Was This Week’s WWE Smackdown Able to Draw More Viewers Than Raw’s 2018 Low?

This week’s WWE Smackdown, coming off a Raw show which averaged the lowest amount of viewers for the show in 2018, was headlined by what was previously promoted as a ‘dream match’ between Daniel Bryan and Samoa Joe. The match was changed to a Triple Threat match during the opening of Smackdown to include Big Cass, and Joe ultimately won the bout to advance to Money in the Bank.
According to ShowBuzz Daily, this week’s WWE Smackdown averaged 2.195 million viewers, which is