WWE Smackdown jumps in viewers this week

Smackdown is thisclose to catching the WWE flagship show, Monday Night Raw, in the ratings.

This week’s Smackdown show averaged 2.658 million viewers, up 8 percent from last week, when Smackdown averaged 2.454 million.

Raw this week averaged 2.69 million viewers, so, yeah, right there, neck and neck.

Smackdown this week ended with WWE World Champion A.J. Styles and Intercontinental Champion The Miz tag-teaming in the main event against former WWE champs John Cena and Dean Ambrose.