This week’s episode of Smackdown was the first of the decade. However, it might not have performed as expected.
According to a report by Showbuzz Daily, WWE Smackdown on FOX suffered a drop in ratings this week. The show received an average of 2.418 million viewers.
This is down from last week’s episode of Smackdown, which received 2.439 million viewers. They received a .7 rating in the 18-49 demographic, which is a really important number to FOX.
With the Royal Rumble taking place on January 26th, this week’s show started setting up stories for the pay-per-view. We will have to see how 2020 goes for WWE.