WWE Smackdown rating: A strong rating increase

Friday's WWE Smackdown television show drew a 2.23 rating, which is up from the 2.02 the show drew the previous week. The show averaged 3.167 million viewers.

Powell's POV: The last time the show did better in the ratings was back on Feb. 25 when the show did a 2.31 rating. Raw did nothing to promote Friday's Smackdown last week, whereas they delivered strong hype for the Big Show's return the previous week.