WWE SmackDown Rating Rises + Recent WWE Attendance #’s

— WWE SmackDown is slowly, surely climbing out of the ratings basement it fell into. Thursday night’s episode drew 2.138 million viewers and a 0.58 rating in the 18 – 49 demographic. Those numbers are up 3% and 4% from last week’s 2.083 million and 0.56 demo rating; its the third week of growth since the non-holiday all-time low of 1.981 million viewers and 0.52 from September 3rd.

SmackDown came in at #5 among cable originals for the night, with Thursday Night Football on the NFL Network leading the way with a 1.40 demo rating and 3.226 million viewers.

— Here are the latest WWE attendance figures…

* September 17th in Houston, TX for NXT drew 1,600 fans
* September 18th in Austin, TX for NXT drew 750 fans
* September 18th in Montreal drew 6,000 fans (Kevin Owens homecoming, no John Cena)
* September 19th in San Antonio, TX for NXT drew 750 fans
* September 19th in Waco, TX drew 4,000 fans (Roman Reigns tour)
* September 19th in Beaumont, TX drew 4,000 fans (Cena tour)
* September 21st in Laredo, TX for RAW drew 6,100 fans
* September 22nd in Corpus Christi, TX for SmackDown drew 4,500 fans

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