{"id":197069,"date":"2025-04-30T17:26:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T22:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=197069"},"modified":"2025-04-30T17:26:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T22:26:41","slug":"wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-4-25-how-much-of-a-dropoff-was-there-for-the-tlc-tag-match-headlined-episode-compared-to-wrestlemania-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/04\/30\/wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-4-25-how-much-of-a-dropoff-was-there-for-the-tlc-tag-match-headlined-episode-compared-to-wrestlemania-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown Ratings Report (4\/25): How much of a dropoff was there for the TLC tag match-headlined episode compared to WrestleMania weekend?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-119456464\" 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>Last Friday night\u2019s (4\/25) episode of WWE Smackdown on USA Network averaged 1.599 million viewers, compared to 1.741 million the prior week for the WrestleMania weekend episode and the 1.551 million the week before that. The current ten-week rolling average is 1.606 million.<\/p>\n<p>One year ago this week on Fox broadcast network, it drew 2.143 million viewers (402,000 above this week&#8217;s). The ten-week rolling average a year ago was 2.341 million.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago this week, Smackdown drew 2.473 million. Then ten-week rolling average was 2.352 million.<\/p>\n<p><em>ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Check out the latest episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show covering the latest episode of Smackdown: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/wwe-smackdown-post-show-4-25-keller-cadet-talk-cena-orton-parent-shaming-segment-tlc-aleister-black-s-return-tiffany-jade-more--65736750\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to stream (or search \u201cwade Keller\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=65736750&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\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In the key 18-49 demo, Smackdown drew a 0.51 rating, compared to 0.55 and 0.45 the prior two weeks. The ten-week rolling average is 0.48.<\/p>\n<p>One year ago, Smackdown drew a a 0.58 rating with a ten-week rolling average of 0.66.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, it drew a 0.67 rating with a ten-week rolling average of 0.62.<\/p>\n<p>The announced matches and segments were:<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3168828517\" 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<ul>\n<li>Street Profits (Montez Ford &amp; Angelo Dawkins) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley &amp; Chris Sabin) vs. DIY (Tommaso Ciampa &amp; Johnny Gargano) \u2013 WWE Tag Team Title TLC 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>. Also, we&#8217;re always looking for volunteer contributors to help us round out of coverage of the pro wrestling scene.)<\/p>\n<h3>Follow us on Blue Sky, a great Twitter alternative, as we shift away from TwitterX\u2026<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/pwtorch.bsky.social\">https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/pwtorch.bsky.social<\/a> (search \u201cpwtorch\u201d)<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/thewadekeller.bsky.social\">https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/thewadekeller.bsky.social<\/a> (search \u201cthewadekeller\u201d)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wade Keller Post-show (4\/25) - WWE Smackdown w\/cohost Kurt Cadet\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UTGQ6EpcUcY?start=5&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3190187052\"><div id=\"pwtor-493173130\"><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 Friday night\u2019s (4\/25) episode of WWE Smackdown on USA Network averaged 1.599 million viewers, compared to 1.741 million the prior week for the WrestleMania weekend episode and the 1.551 million the week before that. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/04\/30\/wwe-smackdown-ratings-report-4-25-how-much-of-a-dropoff-was-there-for-the-tlc-tag-match-headlined-episode-compared-to-wrestlemania-weekend\/\" title=\"WWE Smackdown Ratings Report (4\/25): How much of a dropoff was there for the TLC tag match-headlined episode compared to WrestleMania weekend?\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197070,"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":[2,6916,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-ratings","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-30-at-5.25.15\u202fPM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197069","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197071,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197069\/revisions\/197071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}