Tuesday’s edition of WWE SmackDown Live from Sioux Falls, SD at the Denny Sanford Premier Center averaged 2.142 million viewers, which is down from 2.164 million the previous week, according to ShowbuzzDaily.
The episode was expected to increase in viewership it served as night two of the King of the Ring tournament.
The same SmackDown episode last year drew 2.437 million viewers.
The show had to go up against Hannity that did 3.091 million viewers, Rachel Maddow Show with 2.893 and Tucker Carlson Tonight that drew 2.284.
Matches that took place on this show include Andrade (w/Zelina Vega) defeats Apollo Crews and Elias defeats Kevin Owens in the opening matches of the King of the Ring tournament. Also, Buddy Murphy defeats Daniel Bryan (w/Rowan) and The Revival (Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson) defeat Heavy Machinery (Otis & Tucker).
Also, it featured the continuation of Roman Reigns’ mystery attacker as Daniel Bryan and Erick Rowan revealed a man that looked like Rowan to be the person behind the attacks.
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.