— Friday’s episode of SmackDown scored a 2.16 (2.2) cable rating, with 3.14 million viewers. Those numbers are up 5% and 12%, respectively, from a 2.05 and 2.80 million viewers.
The show did a 0.9 rating in the 18 – 49 demo, up two tenths from last week.
— WWE has announced that John Cena will face Luke Harper in one of the main events for tonight’s episode of RAW.
As previously reported, the Undertaker and Hulk Hogan are also scheduled for the show.
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