WWE Smackdown rating: A ratings increase compared to last week and last year at this time

Friday's WWE Smackdown television show produced a 2.15 rating, up from the 2.11 rating drawn the week before. Smackdown averaged 3.194 million viewers.

Powell's POV: This was Smackdown's second-highest rated episode in the last eight weeks. Smackdown drew a 1.94 rating for the February 4, 2011 edition.