More on AEW Dynamite Week 207 Viewership – Sept. 20, 2023, Rampage Week 110 – Sept. 15, Collision Week 14 – Sept. 16

Sep 24, 2023

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for September 20th

The September 20th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a very large increase in overall viewership and a small increase in key demographic rankings. This week’s show was a Dynamite Grand Slam 2023 special.

AEW drew 984,000 viewers and a 0.36 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 1st place.

Dave 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 older male key demographic viewership and older female key demographic viewership groups, which were up 18.3% and 60.7% respectively compared to last week’s show. This reportedly offset the small decline from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was down 0.6% compared to last week’s show.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2023 WNBA Playoffs 2023 Game 3 of Minnesota Lynx vs. Connecticut Sun drew 422,000 viewers on ESPN, the MLB game of New York Mets vs. Florida Marlins drew 289,000 viewers on FS1, and Real Housewives of Orange County drew 821,000 viewers on BRAVO.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 469,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 was 123,000 viewers (up 6%), Females 18-34 was 47,000 viewers (down 17.9%), Males 35-49 was 200,000 viewers (up 18.3%), and Females 35-49 was 98,000 viewers (up 60.7%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s male/female viewership split was 323,000 male viewers and 145,000 female viewers for a split of 70.9% in favor of males.

In terms of the one million viewership milestone, three of AEW’s eight quarters drew one million or more viewers. AEW’s peak quarter hour viewership was at 1,017,000 viewers for their fourth quarter while their quarter low was at 938,000 viewers for their sixth quarter.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 5.3% in overall viewership but up 2.4% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 19.5% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 982,000 overall viewers and 447,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the ROH World Championship & NJPW Strong Openweight Championship Title vs. Title match of Claudio Castagnoli (ROH) vs. Eddie Kingston (NJPW))
2Q – 1,004,000 overall viewers and 482,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the ROH World Championship & NJPW Strong Openweight Championship match & post-match angle, The Kingdom, Roderick Strong, & Adam Cole video segment, and the Christian Cage & Luchasaurus backstage interview segment)
3Q – 989,000 overall viewers and 484,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Chris Jericho vs. Sammy Guevara match)
4Q – 1,017,000 overall viewers and 466,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Jericho vs. Guevara match & post-match angle with Don Callis, the MJF & Adam Cole parking lot promo video segment, and the start of the AEW International Championship match of Rey Fenix vs. Jon Moxley (c))
5Q – 960,000 overall viewers and 451,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the AEW International Championship match and the Samoa Joe backstage promo segment)
6Q – 938,000 overall viewers and 448,000 key demo viewers (The Righteous video promo segment and the AEW Women’s World Championship match of Toni Storm vs. Saraya (c))
7Q – 954,000 overall viewers and 474,000 key demo viewers (First half of the AEW World Championship match of Samoa Joe vs. MJF (c)
8Q – 1,014,000 overall viewers and 489,000 key demo viewers (Second half of the AEW World Championship)
Overrun – 1,048,000 overall viewers and 513,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the AEW World Championship and post-match stuff)

More on AEW Rampage Viewership for September 15th

The September 15th episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW suffer a large decline in overall viewership and key demographic rankings and a small decline in key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 335,000 viewers and a 0.09 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 34th place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s declines that week was due to the large decline from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was down 53.2% compared to the prior week’s show. Another reason reportedly was due to AEW not benefiting from any potential viewership carry over from the large gain of viewers that The Rock generated for that night’s WWE SmackDown show on FOX. Meltzer reported that AEW’s key demographic viewership was the lowest ever for a Rampage show in its regular time slot in Rampage series history.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2023 WNBA Playoffs Game 1 of Dallas Wings vs. Atlanta Dream drew 287,000 viewers on ESPN2. the College Football game of Army vs. UTSA drew 916,000 viewers on ESPN, the College Football game of Virginia vs. Maryland drew 776,000 viewers on FS1, Top Ranking Boxing drew 544,000 viewers on ESPN, 90 Day Fiance First Look drew 637,000 viewers on TLC, Love After Lockup drew 377,000 viewers on WETV, On Patrol Live drew 751,000 viewers, and House Hunters drew 811,000 viewers on Home and Garden TV.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 122,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 26,000 viewers (down 35%), Females 18-34 had 11,000 viewers (down 71.8%), Males 35-49 had 58,000 viewers (down 3.3%), and Females 18-35 had 27,000 viewers (down 12.9%). Meltzer reported that the male/female viewership skew was 84,000 male viewers and 38,000 female viewers for a split of 68.9% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 28.7% in overall viewership and down 30.7% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was up 19.4% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Rampage quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 363,000 overall viewers and 122,000 key demo viewers (The Hardys & Lucha Bros vs. Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, The Butcher, & The Blade 8-Man Tag Team match & post-match angle with The Righteous and the Britt Baker backstage interview segment)
2Q – 323,000 overall viewers and 125,000 key demo viewers (QTV video segment and the Christopher Daniels & Matt Sydal vs. The Kingdom tag team match & post-match promo by The Kingdom)
3Q – 316,000 overall viewers and 120,000 key demo viewers (Mogul Embassy backstage interview segment, the Acclaimed & Billy Gunn vs. Peter Avalon & The Outrunnners Trios match & post-match promo with Dark Order & The Acclaimed, and the Aussie Open vs. Damian Chambers & Lord Crewe tag team match)
4Q – 337,000 overall viewers and 121,000 key demo viewers (TBS Championship match of Jade Cargill vs. Kris Statlander (c) & post-match stuff)

More on AEW Collision Viewership for September 16th

The September 16th episode of AEW Collision saw AEW gain suffer a small decline in overall viewership and key demographic rankings.

AEW drew 467,000 viewers and a 0.15 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 21st place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s declines that week was due to the very stiff sports competition from College Football and the very large decline from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was down 52.7% compared to the prior week’s show. This mostly offset the gain from their older male key demographic viewership group, which was up 44.6% compared to the prior week’s show. Meltzer reported that the West Coast airing of the show was hit the hardest since it went head-to-head with the College Football game of Colorado vs. Colorado State that drew 9,304,000 viewers on ESPN.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the College Football game of Tennessee vs. Florida drew 5,309,000 viewers, the College Football game of Pittsburgh vs. West Virginia drew 2,407,000 viewers on ABC, the College Football game of Bowling Green vs. Michigan drew 1,138,000 viewers on Big 10 Network, the College Football game of Syracuse vs. Purdue drew 1,249,000 viewers on NBC, the College Football game of Houston vs. Texas Christian drew 1,202,000 viewers on FOX, the College Football game of Brigham Young vs. Arkansas drew 1,078,000 viewers on ESPN2, the College Football game of Nebraska vs. Northern Illinois drew 907,000 viewers on FS1, the NASCAR Cup Series 2023 Bristol race drew 1,562,000 viewers on USA Network, and On Patrol Live drew 675,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 200,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 15,000 viewers (down 71.7%), Females 18-34 had 20,000 viewers (down 4.8%), Males 35-49 had 107,000 viewers (up 44.6%), and Females 35-49 had 57,000 viewers (up 14%). Meltzer reported that the male/female viewership skew was 122,000 male viewers and 77,000 female viewers for a split of 61% in favor of males.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 442,000 overall viewers and 209,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Big Bill & Ricky Starks vs. Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli tag team match)
2Q – 431,000 overall viewers and 199,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Big Bill & Starks vs. Danielson & Castagnoli tag team match, The Elite backstage promo segment, the Powerhouse Hobbs backstage promo segment, and the Miro backstage promo segment)
3Q – 461,000 overall viewers and 204,000 key demo viewers (AEW World Tag Team Championship match of The Iron Savages vs. FTR (c) & post-match angle with The WorkHorsemen, the Keith Lee, Shane Taylor, & Lee Moriarty backstage segment, and the start of the John Silver vs. Anthony Bowens match)
4Q – 446,000 overall viewers and 189,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Silver vs. Bowens match & post-match stuff with Dark Order, the Eddie Kingston backstage promo segment, and the Orange Cassidy & HOOK backstage interview segment)
5Q – 485,000 overall viewers and 200,000 key demo viewers (Aussie Open vs. PB Smooth & Wes Barkley tag team match & post-match promo by Aussie Open, the Toni Storm video interview segment, the Scorpio Sky video promo segment, and the start of the Sky vs. Andrade El Idolo match)
6Q – 503,000 overall viewers and 205,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Sky vs. Andrade match & post-match promo by Bullet Club Gold, the Don Callis & Konosuke Takeshita video promo segment, the Katsuyori Shibata backstage interview segment, and the start of The Hardys vs. The Righteous tag team match)
7Q – 455,000 overall viewers and 192,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Hardys vs. Righteous tag team match & post-match promo by The Righteous, the Claudio Castagnoli video promo segment, and the Bryan Danielson & Zack Sabre Jr. video package segment)
8Q – 489,000 overall viewers and 193,000 key demo viewers (Big Bill & Ricky Starks backstage interview segment and the bulk of the TBS Championship match of Britt Baker vs. Kris Statlander (c))
Overrun – 588,000 overall viewers and 209,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the TBS Championship match)