WWE‘s weekly reveals noticed enhancements within the Q1 key demo rankings yr over yr whereas remaining largely regular in complete viewership.

In comparison with the identical time interval final yr, “Smackdown” is up 15% within the adults 18-49 demographic to a mean of 892,000 viewers per episode and up 3% in complete viewers with 2.4 million viewers per episode. It ought to be famous, although, that these numbers don’t embody the episode that aired on March 29.

“Uncooked” is up 6% within the demo with a mean of 733,000 viewers, however down 7% in complete viewers with 1.7 million viewers per episode. “NXT” noticed the largest enhance percentage-wise of the three reveals, up 31% within the demo to 242,000 viewers and seven% in complete viewers with 646,000 per episode.

The return of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson little doubt contributed to the rise in rankings, significantly for “Smackdown,” the place Johnson has teamed together with his cousin Roman Reigns in a bloody feud towards Cody Rhodes. Johnson and Reigns are set to face Rhodes and Seth Rollins in a tag workforce match throughout evening one WrestleMania 40 on April 6, with the winners of that match figuring out the stipulations for the WWE Common Championship March between Reigns and Rhodes on evening two on April 7.

“Smackdown” has additionally ranked primary in the important thing demo for all complete day Friday broadcasts for 11 of the primary 12 weeks of this quarter. The Feb. 16 episode of the weekly present, which at the moment airs on Fox, nabbed 985,000 viewers within the demo, making it the most-viewed primetime broadcast program of the week. “Uncooked,” which at the moment airs on USA Community, was the primary Monday cable present within the demo for 9 of the primary 13 weeks of the quarter.

As Selection has beforehand reported, all three weekly WWE reveals are set to shift their community houses within the coming yr. “Smackdown” will return to USA Community, whereas “NXT” will transfer to The CW. Within the greatest shift, “Uncooked” will debut on Netflix starting in January 2025.