LAST SMACKDOWN LEADS AUDIENCES AND DESTROYS OVERALL
Last week saw some more ups and downs in ratings for wrestling shows, and SmackDown stood out with a big increase after the various pay-per-views the previous weekend.
Starting with Monday's WWE Raw, it registered an audience of 1.61 million viewers, down from the 1.64 million obtained the previous week, after Night of Champions, WWE's Red Brand Program again moved away from the 2 million viewers.
Tuesday's WWE NXT recorded an audience of 607,000 viewers, up from 578,000 the previous week. After Battleground, WWE's brand development program once again rebounded in ratings.
As for Wednesday's AEW Dynamite, it registered an audience of 923 thousand viewers, a value above the 846 thousand obtained in the previous week. After Double or Nothing, AEW's flagship show rebounded in ratings, but remains below 1 million viewers. Thursday's Impact Wrestling recorded an audience of 126,000 viewers, up from 115,000 viewers three weeks ago, the last edition of the program with available audiences.
As for Friday's WWE SmackDown, it had an audience of 2.56 million viewers, up from 2.16 million the previous week. After Night of Champions, WWE's blue branded program was once again well above 2 million viewers.
Finally, Friday's AEW Rampage recorded an audience of 357,000 viewers, down from the 436,000 obtained the previous week. Despite the Championship Friday special, AEW's secondary program dropped in ratings.