WWE SmackDown Draws Highest Viewership Since April
Another week, another increase for the blue brand.
This week's WWE SmackDown was a much-improved show built largely around Kevin Owens' new anti-authority bit, with the former 'Prizefighter' enlisting Roman Reigns' help to once again thwart Shane McMahon and his army of goons ahead of their freshly booked SummerSlam clash.
Such a solid weekly offering warranted a viewership bump, and SmackDown got it, attracting an audience 40,000 stronger than the previous week.
An average of 2.162 million people tuned in for this week's show. This is up from 2.122 million last week and is the show's biggest number since the 16 April Superstar Shake-Up episode, which came in at 2.219 million.
It isn't all sunshine and rainbows, though. This number is still below SmackDown's 2018 average of 2.352 million, so there's still a long, long way to go before the viewership can be considered healthy. Regardless, any step in the right direction is positive news during these difficult times, and this was the second consecutive week that the SD viewership has experienced a bump.
The blue brand's SummerSlam build has been solid, entertaining, and logical so far. One would think that the audience will continue to creep up if the quality doesn't drop.