Smackdown 1/23 Viewership Down From Last Week
Despite Raw's numbers being high on Monday night, Smackdown's numbers the next day were down.
According to Showbuzz Daily, Smackdown scored 2,580,000 viewers, with a 0.80 rating for people 18-49. That would be down from last week's 2,602,000 viewers, which is kind of surprising given that Raw numbers were up dramatically for the Raw 25 event. Despite this, the show was the second most watched event on cable on Tuesday, with Curse of Oak Island on the History channel winning the night.
Smackdown's numbers on YouTube also seem to be down from previous weeks. The main event, which had AJ Styles take on Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn in consecutive matches scored 647,000 viewers for the bout against Zayn. The lowest rated segment, a continuation of the storyline between Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon where they are judging one another's leadership abilities, scored only 147,000 views.
Nothing is scheduled for next week's Smackdown, which is set to take place at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
