This week’s episode of WWE SmackDown Live did 2,535,000 viewers. This is slightly down from the 2,548,000 viewers the show did last week. This was the post show for the Battleground pay-per-view event and also featured the return of Chris Jericho, who competed in the main event against AJ Styles and Kevin Owens for the United States Championship.
SmackDown ranked first in the top 150 shows on cable for the night, which is the same ranking the show did last week. Here are the viewership numbers for the show this year:
1/3/17: 2,596,000
1/10/17: 2,533,000
1/17/17: 2,652,000
1/24/17: 2,556,000
1/31/17: 2,817,000
2/7/17: 2,627,000
2/14/17: 2,626,000
2/21/17: 2,792,000
2/28/17: 2,566,000
3/7/17: 2,738,000
3/14/17: 2,628,000
3/21/17: 2,647,000
3/28/17: 2,698,000
4/4/17: 2,885,000
4/11/17: 3,105,000
4/18/17: 2,544,000
4/25/17: 2,493,000
5/2/17: 2,300,000
5/9/17: 2,348,000
5/16/17: 2,175,000
5/23/17: 2,328,000
5/30/17: 2,350,000
6/6/17: 2,349,000
6/13/17: 2,072,000
6/20/17: 2,597,000
6/27/17: 2,603,000
7/4/17: 2,329,000
7/11/17: 2,465,000
7/18/17: 2,548,000
7/25/17: 2,535,000
