WWE SmackDown‘s preliminary viewership decreased again on December 22.
According to Wrestlenomics, 2.11 million viewers watched the show on Friday night, and it drew a 0.55 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic. These numbers are down from last week’s episode, when 2.24 million viewers tuned in. The demo stayed even from last week‘s episode, which drew a 0.55 rating in the same demographic.
What happened on WWE SmackDown this week?
This week’s show kicked off with a promo from AJ Styles. He was interrupted by LA Knight and Randy Orton. A triple-threat match was set up for the January 5 episode of SmackDown. The winner of that match will face Roman Reigns at the Royal Rumble.
Elsewhere on the show, Bianca Belair, Shotzi, Zelina Vega, and Mia Yim defeated Damage CTRL in a Holiday Havoc match.
Kevin Owens and Santos Escobar also picked up big wins in the United States Contender tournament and will face each other in the finals. The winner will get a title shot against Logan Paul.
The main event of the show was the in-ring return of AJ Styles, who defeated Solo Sikoa via disqualification when the rest of The Bloodline got involved. Randy Orton and LA Knight came out to even the odds but ended up fighting with AJ Styles afterward to close the show.
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