More on AEW Dynamite Week 197 Viewership – July 19, 2023, Rampage Week 101 – July 14, Collision Week 5 – July 15, Battle of the Belts VII

Jul 22, 2023

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for July 19th

The July 19th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a very large increase in overall viewership and a small increase in key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 953,000 viewers and a 0.34 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 2nd place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s increases this week was due to a weaker than usual competition and general television viewership for that night and the large gains from their younger female key demographic viewership and older male key demographic viewership groups, which were up 65% and 22.1% respectively compared to last week’s show. This reportedly offset the decline from their younger male key demographic viewership, which was down 11.9% compared to last week’s show.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, Real Housewives of Orange County drew 667,000 viewers on BRAVO.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 441,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 104,000 viewers (down 11.9%), Females 18-34 had 66,000 viewers (up 65%), Males 35-49 had 199,000 viewers (up 22.1%), and Females 35-49 had 73,000 viewers (up 10.6%). Meltzer reported that the male/female viewership split was 303,000 male viewers (up 8.6%) and 139,000 female viewers (up 31.1%) for a split of 68.7% in favor of males.

In terms of the one million viewership milestone, none of AEW’s eight quarters drew one million or more viewers. AEW’s peak quarter hour viewership was at 980,000 viewers for their sixth quarter and overrun while their quarter low was at 915,000 viewers for their second quarter.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was up 4.7% in overall viewership and up 4% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was up 42.9% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 952,000 overall viewers and 411,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the FTW Championship match of Jungle Boy Jack Perry vs. HOOK (c))
2Q – 915,000 overall viewers and 425,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the FTW Championship match, the Adam Cole & MJF video segment, the Don Callis & Chris Jericho backstage segment, and the Britt Baker vs. Kayla Sparks match)
3Q – 977,000 overall viewers and 458,000 key demo viewers (MJF, Adam Cole, & Roderrick Strong backstage segment, and the bulk of the Blind Tag Team Tournament Finals match of MJF & Adam Cole vs. Sammy Guevara & Daniel Garcia)
4Q – 967,000 overall viewers and 464,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Blind Tag Team Tournament Finals match and post-match angles with Chris Jericho, Cole and MJF, & FTR)
5Q – 957,000 overall viewers and 434,000 key demo viewers (Best Friends, Kris Statlander, Darby Allin, & Nick Wayne backstage segment, the Blackpool Combat Club video promo segment, the Golden Elite video promo segment, and the start of the Blood & Guts match of BCC vs. The Golden Elite)
6Q – 980,000 overall viewers and 440,000 key demo viewers (second part of the Blood & Guts match)
7Q – 945,000 overall viewers and 432,000 key demo viewers (third part of the Blood & Guts match)
8Q – 928,000 overall viewers and 455,000 key demo viewers (fourth part of the Blood & Guts match)
Overrun – 980,000 overall viewers and 493,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Blood & Guts match)

More on AEW Rampage Viewership for July 14th

The July 14th episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW suffer a large decline in overall viewership and a slight decline in key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 310,000 viewers and a 0.10 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night is currently not known.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s declines was due to the very large decline from their female key demographic viewership group, which was down 53.5% compared to the prior week’s show. This reportedly offset the gains from their male key demographic viewership group, which was up 5.7% compared to the prior week’s show.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 125,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 22,000 viewers (up 22.2%), Females 18-34 had 6,000 viewers (down 64.7%), Males 35-49 had 70,000 viewers (up 1.4%), and Females 35-49 had 27,000 viewers (down 50%). Meltzer reported that the male/female viewership skew was 92,000 male viewers (up 5.7%) and 33,000 female viewers (down 53.5%) for a split of 73.6% 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 show was the seventh youngest skewing sports show, behind the 2023 Wimbledon Men’s Finals, one Sunday Night Baseball game, one 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer game, one UFC event, and two 2023 MLB Home Run Derby shows.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 28.7% in overall viewership and down 31.7% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 33.3% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Rampage quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 353,000 overall viewers and 139,000 key demo viewers (Dustin Rhodes & Keith Lee vs. Matt Menard & Angelo Parker tag team match, the QTV video promo segment, and the Taya Valkyrie vs. Izzy McQueen match)
2Q – 303,000 overall viewers and 122,000 key demo viewers (Taya Valkyrie & Toni Storm promo segment, the HOOK video promo segment, and the bulk of the Lance Archer vs. Trent Beretta match)
3Q – 306,000 overall viewers and 126,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Archer vs. Beretta match & post-match promo and angle with Archer, Jake Roberts, & Orange Cassidy, the Jeff Jarrett & Pals video promo segment, the Don Callis promo segment, and the Konosuke Takeshita vs. Mentallo match)
4Q – 277,000 overall viewers and 111,000 key demo viewers (Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Semifinals match of Athena vs. Willow Nightingale)

More on AEW Collision Viewership for July 15th

The July 15th episode of AEW Collision saw AEW suffer slight declines in overall viewership and key demographic ratings but gained a slight increase in key demographic rankings.

AEW drew 579,000 viewers and a 0.20 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 4th place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s declines that week was due to the large decline from their younger key demographic viewership group, which wad down 23.6% compared to the prior week’s show. This reportedly offset the gain from their older key demographic viewership group, which was up 8% compared to the prior week’s show.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the UFC prelims drew 745,000 viewers on ESPN and the Saturday Night Baseball game drew 2,080,000 viewers on FOX.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 258,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 51,000 viewers (down 21.5%), Females 18-34 had 30,000 viewers (down 26.8%), Males 35-49 had 135,000 viewers (up 8%), and Females 35-49 had 43,000 viewers (down 10.3%). Meltzer reported that the male/female viewership skew was 185,000 male viewers (down 3.7%) and 73,000 female viewers (down 18%) for a split of 71.7% in favor of males.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 544,000 overall viewers and 236,000 key demo viewers (FTR, Bullet Club Gold, Willow Nightingale, Ruby Soho, Ricky Starks, & CM Punk video promos segment and the first part of the AEW World Tag Team Championship Best 2-out-of-3 Falls match of Bullet Club Gold vs. FTR (c))
2Q – 546,000 overall viewers and 248,000 key demo viewers (Second part of the Bullet Club Gold vs. FTR match)
3Q – 583,000 overall viewers and 267,000 key demo viewers (Third part of the Bullet Club Gold vs. FTR match)
4Q – 545,000 overall viewers and 256,000 key demo viewers (Fourth part of the Bullet Club Gold vs. FTR match)
5Q – 591,000 overall viewers and 272,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Bullet Club Gold vs. FTR match, the Blood & Guts match hype video segment, and the first half of the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Finals match of Ruby Soho vs. Willow Nightingale)
6Q – 571,000 overall viewers and 241,000 key demo viewers (Second half of the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s Tournament Finals match & post-match celebration with Tony Khan and the QTV & Powerhouse Hobbs backstage segment)
7Q – 618,000 overall viewers and 272,000 key demo viewers (Brody King & Malakai Black vs. Artemis Spencer & Randy Myers & post-match angle with Andrade El Idolo and the start of the Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament Finals match of Ricky Starks vs. CM Punk)
8Q – 633,000 overall viewers and 281,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament Finals match)

More on AEW Battle of the Belts VII Viewership for July 15th

AEW’s Battle of the Belts VII show on July 15th drew 524,000 viewers and a 0.15 key demographic rating on TNT.

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

Dave Meltzer reported that due to satellite-related issues involving a thunderstorm hitting Calgary during the show, Battle of the Belts VII ended up being broken up into two separate shows for cable ratings data gathering by Nielsen. This issue reportedly occurred after the first 36 minutes of the show. Meltzer reported that the first 36 minutes of the show drew 560,000 viewers and a 0.15 rating while the final 27 minutes of the show drew 467,000 viewers and a 0.13 rating.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW drew 196,000 viewers.

AEW Battle of the Belts VII quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 600,000 overall viewers and 235,000 key demo viewers (Owen Hart Foundation Men’s Tournament Finals of Ricky Starks vs. CM Punk post-match with Jushin Liger and the bulk of the AEW International Championship match of Lance Archer vs. Orange Cassidy (c))
2Q – 544,000 overall viewers and 206,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the AEW International Championship match and The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn interview segment)
3Q – 500,000 overall viewers and 183,000 key demo viewers (AEW Women’s World Championship match of Taya Valkyrie vs. Toni Storm (c) and the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament trophy celebration segment with Willow Nightingale, Ricky Starks, Tony Khan, & Martha Hart)
4Q – 447,000 overall viewers and 159,000 key demo viewers (TNT Championship match of Shawn Spears vs. Luchasaurus (c))
Overrun – 475,000 viewers and 163,000 key demographic viewers (Ending of the TNT Championship match)