The Thursday, April 9, 2015 edition of WWE SmackDown scored a final cable rating of 1.88, according to Nielsen Media Research. The 1.88 final draw marks a decrease compared to last week’s post-WrestleMania 31 edition of the show, which drew a 1.94 rating.
Thursday’s SmackDown averaged 2.631 million viewers, which was also down from last week’s show. The April 2nd edition of SmackDown averaged 2.743 million viewers.
The episode of SmackDown that aired during the same week last year drew a 1.93 final cable rating, with an average of 2.717 million viewers, however that was the post-WrestleMania XXX edition of the show.