WWE SmackDown Viewership and Key Demo Rating for the SummerSlam Go-Home Show
Friday’s live SummerSlam go-home edition of WWE SmackDown drew an average of 2.248 million viewers on FOX, according to Nielsen, via Wrestlenomics. This final number is down 3.22% from the previous week’s final viewership of 2.323 million viewers.
Friday’s SmackDown drew a 0.62 rating in the key 18-49 demographic. This is up 1.63% from the previous week’s 0.61 rating. This past week’s 0.62 key demo rating represents 812,000 18-49 viewers, which is up 1.37% from the 801,000 18-49 viewers that the 0.61 key demo rating drew the previous week.
Friday’s SmackDown drew the lowest total viewership since the Night of Champions go-home show on May 26. Friday’s show drew more than the 2022 FOX average in viewership and the key demo rating. Friday’s SmackDown viewership was down 3.22% from the previous week, and the key demo rating was up 1.63% from the previous week.
Viewership for Friday’s SmackDown episode was up 7.41% from the same week in 2022, while Friday’s 18-49 key demo rating was up 26.53% from the same week in 2022. The 2022 episode was the post-SummerSlam show.
Friday’s SummerSlam go-home edition of SmackDown on FOX aired live from the Nutter Center at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, with the following line-up advertised ahead of time – the go-home build for SummerSlam, LA Knight vs. Sheamus, WWE United States Champion Austin Theory vs. Cameron Grimes in a non-title match, The Grayson Waller Effect with Bayley and IYO SKY, a segment with WWE Women’s Champion Asuka, Charlotte Flair, and Bianca Belair, Paul Heyman presenting The History of Tribal Combat, plus Jey Uso vs. Solo Sikoa, which was the main event.
2023 SmackDown Viewership Tracker
Below is our 2023 SmackDown Viewership Tracker, along with the Top 10 moments from Friday’s show:
- January 6 Episode: 2.257 million viewers with a 0.53 rating in the 18-49 demographic
- January 13 Episode: 2.326 million viewers with a 0.55 rating in the 18-49 demographic
- January 20 Episode: 2.257 million viewers with a 0.55 rating in the 18-49 demographic
- January 27 Episode: 2.544 million viewers with a 0.67 rating in the 18-49 demographic
- February 3 Episode: 2.384 million viewers with a 0.61 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Royal Rumble episode)
- February 10 Episode: 2.468 million viewers with a 0.64 rating in the 18-49 demographic</li