The ratings for the October 7th editions of WWE SmackDown and AEW rampage have been published. On average, 2.243 million people watched SmackDown and 404,000 people watched Rampage, with 317,000 staying tuned to watch Battle of the Belts.

MLB Wild Card on ESPN (0.99) was #1 for Friday.

College football on ESPN2 and FS1 also went head-to-head with wrestling.

Smackdown was up from last week. Rampage had its lowest total viewership since Jul and lowest P18-49 since Aug.

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Compared to the previous week, SmackDown has seen an increase while Rampage has seen a decrease. As the September 30th episode of SmackDown saw an average rating of 2.207 million, the increase calculates to approximately 1.6%. SmackDown obtained a key demographic rating of 0.54, equal to September 30th.

As the September 30th Rampage drew an average audience of 472,000, the drop calculates to approximately 14.4%. SmackDown obtained a key demographic rating of 0.13, also down from the 0.16 rating from September 30th. Battle of the Belts obtained a key demographic rating of 0.10.

SmackDown saw the final build to Extreme Rules take place and the debut of Legado Del Fantasma, while Rampage saw Death Triangle retain the AEW Trios Titles.

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