{"id":193182,"date":"2025-02-19T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T21:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=193182"},"modified":"2025-02-19T15:10:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T21:10:00","slug":"wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-2-14-viewership-and-demo-rating-plus-ten-week-averages-and-comparisons-to-past-two-years-for-show-with-priest-strowman-fatu-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/02\/19\/wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-2-14-viewership-and-demo-rating-plus-ten-week-averages-and-comparisons-to-past-two-years-for-show-with-priest-strowman-fatu-main-event\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown Ratings Report (2\/14): Viewership and demo rating plus ten-week averages and comparisons to past two years for show with Priest-Strowman-Fatu main event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3907035069\" 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>Friday night\u2019s (2\/14) episode of WWE Smackdown on USA Network averaged 1.422 million viewers, compared to 1.507 million the prior week and the 1.578 million the week before that. The current ten-week rolling average is 1.462 million.<\/p>\n<p>One year ago this week, it drew 2.555 million viewers on Fox. The ten-week rolling average a year ago was 2.304 million.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago this week, Smackdown drew 2.383 million. Then ten-week rolling average was 2.382 million.<\/p>\n<p><em>ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Check out the latest episode of &#8220;Acknowledging WWE&#8221; with Javier Machado, part of the PWTorch Dailycast line-up: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/acknowledging-wwe-machado-meyers-discuss-wwe-and-aew-releases-judgement-day-teases-new-member-is-cedric-alexander-hurt-syndicate-bound--64400289\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to stream (or search \u201cpwtorch\u201d on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other iOS or Android app to subscribe free)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=64060629&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In the key 18-49 demo, Smackdown drew a 0.43 rating, compared to 0.48 and 0.51 the prior two weeks. The ten-week rolling average is 0.44.<\/p>\n<p>One year ago, Smackdown drew a a 0.75 rating with a ten-week rolling average of 0.63.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, it drew a 0.58 rating with a ten-week rolling average of 0.58.<\/p>\n<p>As for attendance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/wrestletix\/posts\">WrestleTix<\/a> reported 10,825 tickets were distributed headling into the show. The arena has a capacity of 20,356 spectators when configured for basketball.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1316884995\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>The announced matches and segments were\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tiffany Stratton vs. Nia Jax \u2013 WWE Women\u2019s Championship match<\/li>\n<li>Damian Priest vs. Braun Strowman vs. Jacob Fatu \u2013 Triple Threat Elimination Chamber Qualifying match<\/li>\n<li>Naomi vs. Chelsea Green \u2013 Elimination Chamber Qualifying match<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/category\/prowrestlingnews\/ratings\/\">RATINGS HEADQUARTERS PAGE<\/a> for more ratings reports.<\/p>\n<p>(You can always reach PWTorch editor Wade Keller at <a href=\"mailto:kellerwade@gmail.com\">kellerwade@gmail.com<\/a>. You can also send live event results and news tips to <a href=\"mailto:pwtorch@gmail.com\">pwtorch@gmail.com<\/a>. 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