Tuesday’s edition of WWE SmackDown Live from Miami, Florida at the American Airlines Arena averaged 2.162 million viewers, which is up from 2.122 million the previous week, according to ShowbuzzDaily.
The episode was expected to increase in viewership just like Monday’s RAW Reunion special that saw a spike in ratings and was the most watch episode WWE’s flagship show of the year. The same SmackDown episode last year drew 2.34 million viewers.
The show had to go up against Hannity that did 2.912 million viewers, Rachel Maddow Show with 2.535 and Tucker Carlson Tonight that drew 2.884.
Matches that took place on this show include Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Apollo Crews in a non-title match, Ember Moon vs. Charlotte Flair, WWE Champion Kofi Kingston vs. Samoa Joe in a non-title match, and Kevin Owens vs. Roman Reigns with Drew McIntyre as the special guest referee served as the main event.
In case you missed the show, you can check out the 6 takeaways from it here. WWE will attempt to increase viewership with next week’s episode, which should be interesting to see what number it pulls in.