More on AEW & NXT Week 153 Viewership – Sept. 13 & 14, 2022, AEW Rampage Week 57 – Sept. 9, 2022

Sep 17, 2022

More on WWE NXT Viewership for September 13th

The September 13th episode of WWE NXT saw NXT gain a large increase in overall viewership but also suffered a slight decline in key demographic ratings and key demographic viewership.

NXT drew 728,000 viewers and a 0.15 key demographic rating on USA Network. NXT’s key demographic ranking for that night was 14th place.

Detailed viewership and key demographic breakdowns were not available in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Dave Meltzer reported that the main reason for NXT’s mixed results this week was due to the large gains from their Over 50 demographic viewership group, which was up 10.3% compared to last week’s show. This reportedly was enough to offset the large declines from their Teenagers, younger key demographic viewership, and female key demographic viewership groups, which were down 33.3%, 20%, and 36.1% respectively compared to last week’s show. Another reason for the mixed results reportedly was due to stiff sports competition that night.

In terms of head-to-head competition, the WNBA 2022 Finals Game 2 of Connecticut Sun vs. Las Vegas Aces drew 649,000 viewers on ESPN, the MLB game of New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox drew 677,000 viewers on TBS, 7 Little Johnstons drew 829,000 viewers on TLC, Below Deck Down Under drew 682,000 viewers on Bravo, and Deadliest Catch drew 904,000 viewers on Discovery Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, NXT had 195,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that the male/female viewership split was 149,000 male viewers and 46,000 female viewers for a split of 76.4% in favor of males. Meltzer reported that this was one of the highest ever splits in favor of males in NXT history on USA Network.

In terms of yearly comparisons, NXT was down 5.5% in overall viewership and down 29.1% in key demographic viewership.

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for September 14th

The September 14th episode of AEW Dynamite saw gain a large increase in overall viewership and slight increases in key demographic ratings and key demographic rankings.

AEW drew 1,175,000 viewers and a 0.39 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 1st place.

Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s increases this week was due to the large gains from their Teenagers, younger key demographic viewership, and Over 50 viewership groups, which were up 35.7%, 27.1%, and 13.6% respectively compared to last week’s show. Another reason reportedly was due to the weaker than usual sports competition that night. Meltzer reported that AEW’s Over 50 demographic viewership rating of 0.50 was the highest ever for an AEW Dynamite show in Dynamite history. This reportedly offset the decline from their older key demographic viewership group, which was down 7.7% compared to last week’s show.

In terms of head-to-head competition, the MLB game of Milwaukee Brewers vs. St. Louis Cardinals drew 394,000 viewers on FS1, the Mexican Liga MX game of America vs. Santos Laguna drew 310,000 viewers on TUDN, and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills drew 1,173,000 viewers on Bravo.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 510,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 was up 24.8%, Females 18-34 was up 33.3%, Males 35-49 was down 4.3%, and Females 35-49 was down 16.3%. Meltzer reported that the male/female viewership split was at 70% in favor of males.

In an interesting note, Meltzer reported that this week’s AEW show managed to top this past Monday’s WWE RAW show in Males 18-49 viewership. AEW reportedly had 357,000 viewers compared to 355,000 viewers for RAW.

In terms of the one million viewership milestone, all of AEW’s eight quarters drew one million or more viewers. AEW’s peak quarter hour viewership was at 1,210,000 viewers for their fifth quarter while their quarter low was at 1,086,000 viewers for their sixth quarter.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was even in overall viewership and down 11.1% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 key demographic viewership was even compared to the same week last year.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 1,198,000 overall viewers and 504,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Jon Moxley vs. Sammy Guevara match)
2Q – 1,186,000 overall viewers and 492,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Moxley vs. Guevara match, MJF promo segment, and the bulk of the Stokely Hathaway promo segment)
3Q – 1,188,000 overall viewers and 497,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Hathaway promo segment, Jungle Boy promo segment, and the bulk of the Jungle Boy vs. Jay Lethal match)
4Q – 1,187,000 overall viewers and 502,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Jungle Boy vs. Lethal match, the Luigi Primo, Ethan Page, & Danhausen backstage segment, the Darby Allin video promo, the Matt Hardy promo segment, and the Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Matt DiMartino match and post-match angle with Ricky Starks)
5Q – 1,210,000 overall viewers and 532,000 key demo viewers (Death Triangle promo segment, the AEW World Tag Team Championship match of Lucha Bros vs. Swerve In Our Glory (c) and post-match angle with The Acclaimed, and the PAC & Orange Cassidy promo segment)
6Q – 1,086,000 overall viewers and 484,000 key demo viewers (The Toni Storm and Athena promo segment and the Storm & Athena vs. Serena Deeb & Britt Baker match and post-match angle with Jamie Hayter)
7Q – 1,156,000 overall viewers and 524,000 key demo viewers (Mark Sterling promo segment and the beginning of the Chris Jericho vs. Bryan Danielson match)
8Q – 1,188,000 overall viewers and 545,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Jericho vs. Danielson match)

More on AEW Rampage Viewership for September 9th

The September 9th episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW suffer a large decline in overall viewership and a small decline in key demographic ratings and key demographic rankings.

AEW Rampage drew 426,000 viewers and a 0.14 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that week’s show was 16th place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s declines that week was due to very stiff sports competition that night and the large declines from their older key demographic viewership and male key demographic viewership groups, which were down 12% and 25.2% respectively compared to the prior week’s show. This reportedly offset the large gain from their female key demographic viewership group, which was up 9.1% compared to the prior week’s show.

In terms of head-to-head competition, the 2022 U.S. Open Men’s Semifinals Round drew 2,961,000 viewers on ESPN, the College football game of Louisville vs. UCF drew 1,846,000 viewers on ESPN2, the MLB simulcast games of Toronto vs. Texas and Detroit vs. Kansas City drew 105,000 viewers on MLB Network, On Patrol Live drew 833,000 viewers on REELZ Channel, and 90 Day Fiance First Look drew 713,000 viewers on TLC.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 182,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that the male/female viewership split was 110,000 male viewers and 72,000 female viewers. Meltzer also reported that the male/female viewership split was 60.4% in favor of males. Meltzer also reported that week’s Rampage show did not rank in the Top 10 youngest skewing sports show for the week while that week’s Dynamite was the youngest English skewing sports show.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 36% in overall viewership and down 47.6% in key demographic viewership.

AEW Rampage quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 479,000 overall viewers and 200,000 key demo viewers (Sammy Guevara vs. Darby Allin match)
2Q – 462,000 overall viewers and 195,000 key demo viewers (The Samoa Joe, Josh Woods, & Mark Sterling promo segment, the Miro video promo segment, the Serena Deeb vs. Madison Rayne match, and the Jade Cargill & The Baddies backstage interview segment)
3Q – 388,000 overall viewers and 164,000 key demo viewers (The Powerhouse Hobbs backstage promo segment and the start of the ROH World Championship match of Dax Harwood vs. Claudio Castagnoli (c))
4Q – 388,000 overall viewers and 164,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the ROH World Championship match)