Smackdown on Friday night from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia drew 1,260,000 viewers, up 317,000 viewers from the prior week and their best number since September 2025. In 18-49, the show had a 0.29 rating, up 0.07 from the previous week and was #1 on the top 50 cable chart for the night and #2 in overall television.

Important to note that Nielsen has once again altered the way it calculates TV ratings, with tweaks done to their Big Data + Panel methodology which is resulting in higher ratings than the past several months. (Ratings credit: Programming Insider)