WWE SmackDown Viewership Drops Before Royal Rumble

WWE brought the go-home Friday Night SmackDown before the Royal Rumble pay-per-view. How did the viewership stack up?

Showbuzz Daily reports that the first hour of Friday Night SmackDown drew 2.548 million viewers with the second hour pulling in 2.391 million viewers. That comes to a two-hour average of 2.469 million viewers. This is down from last week’s number.

This week the blue brand also brought in .7 in the coveted 18-49 demographic.

Last week’s Friday Night SmackDown brought in 2.58 million viewers. That is slightly up from previous week.