The road to WrestleMania has almost reached its conclusion, with WWE’s biggest weekend of the yr lower than every week away on the time of writing. Fans got much more enthusiastic about “The Showcase of the Immortals” following the April 11 episode of “WWE SmackDown,” which saw Rey Fenix proceed his winning ways following a successful debut, Tiffany Stratton defeat Roxanne Perez, and Cody Rhodes return to WWE’s blue brand to vow the fans that John Cena won’t be leaving the corporate with the Undisputed WWE Championship.
“SmackDown” bounced back within the TV rankings when WWE returned from their European tour, and the rankings remained fairly regular with the April 11 episode as well. The Programming Insider confirmed that the show averaged a complete of 1,551,000 viewers, which despite being a 2% decrease on the previous week’s 1,578,000 viewers, it’s a 4% increase on the trailing 4 week average that currently sits at 1,490,000 viewers.
It was an identical story within the 18-49 demographic too, as “SmackDown” posted a 0.45 number, a 4% drop from the 0.47 posted last week, but a 2% increase on the trailing 4 week average of 0.44. Nonetheless, the largest victory for “SmackDown” this past week was that the show returned to first place within the prime time rankings for the complete evening, with its closest competition being “Shark Tank” that aired on ABC. “SmackDown” also took first place within the 25-54 demographic rankings too, beating out “Fire Country” that not only aired on CBS, but was the show that earned probably the most total viewers for the evening.
WWE will look to spice up these rankings with the April 18 episode of “SmackDown,” which will likely be the ultimate stop before WrestleMania 41 and can feature The Street Profits defending the WWE Tag Team Championships against The Motor City Machine Guns, in addition to the 2025 Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal.
