Tuesday’s post-Hell in a Cell edition of SmackDown Live drew 2,467,000 viewers, a healthy increase from 2,323,000 last week.
The show featured new United States Champion Baron Corbin retaining over AJ Styles in the main event, the fallout of Sami Zayn aligning with Kevin Owens and Randy Orton teaming up with Shinsuke Nakamura.
SmackDown was #4 in viewership for this week on cable, behind Hannity, Tucker Carlson and Rachel Maddow. SmackDown was #2 in the 18-49 demographic, behind American Horror Story.
By comparison, Monday’s RAW drew 2.871 million viewers, up from last week’s 2.773 million viewers.