More on AEW Dynamite Week 190 Viewership – May 31, 2023, Rampage Week 93 – May 26, 2023

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for May 31st

The May 31st episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a large increase in overall viewership but suffered a small decline in key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 923,000 viewers and a 0.29 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was not known at the time but the Wrestling Observer reported that it was later discovered to have been at 2nd place.

Detailed viewership and key demographic breakdowns were not available in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter. The main reason was due to ratings delay issues from Nielsen affecting this week’s ratings releases and charts.

Dave Meltzer reported that the reason for AEW’s mixed results this week was due to stiff competition from Vanderpump Rules affecting their female key demographic viewership the most, which was down 28.6% compared to last week’s show. Another reason reportedly was due to the large decline from their younger male key demographic viewership group, which was down 18.1% compared to last week’s show. This reportedly offset the gains from their older male key demographic viewership group, which was up 5.6% compared to last week’s show, and likely from their Over 50 viewership group as well but its percentage increase is currently not known.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 374,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 95,000 viewers (down 18.1%), Females 18-34 had 38,000 viewers (down 36.7%), Males 35-49 had 189,000 viewers (up 5.6%), and Females 35-49 had 52,000 viewers (down 21.2%). Meltzer reported that the male/female viewership split was 284,000 male viewers (down 3.7%) and 90,000 female viewers (down 28.6%) for a split of 75.9% in favor of males.

In terms of the one million viewership milestone, one of AEW’s eight quarters drew one million or more viewers. AEW’s peak quarter hour viewership was at 1,040,000 viewers for their first quarter while their quarter low was at 839,000 viewers for their eighth quarter.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 4.7% in overall viewership and down 27.9% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 23.4% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 1,040,000 overall viewers and 408,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Blackpool Combat Club vs. Lucha Bros & Bandido Trios match)
• 2Q – 999,000 overall viewers and 409,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the BCC vs. Lucha Bros & Bandido match, the Hangman Page, Young Bucks, and Dark Order backstage segment, and the Jay White, Juice Robinson, & FTR promo segment & brawl with Ricky Starks)
• 3Q – 991,000 overall viewers and 378,000 key demo viewers (Tony Khan’s CM Punk AEW return announcement and the Trent Baretta vs. Swerve Strickland vs. Big Bill match)
• 4Q – 906,000 overall viewers and 379,000 key demo viewers (Kris Statlander video promo segment, the Acclaimed & Billy Gunn interview segment, and the Don Callis & Konosuke Takeshita interview segment)
• 5Q – 888,000 overall viewers and 360,000 key demo viewers (Wardlow & Arn Anderson video promo segment and the Darby Allin & Orange Cassidy vs. Gate of Agony & post-match with Mogul Embassy & Sting)
• 6Q – 866,000 overall viewers and 362,000 key demo viewers (MJF video promo segment, The Outcasts backstage interview segment, the Hook & La Facción Ingobernable promo & brawl with Jungle Boy, and the start of the TBS Championship match of Nyla Rose vs. Kris Statlander (c))
• 7Q – 854,000 overall viewers and 356,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the TBS Championship match)
• 8Q – 839,000 overall viewers and 341,000 key demo viewers (Mixed Tag Team match of Britt Baker & Adam Cole vs. Saraya & Chris Jericho)

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More on AEW Rampage Viewership for May 26th

The May 26th episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW gain a very large increase in overall viewership, a large increase in key demographic rankings, and a slight increase in key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 436,000 viewers and a 0.11 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 13th place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s increases that week was due to the large gains from all of their demographic viewership groups with Teenagers up 200%, younger key demographic viewership up 40%, older key demographic viewership up 23.7%, and Over 50 viewership up 57.1% compared to last week’s show.

In terms of head-to-head competition, the MLB simulcast games of Philadelphia vs. Atlanta and Texas vs. Baltimore drew 212,000 viewers on MLB Network, the 2023 College Softball Super Regionals game of Florida State vs. Georgia drew 510,000 viewers on ESPN, the 2023 College Softball Super Regionals game of Louisiana vs. Washington drew 450,000 viewers, the 2023 College Softball Super Regionals game of San Diego State vs. Utah drew 318,000 viewers on ESPN2, Gold Rush Parker’s Trail drew 1,037,000 viewers on Discovery Channel, Gold Rush White Water drew 751,000 viewers on Discovery Channel, House Hunters drew 813,000 viewers on Home and Garden TV, and 90 Day The Other Way drew 453,000 viewers on TLC.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 143,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that the male/female viewership skew was 106,000 male viewers (up 35.9%) and 37,000 female viewers (up 12.1%) for a split of 74.1% in favor of males. Meltzer also reported that week’s Rampage did not rank in the youngest skewing sports shows for the week while that week’s Dynamite was the youngest skewing sports show.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was up 27.9% in overall viewership and down 19.2% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was up 28.9% compared to the same week last year. Meltzer reported that one reason for the large declines was due to last year’s show took place at its usual Friday night timeslot.

AEW Rampage quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 458,000 overall viewers and 154,000 key demo viewers (The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn vs. Los Faccion Ingobernable Trios match)
• 2Q – 457,000 overall viewers and 144,000 key demo viewers (The Gunns & Ethan Page vs. Frescomatic, Watson & Jeaux Braxton Trios match & post-match promo with The Hardys, Isiah Kassidy, & HOOK, the Keith Lee & Dustin Rhodes backstage interview segment, and the bulk of the Britt Baker & Hikaru Shida vs. Marina Shafir & Nyla Rose match)
• 3Q – 418,000 overall viewers and 137,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Baker & Shida vs. Shafir & Rose match & post-match backstage attack with The Outcasts & Jamie Hayter
• 4Q – 409,000 overall viewers and 144,000 key demo viewers (Big Bill & Lee Moriarty vs. Best Friends tag team match)