— Friday’s live WWE SmackDown drew an average of 2.030 million viewers, down 5.53% from last week.
SmackDown also drew a 0.51 rating in the key 18-49 demographic, down 10.52% from last week’s 0.57 rating. This week’s 0.51 key demo rating represents 666,000 18-49 viewers.
Friday’s live SmackDown from the AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX had just a few happenings advertised ahead of time – Brock Lesnar‘s return, King Xavier Woods vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champion Jey Uso, and Sheamus vs. Cesaro. The main event ended up being WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns vs. Sami Zayn for the title.
— AEW Rampage viewership slightly increased on December 3.
According to Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics, 499,000 viewers watched the show on Friday, and the program scored a 0.18 (241,000 viewers) rating in the 18 to 49 demographic.
These numbers are up from last week, when the show set an all-time low with 431,000 viewers on Black Friday. This episode drew a 0.18 rating (238,000) in the same demographic, and this figure was the second-lowest in the show’s relatively short history.
Thurston, citing Showbuzz Daily‘s numbers, noted that the show ranked sixteenth among cable originals and twenty-fourth overall in the demo on Friday night.
This week’s episode of AEW Rampage featured a TNT Championship Match between Sammy Guevara and Tony Nese. In the main event, FTR took on PAC and Penta El Zero M of Death Triangle.