There has been a change to the TV ratings for last Friday’s WWE SmackDown and AEW Rampage.
As seen below, according to Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics, Nielsen had undercounted out-of-home viewing for Friday.
WWE SmackDown drew 2.389 million viewers instead of the original 2.274 million viewers. The broadcast saw a 0.67 rating in the key 18 to 49 demographic instead of 0.55.
The show included Vince McMahon’s promo and Brock Lesnar’s return. Results of the 6/17 episode are available here.
Thurston noted that SmackDown was the most viewed since December 25, 2020, when the show had an NFC lead-in and 3.3 million viewers.
Last week’s AEW Rampage saw a slight increase.
Rampage now drew 369,000 viewers instead of the original 331,000 viewers. The broadcast saw a 0.12 rating in the key 18 to 49 demographic instead of 0.10. It means according to the report, that last week’s episode is still the least-viewed Rampage in the normal time slot for the 18 to 49 demographic.
Though the episode is not the lowest 18-49 including preemptions, as earlier data indicated. The May 6 episode (0.11) is currently the lowest preempted episode.
