WWE SmackDown Ratings Revealed for New Day's Big E Winning Tag Team Titles

The viewership for Friday's episode of SmackDown on Fox dropped by 5.4 percent compared to last week despite a main event that saw Big E win the SmackDown Tag Team Championships for New Day in a Triple Threat against The Miz and Jey Uso.

According to Showbuzz Daily, SmackDown garnered 2.192 million viewers in the overnight ratings after averaging 2.317 million viewers during last week's two-hour broadcast.

SmackDown tied for second on the night in the 18-49-year-old demographic with a 0.6 rating as well.

After John Morrison beat Kofi Kingston and Jimmy Uso in a Triple Threat ladder match to retain the titles at WrestleMania 36, the other members of each tag team were booked for a Triple Threat championship match on Friday's SmackDown.

Big E seemed to be taken out of the match, but he interrupted the Figure Four Leg Lock The Miz applied on Uso and hit Miz with the Big Ending to make New Day eight-time Tag Team champions.

SmackDown also featured several other big matches, including a pair of Money in the Bank ladder match qualifiers. Daniel Bryan beat Cesaro to qualify for the men's MITB match, while Dana Brooke pulled off an upset against Naomi to qualify for the women's bout.

Also, Tamina defeated Sasha Banks after Bayley and Lacey Evans created a distraction outside the ring, meaning Tamina earned a future SmackDown Women's Championship match against Bayley.

The feud between Universal champion Braun Strowman and Bray Wyatt continued as well, with Wyatt playing mind games by gifting Braun a black sheep mask, which is what he wore while he was a member of The Wyatt Family.

As a result, a Universal title match between Strowman and Wyatt was officially announced for Money in the Bank.

That wasn't the only major Money in the Bank announcement, as it was revealed that the men's and women's Money in the Bank ladder matches will take place at WWE headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut.

The matches will start on the ground floor and require the Superstars to ascend to the roof of the building, which is where the MITB contracts will reside. WWE also gave Money in the Bank the fitting tagline of "Climb the corporate ladder."

WWE will look to get some viewers back on next week's episode of SmackDown by advertising Money in the Bank qualifying matches pitting Banks against Evans and King Corbin against Drew Gulak, as well as the Triple H 25th anniversary celebration.

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