More on AEW Dynamite vs. WWE NXT Week 18 & 19 Viewership, Canada Ratings

More on AEW vs. NXT Week 18 Viewership

The January 29th episodes of AEW Dynamite and WWE NXT resulted in AEW topping NXT in terms of viewership and key demographic rankings. This week was notable for NXT not having an over-run segment due to the season premiere of Miz & Mrs. on USA Network.

AEW Dynamite drew 828,000 viewers on TNT and a #3 ranking in 18-49 demographic while NXT drew 712,000 viewers on USA Network and a #37 ranking in 18-49 demographic.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that AEW Dynamite started off with around 911,000 viewers and their biggest gain of the night was the Cody vs. Kip Sabian match which gained 79,000 viewers. AEW’s biggest decline of the night was the SCU vs. The Hybrid 2 tag team match which lost 115,000 viewers.

NXT started off with around 755,000 viewers and their biggest gain of the night was the latter half of the Finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic which gained 34,000 viewers. NXT’s biggest decline was the ending of the Dominik Dijakovic vs. Damian Priest match and the Tommaso Ciampa interview segment which lost 63,000 viewers. NXT did not have an over-run air this week.

More on AEW vs. NXT Week 19 Viewership

The February 5th episodes of AEW Dynamite and WWE NXT resulted in AEW increasing their viewership gap and remaining victorious in terms of the key demographic ratings against NXT. This week’s episode was notable for Charlotte Flair’s appearance and the return of the over-run for NXT.

AEW Dynamite drew 928,000 viewers on TNT and a #11 ranking in 18-49 demographic while NXT drew 770,000 viewers on USA Network and a #34 ranking in 18-49 demographic.

The results of the quarter-hour segment breakdowns were not revealed in this week’s issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter but Dave Meltzer reported that the breakdowns in terms of demographic ratings saw AEW gain the most in regards to younger viewers and Charlotte’s appearance boosted NXT’s older viewership.

In the key 18-49 key demographic group, AEW Dynamite had 468,000 viewers while NXT had 288,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that all groups within that demo went in favor of AEW. Meltzer also reported that this week’s episode of Miz and Mrs. managed to draw better with younger viewers than NXT did, especially in regards to female viewership.

Canadian Viewership for AEW & NXT Jan. 29th and Feb. 5th Shows

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the January 29th episode of AEW Dynamite drew 78,500 on TSN. The January 31st airing of NXT did not rank in the top ten sports programming for the night in Canada. The tenth ranked sports program on January 31st drew 145,400 viewers.

The February 5th episode of AEW Dynamite drew 95,300 viewers on TSN in Canada