The October 4th, 2016 edition of WWE SmackDown averaged 2.31 million viewers on the USA Network. This is slightly down from last week’s 3.4 million viewers. This week’s show was the go-home show before Sunday’s No Mercy PPV, and was ranked #7 in the Top 150 cable shows for the night. Last week’s show was #1.

SmackDown was up against the U.S. Vice Presidential Debate, which drew over 35 million viewers, and the MLB playoff game between Baltimore and Toronto, which drew 4.1 million viewers.

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