According to WrestleNomics, Friday night’s episode of WWE SmackDown on the USA Network averaged 1.327 million viewers and earned a 0.32 rating in the crucial 18-49 demographic.
This represents a 1.85% decrease from the previous week’s audience of 1.352 million viewers and remains consistent with the prior week’s rating of 0.32 in the same demographic. Notably, the rating in the 18-49 demographic is the highest for the show since the August 7 episode, which posted a 0.35 rating. Additionally, excluding last week’s figures, the audience size is the highest since the August 7 episode, which had 1.47 million viewers.
Currently, WWE SmackDown holds an average rating of 0.285 in the 18-49 demographic and an average viewership of 1.243 million. In comparison, the same period in 2025 reported a higher rating of 0.410 and an average viewership of 1.441 million.
The episode was headlined by “The American Nightmare,” Cody Rhodes, facing Baron Corbin in a singles match, which ended in a no contest after “The Viper,” Randy Orton, interfered.
