More on AEW Dynamite Week 213 Viewership – Nov. 1, 2023, Rampage Week 116 – Oct. 27, Collision Week 20 – Oct. 28

Nov 4, 2023

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for November 1st

The November 1st episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a large increase in overall viewership and key demographic rankings and a small increase in key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 832,000 viewers and a 0.28 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 3rd 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 younger key demographic viewership and older female key demographic viewership groups, which were up 33.6% and 66.7% respectively compared to last week show. This reportedly offset the stiff sports competition that night, especially from the 2023 MLB World Series and the small decline from their older male key demographic viewership group, which was down 2.4% compared to last week’s show. Meltzer reported that this week’s show being much higher than last week’s show despite the stiffer sports competition has led to the belief by many within the industry that the direct cause for last week’s show declines was the news programming coverage of the Lewiston, Main mass shooting attack that night. Meltzer also reported that despite WWE heavily advertising the new season of MTV’s Challenge during this past Monday’s RAW show, it did not have any real notable effect on Dynamite’s numbers for this week.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2023 MLB World Series Game 5 of Texas Rangers vs. Arizona Diamondbacks drew 11,481,000 viewers on FOX, the NBA game of New Orleans Pelicans vs. Oklahoma City Thunder drew 1,031,000 viewers on ESPN, the NHL game of Buffalo Sabres vs. Philadelphia Flyers drew 309,000 viewers on TNT, Survivor drew 4,865,000 viewers on CBS, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills drew 875,000 viewers on BRAVO, Challenge: New Champion drew 311,000 viewers on MTV, Sistas Series drew 980,000 viewers on BET, and House Hunters drew 786,000 viewers on Home and Garden TV.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 366,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 was 104,000 viewers (up 55.4%), Females 18-34 was 43,000 viewers (up 23.2%), Males 35-49 was 163,000 viewers (down 2.4%), and Females 35-49 was 56,000 viewers (up 66.7%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s male/female viewership split was 267,000 male viewers and 99,000 female viewers for a split of 73% 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 985,000 viewers for their first quarter while their quarter low was at 762,000 viewers for their sixth quarter.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 8.7% in overall viewership and down 5.7% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was up 0.7% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 985,000 overall viewers and 374,000 key demo viewers (MJF, Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, & The Kingdom backstage segment, and the bulk of the AEW International Championship match of Claudio Castagnoli vs. Orange Cassidy (c))
2Q – 896,000 overall viewers and 357,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the AEW International Championship match & post-match brawl with Jon Moxley and the MJF, Chris Jericho, Wardlow, The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn backstage segment)
3Q – 793,000 overall viewers and 343,000 key demo viewers (Jon Moxley backstage promo segment and the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship match of The Mogul Embassy vs. The Elite (c))
4Q – 838,000 overall viewers and 372,000 key demo viewers (ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship post-match angle with Swerve Strickland, Hangman Adam Page, & The Young Bucks, the MJF, Acclaimed, & Billy Gunn backstage segment, the Adam Copeland & Christian Cage in-ring promo segment & brawl with Luchasaurus, Nick Wayne, Darby Allin, & Sting, and the Nigel McGuinness & Tony Khan All In 2 backstage announcement segment)
5Q – 779,000 overall viewers and 370,000 key demo viewers (Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega vs. Matt Menard & Angelo Parker match & post-match promo segment with Don Callis, Jericho, & Omega and brawl with Paul Wight)
6Q – 762,000 overall viewers and 363,000 key demo viewers (Chris Jericho, Kenny Omega, & The Young Bucks backstage segment and the bulk of the AEW Women’s World Championship match of Willow Nightingale vs. Hikaru Shida (c))
7Q – 821,000 overall viewers and 391,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the AEW Women’s World Championship match & post-match Shida & Toni Storm brawl and Nightingale, Julia Hart, & Sky Blue in-ring angle, the MJF, Acclaimed, Billy Gunn, & Jeff Jarrett & Pals, and the Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, & The Kingdom backstage segment)
8Q – 792,000 overall viewers and 364,000 key demo viewers (Bullet Club Gold vs. MJF & The Acclaimed Trios match)
Overrun – 791,000 overall viewers and 375,000 key demo viewers (Trios match post-match brawl & angle)

More on AEW Rampage Viewership for October 27th

The October 27th episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW suffer a large decline in key demographic rankings and a small decline in overall viewership and key demographic ratings

AEW drew 319,000 viewers and a 0.09 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 56th place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s declines that week was due to stiff sports competition that night, especially from the 2023 MLB World Series, and the large decline from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was down 24.3% compared to the prior week’s show. Another reason reportedly was due to the large declines from their older male key demographic viewership and older female key demographic viewership groups, which were down 16.2% and 14.3% respectively compared to the prior week’s show. Dave Meltzer reported that AEW’s overall viewership was its lowest since the July 4th episode and its key demographic viewership was its lowest since the December 2, 2022 episode.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2023 MLB World Series Game 1 of Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Texas Rangers drew 9,172,000 viewers on FOX, the NBA game of Golden State Warriors vs. Sacramento Kings drew 1,760,000 viewers on ESPN, the College Football game of Florida Atlantic vs. Charlotte drew 329,000 viewers on ESPN2, 90 Day Fiance First Look drew 478,000 viewers on TLC, Love After Lockup drew 281,000 viewers on WETV, House Hunters drew 737,000 viewers on Home and Garden TV, and On Patrol Live drew 606,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 120,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 24,000 viewers (down 11.1%), Females 18-34 had 4,000 viewers (down 60%), Males 35-49 had 62,000 viewers (down 16.2%), and Females 35-49 had 30,000 viewers (down 14.3%). Meltzer reported that the male/female viewership skew was 86,000 male viewers and 34,000 female viewers for a split of 71.7% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 15.6% in overall viewership and down 24.1% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 50% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Rampage quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 361,000 overall viewers and 122,000 key demo viewers (No Disqualification match of Mike Santana vs. Ortiz)
2Q – 324,000 overall viewers and 123,000 key demo viewers (MJF vs. Kenny Omega video package segment, the Kris Statlander, Willow Nightingale, & Skye Blue backstage segment, the Kip Sabian, Penelope Ford, & Mark Briscoe in-ring segment, and the start of the AEW Women’s World Championship #1 Contender Four-way match of Abadon vs. Anna Jay vs. Nightingale vs. Blue)
3Q – 301,000 overall viewers and 117,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Abadon vs. Anna Jay vs. Nightingale vs. Blue match and The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn backstage promo segment)
4Q – 288,000 overall viewers and 119,000 key demo viewers (Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kyle Fletcher match & post-match brawl with Powerhouse Hobbs & angle with Don Callis)

More on AEW Collision Viewership for October 28th

The October 28th episode of AEW Collision saw AEW suffer a large decline in overall viewership and key demographic rankings and a small decline in key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 476,000 viewers and a 0.13 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 19th place.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2023 MLB World Series Game 2 of Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Texas Rangers drew 8,153,000 viewers on FOX, the NBA game of New York Knicks vs. New Orleans Pelicans drew 170,000 viewers on NBA TV, the College Football game of Ohio State vs. Wisconsin drew 4,865,000 viewers on NBC, the College Football game of Colorado vs. UCLA drew 4,663,000 viewers on ABC, the College Football game of Tennessee vs. Kentucky drew 2,509,000 viewers on ESPN, the College Football game of Washington vs. Stanford drew 700,000 viewers on FS1, the College Football game of Cincinnati vs. Oklahoma State drew 412,000 viewers on ESP2, the Liga MX soccer game of Pachuca vs. Puebla drew 479,000 viewers on TDUN, and On Patrol Live drew 639,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 175,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 42,000 viewers (down 22.2%), Females 18-34 had 22,000 viewers (down 31.1%), Males 35-49 had 83,000 viewers (down 4.3%), and Females 35-49 had 28,000 viewers (down 26.3%). Meltzer reported that the male/female viewership skew was 125,000 male viewers and 50,000 female viewers for a split of 70.9% in favor of males.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 465,000 overall viewers and 170,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Jay White vs. AR Fox match)
2Q – 442,000 overall viewers and 158,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the White vs. Fox match & post-match angle with MJF, the Acclaimed & Billy Gunn backstage segment, The Gunns vs. The Boys tag team match, the MJF vs. Kenny Omega AEW World Championship video package, and the Ryan Nemeth & Miro backstage segment)
3Q – 434,000 overall viewers and 157,000 key demo viewers (AEW Women’s Championship Fright Night Fight match of Abadon vs. Hikaru Shida (c) & post-match angle with Toni Storm and Dax Harwood vs. Ricky Starks video package segment)
4Q – 447,000 overall viewers and 149,000 key demo viewers (Keith Lee vs. Shane Taylor video package segment, the ROH World Television Championship match of Rhett Titus vs. Samoa Joe (c), the QTV backstage interview segment, the Claudio Castagnoli video promo segment, and the start of the Dax Harwood vs. Ricky Starks match)
5Q – 424,000 overall viewers and 152,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Harwood vs. Starks match & post-match brawl with House of Black, Cash Wheeler, & La Faccion Ingobernables and the Andrade El Idolo backstage interview segment)
6Q – 448,000 overall viewers and 183,000 key demo viewers (Kris Statlander, Willow Nightingale, & Skye Blue backstage segment, the Claudio Castagnoli vs. “Hot Sauce” Tracy Williams match, and the Kenny Omega & MJF split-screen promo segment with Samoa Joe)
7Q – 546,000 overall viewers and 211,000 key demo viewers (First half of the AEW World Championship match of Kenny Omega vs. MJF (c))
8Q – 567,000 overall viewers and 217,000 key demo viewers (Second half of the AEW World Championship match)