Whereas followers received to see the rapid fallout of WWE SummerSlam on the August 5 version of “WWE Uncooked,” everybody needed to be a little bit extra affected person for the aftershocks of its important occasion, which noticed the return of Roman Reigns. The Tribal Chief price Solo Sikoa his SummerSlam match towards Cody Rhodes, and his look on the August 9 version of “WWE SmackDown” was the primary time Reigns had been on TV since earlier than WrestleMania 40. The query is: how many individuals tuned in to see the return of the Head of the Desk?
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In line with Wrestlenomics, the August 9 version of “WWE Smackdown” had a rise in viewership, averaging a complete of two,269,000 viewers. This can be a 4% improve on the two,179,000 viewers that tuned in to SmackDown on August 2, which was headlined by The Bloodline capturing the WWE Tag Workforce Championships from #DIY. The present additionally noticed a rise in the important thing 18-49 demographic, with “SmackDown” incomes a 0.64 quantity on August 9, a 7% improve on the 0.60 quantity earned the earlier week.
Whereas viewership did improve for “SmackDown,” the present was hampered by the one main occasion that has dragged the rankings of just about each different TV present down in latest weeks, the 2024 Summer time Olympics in Paris. In line with Programming Insider, “SmackDown” positioned third for the night behind NBC’s protection of the Olympics, which positioned first and second respectively, within the 18-49 demographic for all prime time reveals that aired on August 9, and positioned sixth by way of complete viewers behind each the Olympics, and the three reveals that aired on FOX Information between 8PM and 11PM. With the Olympics now over, “SmackDown” will probably be trying to earn some robust rankings forward of their everlasting transfer to the USA Community in September.
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