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SmackDown rating drops despite Ronda Rousey appearance

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This past week’s episode of WWE SmackDown saw Ronda Rousey officially make her WrestleMania 38 match decision, but ratings were still down.

Despite this episode being the fallout from the Royal Rumble, and Rousey confronting Charlotte Flair, the company saw a drop in ratings but still hovered over the 2 million mark.

SpoilerTV confirmed that last week’s episode of Smackdown had a drop in viewership in the ratings from last week, but was still above two million viewers.

This week’s show averaged 2.100 million viewers, down from last week’s final viewership total of 2.217 million. The first hour of the show drew 1.998 million and the second had 2.003 million.

SmackDown was also down this week in the key 18-49 demographic, hitting a 0.5 rating. This is slightly down from last week’s 0.56.

SmackDown Ratings Down

RAW is broadcast each and every Monday night, and fans in the United Kingdom can watch the show with a monthly BT Sport subscription.

SmackDown is also available on BT Sport every Friday; again for fans who are subscribed to the monthly service that can sometimes be bundled with BT Broadband.

NXT 2.0 and WWE NXT UK are available to watch on Tuesdays and Thursdays respectively on WWE Network in the United Kingdom. The shows are also available on Peacock in the United States.

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