WWE Smackdown rating: Did the advertised Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan match lead to a strong rating?

Friday's WWE Smackdown television show drew a 1.97 rating, up slightly from the 1.95 rating the show drew two weeks before. Smackdown averaged 2.9 million viewers.

Powell's POV: We compared the show to the Smackdown from two weeks earlier because the show in between was the live edition, which did a 1.67 rating on Feb. 21, and then drew a 1.49 rating when it was replayed in the usual Friday slot on Feb. 24.