Tuesday’s Smackdown Live had an average of 2.300 million viewers, down from last week’s 2.493 million viewers. That is the lowest number of the year. The show’s main event featured Kevin Owens facing Chris Jericho for the US title in a rematch from WWE Payback.
In terms of overall rankings, Smackdown trailed the NBA playoffs for the night and earned the fourth spot for the Top 10 in cable rankings according to Showbuzz Daily.
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