WWE Smackdown rating: A big ratings increase for the Friday night show

Friday's WWE Smackdown television show drew a 2.3 rating, which is up from the 1.78 rating that the show drew last week. The show averaged roughly 3.2 million viewers.

Powell's POV: The rating fell just shy of the 2.31 Syfy record that the February 25 show drew. I'm not sure what led to the increase, but it will be interesting to see whether WWE can deliver this type of number on a regular basis for Syfy in the weeks ahead.