Final viewership numbers (including demos) for October 15th 2021 Smackdown and Rampage
The October 15th 2021 episode of WWE Smackdown, which aired on FS1 drew 866,000 viewers with a 0.24 rating in the 18-49 demo. Smackdown was a two and a half hour show with the final 30 minutes going head-to-head with Rampage.
AEW Rampage for October 15th drew 578,000 viewers with a 0.24 rating in the 18-49 demo. Smackdown and Rampage tied in the 18-49 demo but PWTorch.com noted that Rampage did beat Smackdown in the 18-49 male demo 0.34 to 0.32. Rampage also beat Smackdown in the 18-34 demo 0.17 to 0.15.
Rampage beat Smackdown in the 18-49 demo during the 30 minutes that were head-to-head 328,000 to 285,000.
Smackdown was ranked #3 on cable while Rampage was ranked #4.
P18-49
Rampage: 313,000
Smackdown: 314,000Each demo and margin is below.
Quarter-hours coming soon.
Updated report here: https://t.co/EWZNV3BUfs pic.twitter.com/IGfdUctObY
— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) October 18, 2021
AEW President Tony Khan commented on the numbers…
LET’S GO WADE!!!!!!!! I guess that’s why *those* numbers didn’t leak over the weekend!!!!
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) October 18, 2021
LET’S GO @AEW FANS, WRESTLERS, STAFF! EVERYONE, LFG #AEW!!!! https://t.co/CMAT5F0jCd
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) October 18, 2021