More on AEW & NXT Week 124 Viewership – Feb. 15 & 16, 2022, AEW Rampage Week 27

Feb 19, 2022

More on WWE NXT Viewership for February 15th

The February 15th episode of WWE NXT saw NXT gain large increases in overall viewership, key demographic ratings, and key demographic rankings. This week’s show was notable for being the second and final week airing on Syfy due to USA Network’s 2022 Winter Olympics Games commitments and for being the Vengeance Day 2022 themed special.

NXT drew 525,000 viewers and a 0.11 key demographic rating on USA Network. NXT’s key demographic ranking for that night was 48th place.

Detailed demographic and quarter-hours breakdowns were not available in this week’s issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for NXT’s increases this week was due to the very large increases in both overall key demographic and younger key demographic viewership groups, which were up 49.5% and 145.5% respectively compared to last week’s show. Despite the large increases, Meltzer reported that this week’s overall viewership was the second lowest ever in NXT history since its move to USA Network.

In terms of head-to-head competition, the NBA game of Boston Celtics vs. Philadelphia 76ers drew 1,186,000 viewers on TNT, the 2022 Winter Olympics Games drew 1,035,000 viewers on USA Network, the College basketball game of Kentucky vs. Tennessee drew 1,068,000 viewers on ESPN, the College basketball game of Wake Forrest vs. Duke drew 799,000 viewers on ESPN, Real Housewives of New Jersey drew 1,043,000 viewers on Bravo, and Curse of Oak Island drew 2,685,000 viewers on History Channel. The 2022 Winter Olympic Games coverage that night drew a combined 8,704,000 viewers on NBC and USA Network for head-to-head competition.

In terms of key demographic viewership, NXT had 145,000 viewers. NXT’s Males 18-34 was up 113.3%, Females 18-34 was up 200%, Males 35-49 was up 26.8%, and Females 35-49 was up 16.7% compared to last week’s show.

In terms of yearly comparisons, NXT was down 26.4% in overall viewership and down 28.2% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that NXT’s 18-34 viewership was up 14.9% compared to the same week last year.

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for February 16th

The February 16th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW suffer large declines in overall viewership and key demographic ratings while also suffering a slight decline in key demographic rankings.

AEW drew 869,000 viewers and a 0.31 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 3rd place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s declines this week was due to much lower than usual viewership numbers for the lead-in programming on TBS, which was the lowest since AEW’s move to the network at 1,133,000 viewers. This reportedly was down 20.9% in overall viewership and down 22.9% in key demographic viewership compared to the usual average for AEW’s lead-in programming on the network. Another main reason reportedly was due to the large declines in AEW’s Teenagers and younger key demographic viewership groups, which were down 23.1% and 31.1% compared to last week’s show. Meltzer reported that AEW’s large declines from their younger viewership groups caused the median viewership age to rise to 50.3 years old for this week’s show.

In terms of head-to-head competition, the NBA game of Brooklyn Nets vs. New York Knicks drew 1,257,000 viewers on ESPN, the 2022 Winter Olympics Games drew 909,000 viewers on USA Network, the NHL game of Florida Panthers vs. Carolina Hurricanes drew 234,000 viewers on TNT, South Park drew 664,000 viewers on Comedy Central, and Real Housewives of Orange County drew 783,000 viewers on Bravo. The 2022 Winter Olympic Games coverage that night drew a combined 6,934,000 viewers on NBC and USA Network for head-to-head competition.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 406,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 was down 37.7%, Females 18-34 was down 10.3%, Males 35-49 was down 16.1%, and Females 35-49 was down 35.4% compared to last week’s show.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was up 16.3% in overall viewership and up 1.5% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 5.1% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Dynamite started off with around 944,000 viewers and their biggest gain of the night was the Bryan Danielson & Jon Moxley in-ring promo segment and the start of the Wardlow vs. Max Caster match which gained 103,000 viewers. AEW’s biggest decline of the night was the Danielson vs. Lee Moriarty which lost 93,000 viewers.

More on AEW Rampage Viewership for February 11th

The February 11th episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW gain a slight increase in overall viewership but suffered slight declines in key demographic ratings and key demographic rankings.

AEW Rampage drew 549,000 viewers and a 0.19 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that week’s show was 10th place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s mixed results that week was due to the larger than usual decline in AEW’s older male key demographic viewership, which was down 21.2% compared to the prior week’s show. This was enough to offset the gains AEW had with their younger key demographic and overall female key demographic viewership groups, which was up 10% for the former compared to the prior week’s show.

In terms of head-to-head competition, the 2022 Winter Olympics Games drew 1,114,000 viewers on USA Network and Gold Rush White Water drew 1,240,000 viewers on Discovery Channel. The 2022 Winter Olympic Games coverage that night drew a combined 9,685,000 viewers on NBC and USA Network for head-to-head competition.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 248,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 was up 18.4%, Females 18-34 was up 15.8%, Males 35-49 was down 21.2%, and Females 35-49 was up 6% compared to the prior week’s show. Meltzer reported that week’s Rampage show was the third youngest skewing sports show for the week, only behind NBA 2022 All-Star game draft and AEW Dynamite.

AEW Rampage started off with around 655,000 viewers and had around 534,000 viewers for their second quarter, around 512,000 viewers for their third quarter, and around 494,000 viewers for their main event quarter featuring the AEW Tag Team Championship match of Gunn Club vs. Jurassic Express (c).