{"id":141281,"date":"2022-06-13T20:29:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T01:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=141281"},"modified":"2022-06-13T20:29:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T01:29:27","slug":"wwe-smackdown-viewership-this-week-drops-with-key-demo-rating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/06\/13\/wwe-smackdown-viewership-this-week-drops-with-key-demo-rating\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown viewership this week drops with key demo rating"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-211275727\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/06\/10\/6-3-wwe-smackdown-results-kellers-report-on-gunther-challenging-ricochet-sheamus-vs-drew-and-lacey-vs-xia-li-in-mitb-qualifiers\/\">Last week&#8217;s episode<\/a> of WWE Smackdown drew 1.91 million average viewers on Friday night. That is down from 1.94 million the prior week.<\/p>\n<p>The key adult 18-49 demo rating also dropped compared to prior week moving from a 0.47 to a 0.44. With males 18-34 the ratings stayed flat at 0.30 and with males 18-40 it decreased from 0.54 to a 0.53.<\/p>\n<p>Smackdown last week featured Gunther vs. Ricochet for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/06\/11\/new-intercontinental-champion-crowned-on-smackdown\/\">WWE Intercontinental Championship<\/a>. Gunther won the match with a powerbomb to secure the championship &#8212; his first since joining the WWE main roster.\u00a0Drew McIntyre vs. Sheamus opened the show and ended in a double disqualification.<\/p>\n<p>In the main event of the show, Riddle defeated Sami Zayn with a shot at Roman Reigns and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/06\/11\/major-championship-announced-for-smackdown-next-week\/\">WWE Undisputed Universal Championship<\/a>. Riddle won the match and secured the title opportunity. After the match, The Usos attacked, but Riddle fended them off with a kendo stick.<\/p>\n<p>Other matches on the show included Lacey Evans vs. Xia Li, Ronda Rousey vs. Shotzi, and more.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/06\/10\/6-10-wwe-smackdown-tv-results-mcdonalds-alt-perspective-report-on-gunther-ricochet-ic-title-money-in-the-bank-qualifiers-with-sheamus-mcintyre-and-lacey-evans-xia-li\/\">6\/10 WWE SMACKDOWN TV RESULTS: McDonald\u2019s \u201calt perspective\u201d report on Gunther-Ricochet IC title, Money in the Bank qualifiers with Sheamus-McIntyre and Lacey Evans-Xia Li<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-983154180\"><div id=\"pwtor-364119557\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Last week&#8217;s episode of WWE Smackdown drew 1.91 million average viewers on Friday night. That is down from 1.94 million the prior week. The key adult 18-49 demo rating also dropped compared to prior week <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/06\/13\/wwe-smackdown-viewership-this-week-drops-with-key-demo-rating\/\" title=\"WWE Smackdown viewership this week drops with key demo rating\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":102242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[72,71,117],"class_list":["post-141281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe","tag-smackdown","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-smackdown"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2020\/08\/RiddleMattWK3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141282,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141281\/revisions\/141282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}