More on AEW vs. NXT Week 68 & 69 Viewership

AEW vs. NXT Week 68 Viewership Update

As noted before, the January 20th episodes of AEW Dynamite and WWE NXT resulted in Dynamite generating around 854,000 viewers on TNT and a #33 ranking in the 18-49 key demographic while NXT generated around 659,000 viewers on USA Network and a #67 ranking in the 18-49 key demographic.

This week’s issue of the Wresting Observer Newsletter provided more details for both shows that week.

Dave Meltzer reported that the high point for both shows that night was the post-match John Silver’s Dark Order proposal to Hangman Adam Page segment which drew 1,044,000 in overall viewership and 568,000 in key demographic viewership.

In terms of key demographic viewership quarters, AEW reportedly doubled NXT in the 18-49 group in every quarter except the second quarter and tripled NXT in the 18-34 group in every group except the first quarter.

In terms of the main event quarter, AEW reportedly had 793,00 for overall viewership and 457,000 in key demographic viewership. NXT reportedly had 608,000 for overall viewership and 149,000 for key demographic viewership.

AEW Dynamite started off with around 927,000 viewers and their biggest gain of the night was the The Young Bucks & Don Callis segment and the Cody Rhodes vs. Peter Avalon match which gained 25,000 viewers. AEW’s biggest decline of the night was the ending of the Penelope Ford vs. Leyla Hirsch match, Miro interview segment, and the Omega, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallow, & Penta El Zero M backstage attack segment which lost 80,000 viewers.

WWE NXT started off with around 739,000 viewers and their biggest gain of the night was the Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter vs. Toni Storm & Mercedes Martinez tag team match which gained 45,000 viewers. NXT’s biggest decline of the night was the Finn Balor promo segment, the Tommaso Ciampa promo segment, the Carter & Catanzaro interview segment, and the Bronson Reed vs. Tyler Rust match which lost 60,000 viewers.

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More on AEW vs. NXT Week 69 Viewership

The January 27th episodes of AEW Dynamite and WWE NXT saw AEW suffer a noticeable large drop in viewership while the opposite occurred for NXT. The viewership gap of 14,000 between both shows was one of the smallest ever between both shows. AEW continued their advantage over NXT in regards of key demographic viewership.

AEW drew 734,000 viewers and a #6 ranking in the 18-49 demographic while NXT drew 720,000 and a #24 ranking in the 18-49 demographic.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that a key reason for AEW’s large drop in viewership was due to issues with the feed of the show that affected some of TNT’s cable markets and FITE TV’s streaming service. AEW reportedly had outages that lasted between 30 minutes to an hour in some areas and mainly affected the East Coast. Meltzer reported that this was a key reason why NXT’s key demographic viewership was much higher than usual for the first 45 minutes of their show before leveling back down to its usual viewership levels. Another reason was stiff competition from the NBA that night, which also affected NXT’s viewership during the latter half of their show.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW reportedly had 378,000 viewers while NXT had 278,000 viewers.

In terms of key demographic viewership breakdowns, Meltzer reported that AEW suffered the most with younger viewers, especially those under the age of 35 and female viewers. NXT reportedly managed to beat AEW in two key demographic groups, which were the Females 18-49 and Females 12-34 groups.

In terms of the main event quarter, AEW reportedly had 705,000 for overall viewership and 360,000 for key demographic viewership. NXT reportedly had 629,000 for overall viewership and 222,000 for key demographic viewership.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 11.4% in overall viewership and down 14.7% in key demographic viewership. NXT was up 1.1% in overall viewership and down 4.5% in key demographic viewership.

AEW Dynamite started off with around 760,000 viewers and their biggest gain of the night was the PAC promo segment, the Shaquille O’Neal promo segment, and the Cody Rhodes, Arn Anderson, & Red Velvet interview segment which gained 57,000 viewers. AEW’s biggest decline of the night was the Hangman Adam Page vs. Ryan Nemeth match and the post-match Page & Matt Hardy interview segment which lost 51,000 viewers.

WWE NXT started off with around 832,000 viewers and their biggest gain of the night was the Kyle O’Reilly & Finn Balor vs. Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch tag team match and post-match brawl which gained 4,000 viewers. NXT’s biggest decline of the night was the Toni Storm, Io Shirai and Mercedes Martinez brawl segment, the Isaiah “Swerve” Scott interview segment, and the Scott vs. Bronson Reed match which lost 70,000 viewers.