"Smakdown Live" Ratings and Audience - February 27, 2018

Does Cena still have it? The Brand Split keeps “Monday Night Raw” and “Smackdown Live” apart most of the time but this week was a little different. On Monday, John Cena said that he would be showing up on Tuesday in an attempt to find a path to “Wrestlemania XXXIV”. The questions became what would he do, but also would people care. We now know the answers to both.

Miss last week’s show? Here are some highlights.

Top 10 SmackDown LIVE moments: WWE Top 10, February 27, 2018

According to 411mania.com, this week’s episode of “Smackdown Live” drew a .86 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 2.692 million viewers. These numbers are up 8% and 3% respectively over last week’s .8 rating and 2.613 million viewers. The rating is the highest since September 12, 2017 and the audience is the highest since January 2, 2018.

The show had a heck of a main event.

Opinion: Despite what so many fans seem to think, Cena is still one of the biggest stars in the wrestling world. His appearance on “Smackdown Live” was the big draw here and the fans reacted to it in spades with a big audience. There’s a chance that some of these fans will stick around if Cena is there next week too and that’s a good thing for “Smackdown Live”.