The ratings are in for Friday's episode of SmackDown and while it's not terrible news for WWE, viewership for the show did decline by quite a bit compared to the previous week. The latest episode managed to draw 2.35 million viewers and that's down from the 2.610 million viewers it drew previously (which was a pre-taped edition from England).
The first hour pulled in 2.445 million viewers, while hour two dropped to 2.255 million viewers. The show did, however, receive a 0.7 rating in the 18 - 49 demographic, making it #1 for the night. That's still down down the 0.9 the week before managed and SmackDown was #8 for the night in terms of viewership which is only slightly down from last week.
It was a solid enough show as Bray Wyatt unveiled the new Universal Championship design, NXT continues to invade, and the Survivor Series card continued coming together. However, you have to believe a lot of fans were turned off by the awful segment revolving around King Corbin and his "parody" of "The Big Dog," Roman Reigns.