This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite witnessed an increase in viewership and ratings compared to the previous week. At the same time, AEW Rampage performed better than usual during its Wednesday timeslot.
AEW Dynamite garnered 704,000 viewers and a 0.24 rating (310,000 viewers) in the key 18-49 demographic and a 0.13 in 18-34.
Conversely, AEW Rampage had 431,000 viewers, a 0.19 (192,000 viewers) in 18-49 and a 0.09 in 18-34.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has provided detailed information on the numbers, including a breakdown of each quarter-hour.
Notably, after AEW Dynamite ended, AEW Rampage lost 209,000 viewers overall, including 123,000 in 18-49. There was a minimal drop of 20% with women, whereas the men’s 18-49 audience dropped by 46.9%.
AEW Dynamite was ranked #6 for the night, following the NBA and NHL. It was ranked #3 in its timeslot, behind the Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat game on TNT (2,461,000/0.80 and another 397,000/0.17 on TruTV) and the Las Vegas vs. Dallas NHL game on ESPN (1,215,000/0.39). The show achieved 1.37 viewers per home; the audience was 68.1% male in 18-49.
Compared to last week, AEW Dynamite experienced a 2.9% increase in viewers and a 0.3% increase in 18-49. However, compared to the previous year, AEW Dynamite experienced a decline of 9.4% in viewers, 16.4% in 18-49, and 34.8% in 18-34.
AEW Rampage was ranked #11 for the night and #5 in its timeslot, behind the Dallas vs. Los Angeles Clippers NBA game (2,800,000/0.94 and 378,000/0.17 on Tru) on TNT, Los Angeles Kings vs. Edmonton NHL game on ESPN (803,000/0.30), and Guttfeld on Fox News (2,472,000/0.18).
You can check out the quarter-hour numbers below:
Q1: Young Bucks video/Swerve Strickland & Christian Cage segment – 794,000 viewers, 320,000 in 18-49
Q2: Adam Copeland vs. Buddy Matthews – 693,000 viewers (down 101,000), 307,000 in 18-49 (down 13,000)
Q3: End of Copeland vs. Matthews – 693,000 viewers (even), 300,000 in 18-49 (down 7,000)
Q4: Samoa Joe vs. Isiah Kassidy/Skye Blue promo/Best Friends & Don Callis segment – 662,000 viewers (down 31,000), 290,000 in 18-49 (down 10,000)
Q5: Young Bucks and Jack Perry promo/Chris Jericho vs. Katsuyori Shibata – 732,000 viewers (up 70,000), 325,000 in 18-49 (up 35,000)
Q6: End of Jericho vs. Shibata/Claudio Castagnoli vs. Brian Cage – 746,000 viewers (up 14,000), 340,000 in 18-49 (up 15,000)
Q7: End of Castagnoli vs. Cage/Rocky Romero promo/Serena Deeb vs. Mariah May – 643,000 viewers (down 103,000), 285,000 in 18-49 (down 55,000)
Q8: End of Deeb vs. May, Adam Copeland & Kyle O’Reilly segment – 668,000 viewers (up 25,000), 292,000 in 18-49 (up 7,000)
Q9: Kenny Omega & The Elite segment – 668,000 viewers (even), 326,000 in 18-49 (up 34,000)
Q10: Jay White vs. Dante Martin/Deonna Purrazzo promo – 459,000 viewers (down 209,000), 203,000 in 18-49 (down 123,000)
Q11: RUSH promo, Chris Jericho & Big Bill segment/Swerve Strickland promo/Kyle O’Reilly vs. Rocky Romero – 404,000 viewers (down 55,000), 180,000 in 18-49 (down 23,000)
Q12: End of O’Reilly vs. Romero/Saraya & Harley Cameron promo/Undisputed Kingdom promo/Willow Nightingale vs. Skye Blue – 399,000 viewers (down 5,000), 177,000 in 18-49 (down 3,000)
Overrun: End of Nightingale vs. Blue – 408,000 viewers (up 9,000), 172,000 in 18-49 (down 5,000)
