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SmackDown Viewership Falls 17% to 1.1 Million
WWE SmackDown drew 1.1 million viewers on October 23, a 17% drop from the previous week.
The show’s rating among viewers aged 18 to 49 also fell, by 25% to 0.24.
College football season is contributing to a recent downward trend in the show’s audience.
Even so, October viewership was 18% higher than a year earlier, averaging 1.257 million compared with 1.063 million in October 2025.
In the episode, Michin and B-Fab won the Women’s Tag Team Championships, and Penta, Rey Fenix and Trick Williams won the six-man main event.
Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton are set to meet in a Last Man Standing match at Crown Jewel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
WWE SmackDown drew 1.1 million viewers on October 23, down 17% from the previous week.
The show’s rating among viewers aged 18–49 fell 25% to 0.24.
The episode aired on USA as it competed with the World Series, college football and other sports.
Its audience was 18% higher than the average for October 2025, according to Wrestling Inc.
- Who
- WWE SmackDown.
- What
- The October 23 episode drew 1.1 million viewers, down 17% from the previous week.
- When
- October 23, 2026.
- Where
- On USA.
- Why
- It aired against the World Series and other sports. Wrestling Inc also cited college football season as a factor.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
SmackDown drew 1.327 million viewers and a 0.32 rating among viewers aged 18–49.
SmackDown drew 1.1 million viewers and a 0.24 rating among viewers aged 18–49.
- Total viewers
- 1.1 million
- Change from previous week
- Down 17%
- 18–49 rating
- 0.24, down 25% from October 16
- Previous week's viewers
- 1.327 million
- October 2026 audience comparison
- 1.257 million average viewers, compared with 1.063 million in October 2025