WWE SmackDown viewership dropped on December 3.
According to Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics, 2.030 million viewers watched the show on Friday, and the program drew a 0.51 (666,000 viewers) demographic rating.
Both figures are down from last week, when 2.149 million viewers watched the show, with a 0.57 rating (741,000) viewers in the 18 to 49 demographic.
Thurston, citing Showbuzz Daily‘s numbers, noted that WWE SmackDown ranked fourth in the demo on Friday, but the rating was show’s lowest on FOX since the July 9 episode, which was the final edition in the ThunderDome.
This was Smackdown's lowest P2+ & P18-49 since Jul 9.
Smackdown ranked #4 for Fri in P18-49, behind PAC-12 game and pre-game on ABC, NBA on ESPN, and SWAT on CBS.
Rampage ranked #16 among cable originals, according to Showbuzz Daily, and #24 when including broadcast primetime.
— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) December 6, 2021
This week’s show featured the return of Brock Lesnar. In the event, Roman Reigns defended the WWE Universal Championship against Sami Zayn after Lesnar attacked the challenger and softened him up for “The Head of the Table.” Plus, Sasha Banks faced Shayna Baszler, and Kofi Kingston came back to take on Jey Uso in a singles bout.
