Thursday's live edition of SmackDown following the Royal Rumble drew a 2.06 rating which was up from last week's 1.97 rating.

The show featured Rumble fallout and Kane vs. Daniel Bryan in a casket match. The show was only made live at the last minute after Monday's Raw from Hartford was cancelled due to extreme weather conditions. 

The overall viewership came in at 2.952 million viewers up on 2.814 million viewers in the week previous.