According to ShowBuzzDaily.com, this week’s edition of WWE Smackdown Live, featuring AJ Styles defending the WWE Title against James Ellsworth, averaged 2.405 million viewers. This week’s viewership is down from last week’s 2.448 million viewership average.
This week’s show ranked #6 for the night in viewership, behind MLB games, Hannity, The Kelly File and The O’Reilly Factor.
Raw this week scored a considerable viewership win over Smackdown, as Raw averaged 3.130 million viewers for a show featuring Bill Goldberg’s return to WWE.