WWE SmackDown (8/22) Records Decrease In Average Viewership, Key Demo Rating Remains Steady
WWE SmackDown viewership information for the August 22, 2025 episode.
Programming Insider reports that WWE SmackDown on August 22 drew 1.258 million viewers on USA Network. This number is way down from the 1.430 million viewers the show drew on Friday, August 15.
Friday’s episode scored a 0.35 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic, the same rating that the show recorded last Friday. The show ranked #2 for the night on cable, losing out to NFL preseason action between the Minnesota Vikings and the Tennessee Titans on CBS. That game averaged 2.563M viewers and a 0.42 rating in the key demographic.
SmackDown was the company’s next show on the road to the Clash In Paris premium live event. The show featured Carmelo Hayes, The Miz, The Motor City Machine Guns, Piper Niven, Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Nia Jax, JC Mateo, Logan Paul, John Cena, and many others.
Top 5 Most Viewed WWE SmackDown (8/22) Videos on YouTube
- FULL SEGMENT: John Cena embarrasses Logan Paul with an Attitude Adjustment (1M views)
- Sami Zayn and Jimmy Uso help The Street Profits beat JC Mateo & Tonga Loa (720K views)
- Randy Orton hits Drew McIntyre with a thunderous RKO (713K views)
- Damian Priest returns to ignite a brawl with Aleister Black (437K views)
- Logan Paul executes a surprise attack on John Cena (298K views)
Find past SmackDown viewership numbers here.
Fans can find Fightful’s coverage of the August 22 episode of WWE SmackDown here. Check out the post-show podcast for a full review here.
