Last week’s episode of AEW Dynamite garnered criticism due to its abysmal television ratings, drawing only 502,000 viewers and a 0.16 key demo rating.
This marked a significant decline from the June 12th episode’s 681,000 viewers and 0.23 demo rating and the June 26th show’s 680,000 viewers and 0.22 rating.
Notably, this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite followed The Big Bang Theory, a factor absent during AEW’s record-low ratings.
In a recent interview with CBS Sports, Will Ospreay expressed his concern about the disappointing ratings.
Despite the low numbers, Ospreay conveyed that he considers the show successful and highlighted that he and his colleagues intend to rebound from this setback.
Ospreay said, “It sucks that it was such a low rating but it’s just motivating me and I’m sure it’s motivating others to try and think out of the box and come back swinging. I’m not someone who ignores that type of s—. I see it and I take note of it. I put it in the checkbook and I make sure whatever we do next week, we come back swinging. We shouldn’t ignore criticism or shy away from it. We’re still a five-year company and we’re still hitting the ropes with these things. For me, AEW still has lots of growing pains to go through.”
He continued, “If we look back five years to what WWE was doing, they were at a low. But the way they’re thriving right now is inspiring to everyone. It should be something to hit. We need to change the bar and see what we must do to change things up. Like I said, I’m not the type of person to shy away from it. I enjoy criticism.”
Next week’s episode of AEW Dynamite will feature the “Beach Break” theme.
