SmackDown Viewership With John Cena’s Return Revealed

By AG

Posted on January 1, 2023

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• SmackDown Viewership With John Cena’s Return Revealed

As seen on last night’s episode of SmackDown, John Cena and Charlotte Flair returned to WWE programming.

Flair pinned Ronda Rousey to win the SmackDown Women’s Championship, while Cena teamed up with Kevin Owens to defeat Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns & Sami Zayn of The Bloodline.

After SmackDown went off the air, Sami & The Usos attacked Cena & Owens. This led to Drew McIntyre, Sheamus, Butch & Ridge Holland making the save.

Cena then ended the night by hitting an AA to The Honorary Uce! You can watch it below:

The Bloodline attacked John Cena and Kevin Owens after #SmackDown went off the air, which led to Drew McIntyre and The Brawling Brutes making the save. Cena hit Sami Zayn with an AA to end the night. pic.twitter.com/U5KBNG95O2
— WrestleFeed (@WrestleFeedApp) December 31, 2022

Last night’s episode drew 2.44 million viewers with a 0.56 rating in the 18-49 demo, which is up from last week’s 2.38 million viewers with a 0.55 rating.

In comparison, below are the viewership numbers of other wrestling shows during the week:

Monday’s “The Absolute Best Of 2022” RAW highlight show drew 1.1 million viewers with a 0.27 rating, which is down from last week’s 1.71 million viewers with a 0.43 rating.

Tuesday’s NXT drew 588,000 viewers with a 0.12 rating in the 18-49 demo, which is down from last week’s 705,000 viewers with a 0.14 rating.

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite drew 876,000 viewers with a 0.28 rating in the 18-49 demo, which is down from last week’s 957,000 viewers with a 0.30 rating.

Friday’s AEW Rampage drew 433,000 viewers with a 0.14 rating in the 18-49 demo, which is down from last week’s 566,000 viewers with a 0.18 rating in the 18-49 demo.

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