Coming into July, “WWE SmackDown” had barely managed to draw above the one million viewer mark some weeks, but in the episodes leading up to SummerSlam, the blue brand began to increase its totals every Friday, and the go-home show for the two-night event drew one of its best numbers of the year.

According to Wrestlenomics, “SmackDown” averaged 1,379,000 viewers and posted a 0.31 in the key 18-49 demographic