Quarter hour numbers for WWE Smackdown vs. AEW Rampage and more news
As previously noted, the October 15th 2021 episode of WWE Smackdown on FS1 beat AEW Rampage on TNT in overall viewers with the two shows tying overall in the 18-49 demo. Rampage ended up beating Smackdown during the 30-minute head-to-head period in the 18-49 demo with 328,000 viewers to 285,000 viewers.
Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics.com obtained the quarter hour numbers…
8:00-8:15
Smackdown 811,000 (312,000 18-49)
8:15-8:30
Smackdown 812,000 (330,000 18-49)
8:30-8:45
Smackdown 923,000 (348,000 18-49)
8:45-9:00
Smackdown 943,000 (350,000 18-49)
9:00-9:15
Smackdown 867,000 (329,000 18-49)
9:15-9:30
Smackdown 860,000 (317,000 18-49)
9:30-9:45
Smackdown 828,000 (300,000 18-49)
9:45-10:00
Smackdown 849,000 (287,000 18-49)
10:00-10:15 (Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks / CM Punk vs. Matt Sydal)
Smackdown 882,000 (277,000 18-49)
Rampage 663,000 (363,000 18-49)
10:15-10:30 (End of Becky vs. Sasha and Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar contract signing / End of Punk vs. Sydal and Ruby Soho vs. The Bunny)
Smackdown 874,000 (293,000 18-49)
Rampage 541,000 (293,000 18-49)
10:30-10:45
Rampage 550,000 (306,000 18-49)
10:45-11:00
Rampage 558,000 (290,000 18-49)
Twitter account @WrestleVotes noted the following regarding tonight’s RAW…
All I’ll say is that the numbers news is a HOT topic right now backstage.
— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) October 18, 2021
AEW President Tony Khan commented on the demo win…
Here’s a story nobody leaked to you over the weekend but I’ll give you rn, dog: @AEW got a big victory over WWE after WWE aggressively extended their Friday show 30 minutes & loaded it up head-to-head 10-10:30pm vs #AEWRampage, with AEW Rampage winning 328k to 285k (+15% margin).
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) October 18, 2021