WWE SmackDown saw a decrease in viewership on October 3.
According to Wrestlenomics, SmackDown averaged 1.030 million viewers on Friday. The show drew a 0.23 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic. The viewership is down from last week’s episode, when an average of 1.238 million viewers tuned in. The demo also dropped from last week’s show (0.35 rating in the same demographic).
What happened on WWE SmackDown this week?
This week’s show kicked off with a promo from Cody Rhodes, who was immediately interrupted by Paul Heyman, Bron Breakker, and Bronson Reed. Randy Orton evened the odds as Heyman tried to create a divide between them ahead of the main event.
Sol Ruca and Zaria defeated Chelsea Green and Alba Fyre to build their case for a title shot at Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair.
Elsewhere on the show, thanks to an assist from Damian Priest, Sami Zayn defeated Aleister Black in the US Title Open Challenge.
In the main event of the evening, Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker defeated Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton in a tag team match thanks to an assist from Seth Rollins.
Here’s an overall review of Friday night’s episode of SmackDown courtesy of our live coverage page…
WWE SmackDown Review:
Tonight’s show was nothing to write home about. Stagnant angles running in place, coupled with wasted time on angles that don’t need to happen (looking at you, Crown Jewel contract signing), equals a show that you could miss, and it would be no great loss. The Crown Jewel shows essentially happens in Wrestling Bizzaro world, so most everything that happens there stays there (just like those ugly-@$$ Crown Jewel title belts). At this point, it would be best for everyone if we could skip directly to Survivor Series.
Rating: C+
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