More on AEW vs. NXT Week 23 & 24 Viewership

AEW vs. NXT Week 23 Viewership Update

As noted before, the March 4th episodes of AEW Dynamite and WWE NXT resulted in Dynamite generating around 906,000 viewers on TNT and a #5 ranking in the 18-49 demographic while NXT generated around 718,000 viewers on USA Network and a #20 ranking in 18-49 demographic.

This week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter provided an update that featured the quarter-hour breakdowns and other details that were not available in last week’s issue.

Dave Meltzer reported that when only counting the two hours both shows were in head-to-head competition, Dynamite drew 906,000 viewers and NXT drew 709,000 viewers. Meltzer also reported that AEW won all eight quarter-hours and NXT had their largest ever over-run following the end of Dynamite.

AEW Dynamite started off with around 902,000 viewers and their biggest gain of the night was the PAC vs. Chuck Taylor match and post-match stuff which gained 100,000 viewers. AEW’s biggest decline of the night was the ending of the Colt Cabana & SCU vs. Dark Order tag team match and the Tag Team Championship recap video from Revolution which lost 37,000 viewers.

WWE NXT started off with around 782,000 viewers and their biggest gain of the night was the ending of the Undisputed Era vs. Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch tag team match and post-match stuff which gained 47,000 viewers. NXT’s biggest decline of the night was the Austin Theory and Isiah “Swerve” Scott backstage segment and the beginning of the Undisputed Era vs. Lorcan & Burch tag team match which lost 99,000 viewers. NXT’s over-run gained an additional 271,000 viewers to end the night.

More on AEW vs. NXT Week 24 Viewership

The March 11th episodes of AEW Dynamite and WWE NXT saw both shows decline in viewership with AEW’s decline being the bigger of the two. AEW also maintained their advantage over NXT in both overall viewership and key demographic rankings.

AEW Dynamite drew 766,000 viewers on TNT and a #25 ranking in 18-49 demographic while NXT drew 697,000 viewers on USA Network and a #42 ranking in 18-49 demographic.

This week’s episodes were notable for the NBA announcing the suspension of their current season following a player testing positive for the coronavirus and President Trump announcing a travel ban on Europe in reaction to the global spread of the disease.

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 AEW’s biggest declines were with younger viewers across the key demographic groups, especially with teenagers at a 31.3 percent drop. NXT reportedly was less affected by the coronavirus-related news with all key demographic groups except for the 18-34 group remaining steady overall. NXT’s 18-34 demographic group reportedly had a decline of around 25 percent compared to last week.

Canadian Viewership for AEW’s March 4 Show

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the March 4th episode of AEW Dynamite did not rank in the Top 10 sports programming for the night in Canada and as a result, the viewership for that episode is currently not known.

Meltzer reported that the tenth ranked sports programming for March 4th drew 102,000 viewers meaning that AEW’s show drew less than that for viewers.