More on AEW Rampage Week 99 Viewership – June 30, 2023, Collision Week 3 – July 1

More on AEW Rampage Viewership for June 30

The June 30th episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW gain a large increase in overall viewership and a slight increase in key demographic ratings and key demographic rankings.

AEW drew 450,000 viewers and a 0.13 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 10th place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s increases that week was due to that night being weaker than usual for general cable television viewership with the top ranked show only generated a 0.16 key demographic rating for the second week in a row. Another reason reportedly was due to the large gains from their male key demographic viewership, which was up 27.2% compared to the prior week’s show. This reportedly offset the large decline from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was down 14.3% compared to the prior week’s show.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 171,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 23,000 viewers, Females 18-34 had 17,000 viewers, Males 35-49 had 94,000 viewers, and Females 35-49 had 37,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that the male/female viewership skew was 117,000 male viewers (up 27.2%) and 54,000 female viewers (up 1.9%) for a split of 68.4% in favor of males. Meltzer also reported that week’s Rampage and Collision did not rank in the youngest skewing sports shows for the week while that week’s Dynamite show was the sixth youngest skewing sports show, only behind one 2023 College World Series game, WWE RAW, one UFC event, one Formula 1 race, and one MLB game.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 7.4% in overall viewership and down 17.8% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 25% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Rampage quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 511,000 overall viewers and 194,000 key demo viewers (ROH World Championship match of Komander vs. Claudio Castagnoli (c))
• 2Q – 425,000 overall viewers and 163,000 key demo viewers (Shawn Spears vs. The Blade match, the Owen Hart Foundation Cup video promos segment, and the start of the Isaiah Kassidy & Matt Hardy vs. QT Marshall & Johnny TV match)
• 3Q – 436,000 overall viewers and 166,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Kassidy & Hardy vs. Marshall & Johnny TV & post-match brawl with Ethan Page, The Acclaimed, & Billy Gunn)
• 4Q – 429,000 overall viewers and 160,000 key demo viewers (Hikaru Shida vs. Taya Valkyrie)

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More on AEW Collision Viewership for July 1

The July 1st episode of AEW Collision saw AEW suffer a very large decline in overall viewership and a large decline in key demographic ratings and key demographic rankings.

AEW drew 452,000 viewers and a 0.13 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 15th place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s declines that week was due to a combination of that night’s weaker than usual general television viewership due to the July 4th holiday weekend and the weak first quarter viewership for the show. Meltzer reported that Collision’s peak viewership did not take place until well over an hour into the show. Another reason reportedly was due to the very large drop from their younger male key demographic viewership group, which was down 82% compared to the prior week’s show. Meltzer reported that the very large decline from AEW’s younger male key demographic viewership contributed to AEW’s overall younger key demographic viewership being down 59.6% compared to the prior week’s show. Meltzer also reported that Collision’s 0.13 rating was still above what TNT had been generating on average with other shows for the Saturday night primetime slot but AEW likely will need to hit a consistent rating of 0.20 for Collision to be viewed as a big success for Warner Bros Discovery.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the Saturday Night Baseball game drew 1,925,000 viewers on FOX, USFL football game drew 1,157,000 viewers on NBC, UFC Fight Night drew 841,000 viewers on ESPN, and House Hunters drew 771,000 viewers on Home & Garden TV.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 172,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 11,000 viewers (down 82%), Females 18-34 had 28,000 viewers (down 12.5%), Males 35-49 had 106,000 viewers (down 18.5%), and Females 35-49 had 28,000 viewers (down 44%). Meltzer reported that the male/female viewership skew was 117,000 male viewers (down 38.7%) and 56,000 female viewers (down 35.4%) for a split of 68% in favor of males.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 473,000 overall viewers and 169,000 key demo viewers (MJF vs. Kip Morst match, the MJF & Ethan Page post-match promos segment, and the start of the AEW World Championship match of Page vs. MJF (c))
• 2Q – 444,000 overall viewers and 174,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the AEW World Championship match and the start of the 2023 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament match of Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Dustin Rhodes)
• 3Q – 451,000 overall viewers and 171,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Hobbs vs. Rhodes match, the Samoa Joe & Rodderick Strong video promos segment, and the Miro vs. Anthony Henry match)
• 4Q – 463,000 overall viewers and 173,000 key demo viewers (Bullet Club Gold, CM Punk, FTR, & Ricky Starks promo segment)
• 5Q – 486,000 overall viewers and 183,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the 2023 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament match of Ricky Starks vs. Juice Robinson)
• 6Q – 452,000 overall viewers and 164,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Starks vs. Robinson match, the Christian Cage, Luchasaurus, & Shawn Spears backstage segment, and the start of the TBS Championship match of Lady Frost vs. Kris Statlander (c))
• 7Q – 420,000 overall viewers and 167,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the TBS Championship match, the Andrade El Idolo & House of Black backstage promo segment, and the start of the 2023 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament match of Samoa Joe vs. Roderick Strong)
• 8Q – 430,000 overall viewers and 173,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Joe vs. Strong match & post-match angle with CM Punk & Adam Cole)