This week’s episode of WWE SmackDown Live did 2,569,000 viewers. This is up from the 2,535,000 viewers the show did last week. Two big matches took place on this show. AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens for the United States Title and John Cena vs. Shinsuke Nakamura in a #1 contender match, which was considered a dream match by many fans.
SmackDown ranked first in the top 150 shows on cable for the night, which is the same ranking the show did last week. Here are the viewership numbers for the show this year:
1/3/17: 2,596,000
1/10/17: 2,533,000
1/17/17: 2,652,000
1/24/17: 2,556,000
1/31/17: 2,817,000
2/7/17: 2,627,000
2/14/17: 2,626,000
2/21/17: 2,792,000
2/28/17: 2,566,000
3/7/17: 2,738,000
3/14/17: 2,628,000
3/21/17: 2,647,000
3/28/17: 2,698,000
4/4/17: 2,885,000
4/11/17: 3,105,000
4/18/17: 2,544,000
4/25/17: 2,493,000
5/2/17: 2,300,000
5/9/17: 2,348,000
5/16/17: 2,175,000
5/23/17: 2,328,000
5/30/17: 2,350,000
6/6/17: 2,349,000
6/13/17: 2,072,000
6/20/17: 2,597,000
6/27/17: 2,603,000
7/4/17: 2,329,000
7/11/17: 2,465,000
7/18/17: 2,548,000
7/25/17: 2,535,000
8/1/17: 2,569,000