Showbuzz Daily reports that last Friday’s post-Draft and Backlash go-home episode of WWE SmackDown on FOX was able to draw a total of 2.059 million viewers, with a 0.52 rating in the key 18-49 demo. This is down 16.74% from last week’s final viewership of 2.473 million viewers.

Last Friday night’s rating of 0.52 is down 22.38% from last week’s rating of 0.67. This past Friday’s rating of 0.52 represents 678,000 viewers in the key 18-49 demographic, which is down 22.42% from the previous week’s 874,000 viewers with a 0.67 rating, Wrestlenomics reports. This past Friday’s episode of WWE SmackDown on FOX drew the lowest total audience since the August 26, 2022 episode and also the lowest key demo rating since December 16, 2022.

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AEW Rampage, Friday on TNT 6:30pm:
294,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.09
#25 cable original in P18-49

WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox 8-10pm:
2,059,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.52
#5 overall in P18-49 for Monday
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— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) May 8, 2023

Against NBA and NHL playoffs, this was the lowest Smackdown total viewership since Aug 2022 and lowest P18-49 since Dec.

Rampage in preemption was down slightly from the same time slot last week, smallest audience for the show ever.

📋 Full report: https://t.co/qSATi3ljZP pic.twitter.com/LZLtY2hBrA

— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) May 8, 2023

TV ratings: WWE Smackdown and AEW Rampage for May 5 https://t.co/Gsvb1UB24s pic.twitter.com/muHKGJZnxP

— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) May 8, 2023