WWE Smackdown rating: How did the taped Crown Jewel go-home show compare to the previous week’s live episode?

By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)

WWE Friday Night Smackdown finished with an average of 1.025 million viewers for USA Network, according to ProgrammingInsider.com. The number was down a tick compared to the previous episode’s 1.03 million viewership average.

Powell’s POV: Friday’s Smackdown finished with a 0.22 rating in the 18-49 demographic, down compared to the previous week’s 0.23 rating. The show streamed live internationally on Friday morning at 7CT/8ET on Netflix, and then aired on delay in the usual time slot on USA Network. One year earlier, the October 11, 2024, edition of Smackdown produced 1.652 million viewers and a 0.49 rating for USA Network for the Bad Blood fallout show.

(Jason Powell, founder and editor of ProWrestling.net, has covered pro wrestling full-time dating back to 1997. He hosts a weekly podcast, Pro Wrestling Boom, and also appears regularly on the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast. Reach him via email at dotnetjason@gmail.com and on social media via @prowrestlingnet.bsky.social or x.com/prowrestlingnet. For his full bio and information on this website, click here.)