According to WrestleNomics, last Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown on the USA Network attracted an average of 1.439 million viewers and earned a rating of 0.32 in the key 18-49 demographic.
This represents a 1.41% increase from the previous week’s viewership of 1.419 million and maintains the same rating of 0.32 in the same demographic. The rating in the 18-49 demographic was also an improvement over the 0.28 rating from three weeks ago, although it is lower than the 0.34 rating achieved during the episode on February 27th. The total audience for this episode was the highest since the February 6th broadcast, which drew 1.459 million viewers.
As of 2026, WWE SmackDown is averaging a rating of 0.284 in the 18-49 demographic and 1.198 million viewers. This contrasts with the statistics from 2025, which recorded a rating of 0.466 and 1.555 million viewers during the same period.
The episode featured a headlining segment with “The Viper” Randy Orton and Matt Cardona. This was followed by a backstage segment featuring “The Samoan Werewolf” Jacob Fatu and “The Scottish Warrior” Drew McIntyre, which was originally planned to be a singles match.
