— Friday’s live post-Royal Rumble edition of WWE SmackDown drew an average of 2.151 million viewers on FOX, according to Nielsen, via Showbuzz Daily.
This final number is down 1.68% from the previous week’s final viewership of 2.217 million viewers for the Royal Rumble go-home show.
Friday’s SmackDown drew a 0.51 rating in the key 18-49 demographic. This is down 12.50% from the previous week’s 0.56 rating. This week’s 0.51 key demo rating represents 667,000 18-49 viewers, which is down 8.50% from the 729,000 18-49 viewers that the previous week’s 0.56 key demo rating drew, according to Wrestlenomics.
Friday’s live post-Royal Rumble SmackDown from the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, OK had the following line-up advertised ahead of time – Royal Rumble fallout, Paul Heyman re-joining WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, Drew McIntyre making his return to the show, and Ronda Rousey making her first SmackDown appearance to pick her WrestleMania 38 opponent, which was the show-closing segment.
— Friday’s taped AEW Rampage episode drew an average of 540,000 viewers on TNT, according to Nielsen via Showbuzz Daily.
This is down 10.14% from the previous week’s taped Beach Break episode, which drew 601,000 viewers.
Rampage drew a 0.20 rating in the 18-49 key demographic. This is down 20% from the previous week’s Beach Break episode, which drew a 0.25 rating in the key demo. Friday’s 0.20 rating represents 263,000 18-49 viewers, which is down 18.57% from the 323,000 18-49 viewers that the previous week’s 0.25 key demo rating represented, according to Wrestlenomics.
The show featured a full card advertised ahead of time with spoilers available for the following line-up – Adam Cole vs. Evil Uno in the opener, Thunder Rosa vs. Mercedes Martinez, AEW TNT Champion Sammy Guevara defending against Isiah Kassidy, and FTW Champion Ricky Starks defending against Jay Lethal in the main event. A “big announcement” by AEW President Tony Khan was also advertised.