John Cena’s return to the WWE delivered the biggest viewership for Friday Night SmackDown on Fox in over two years.
Friday’s WWE SmackDown averaged 2.629 million viewers on Fox, up 10.6 percent from the previous week and is the show’s biggest audience since 2020’s Christmas Day episode.
The show featured John Cena teaming with Kevin Owens to defeat Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn. The show was the largest audience in the key 18-49 demographic since September 10, 2021, with 842,000 total demo viewers tuning in, up 17% week-over-week.
