and down 1.6 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.