Weekend Roundup: More on Jordynne Grace at WWE Royal Rumble, Brock Lesnar Update, The Rock vs. Roman Reigns Plans Update, AEW Worlds End PPV Buys Update, Indies

Indie / Misc

Steve C.

Jan 28, 2024

WWE

This past Friday’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown drew a preliminary viewership of 2,330,000 viewers on FOX, according to TVSeriesFinale.
As noted before, TNA Wrestling talent Jordynne Grace made a surprise appearance at Saturday’s Royal Rumble 2024 event in St. Petersburg, Florida. Fightful Select reported that WWE officials had contacted TNA this past weekend asking if they could use Grace for their Women’s Royal Rumble match and everything regarding their deal for her went through TNA. It was reported that Grace had a physical and blood work this past Monday and then flew to Florida for match rehearsals this past Thursday. It was also reported that several within TNA reportedly stated that they had heard of this being a possibility earlier this month when rumors of WWE and TNA working together were being spread. Those within WWE reportedly stated that both TNA and Grace were easy to deal with and accommodating during the entire process.
Saturday’s Royal Rumble 2024 event featured NXT talent Bron Breakker making his debut Men’s Royal Rumble match appearance. Following the match, WWE held a digital exclusive backstage interview with Breakker about his thoughts about getting to compete in the match. Breakker stated “What an opportunity tonight was for me to make a statement and I thought I did that tonight, 100 percent. But I know things didn’t go my way, but I’m not done with The Judgment Day by any means. I think tonight I proved that I belong on the main roster. This is my home now, and I’m ready for the work. I’m ready to prove to my peers and to the people and to everyone out there who believes in me that this is where I belong, this is what I was born to do. And I’m here, I’m ready to go.” (Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com)
As noted before, Naomi made her official return to WWE at Saturday’s Royal Rumble 2024 event. Naomi reflected on Twitter about her recent return to WWE. Naomi stated “I don’t think I have any tears left lol. 🥲Thank you all for the warm embrace. It feels really good! #RoyalRumble“
Saturday’s Royal Rumble 2024 event also featured Pat McAfee making his surprise return appearance to WWE. Following the show, WWE held a digital exclusive backstage interview with McAfee about his thoughts about his return to WWE. McAfee stated “Yeah, coming back to get a chance to be in front of the WWE Universe is an absolute honor. I was told, ‘Hey, Pat, you wanna come back and commentate?’ I said, hell yes. The Royal Rumble, what an event. Stories can be written, where dreams can come true. ‘You want to commentate?’ I said, ‘Hell yeah,’ work with Michael Cole, the greatest of all time, alongside Corey Graves with a fresh baby, fresh mindset, fresh haircut. I said, ‘I would love to do that.’” McAfee also stated that he was not being told beforehand that he would be competing in the Men’s Royal Rumble match. McAfee stated “All of a sudden, what, 22, I’m in the Royal Rumble? Nobody gave me a heads-up about that. I got my cowboy boots on. Michael Cole let me go in there. That was rude of him. I thought we were friends. Then there was a thing in there. Seven foot three, okay? You’re just looking up at a statue of a being. I see little Bron Breakker go like barking at me. I’m like, I’m not supposed to be in here. Why would I be in here right now? I’m not prepared for this. Also, who would I be to take a main event at WrestleMania spot away from somebody? So I got my ass out of there. Now I went back in because I thought to myself, wait a minute, am I just gonna be a coward? I realized quickly, ‘Yeah, I think tonight I am.’ I went right back to the booth. And it was great. It was a great show.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)
Saturday’s Royal Rumble 2024 event also featured Andrade, former Andrade El Idolo in AEW, making his official return to WWE. Following the show, WWE held a digital exclusive backstage interview with Andrade about his thoughts about his recent return to WWE. Andrade stated “How do I feel? Happy. I’m happy to be here, to be back. I needed to leave, to remember who I was. So now, I am back, I know who I am. And remember, now, nobody’s stopping me, okay?” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)
As noted before, WWE dropped their plans for Brock Lesnar to make his return at Saturday’s Royal Rumble 2024 event due to his involvement in the recent Vince McMahon sex trafficking lawsuit. Dave Meltzer reported in a recent episode of the Wrestling Observer Radio that their sources stated that Bron Breakker’s appearance in the Men’s Royal Rumble match was originally meant to be for Lesnar. Meltzer reported that Breakker pretty much fulfilled all of the original plans WWE officials had for Lesnar for that match in regards to the people he eliminated, the big moments, and who eliminated him.
PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that Mike Rotunda, Brian Blair, Steve Keirn, Dory Funk Jr., Marti Funk, and Gerald Brisco were among the guests backstage at Saturday’s Royal Rumble 2024 event.
Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that Saturday’s Royal Rumble 2024 was the most watched Rumble event in Rumble history. It was also reported that Royal Rumble 2024’s viewership on Peacock was the largest ever for a non-WrestleMania event in WWE history.
Dave Meltzer reported in a recent episode of the Wrestling Observer Radio that his sources confirmed that WWE officials current plans for Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40 is a singles match between him and Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship. Meltzer reported that WWE officials still have plans for a The Rock vs. Reigns match to take place at some point in the future. Meltzer also reported that WWE officials currently do not have plans for this match to take place at next month’s Elimination Chamber 2024 event in Perth, Australia.
WWE held one dark match prior to the start of this past Friday’s SmackDown show in Miami, Florida. This was a singles match of Gable Steveson defeating Cameron Grimes.
WWE recently announced that the official theme song for WrestleMania 40 is “Gasoline” by The Weekend.
As noted before, Vince McMahon resigned from TKO Group and WWE this past Friday following the fallout of a recent lawsuit filed against McMahon accusing him of committing sex trafficking and sexual abuse towards a former WWE employee during her time in the company. Former WWE talent Ronda Rousey recently gave her thoughts on Twitter stating that as long as Bruce Prichard continues to work for WWE then McMahon will continue to have a hand in the company. Rousey stated “Bruce Prichard is basically Vince’s avatar, if he’s still around Vince still has a hand in the business. Vince was still running things through Bruce when he was “gone” before.“
In a recent interview with Haus of Wrestling, Nia Jax gave her thoughts about the recent Vince McMahon allegations and how it has affected her mentality heading into the weekend. Jax stated “Oh, it doesn’t, you know, I’m all business. And, you know, this business is built on hard work and dedication, and that’s what every single wrestler in this room is doing right now, and so we just move forward. And it’s, you know, and we’re gonna put on an amazing show.“
In a recent interview with the Orlando Sentinel, Natayla gave her thoughts about the revent Vince McMahon allegations. Natayla stated “I’ve seen and I’ve read what everybody else has seen and read. I feel like at the end of the day the best thing we can do, especially as women in the locker room, is keep moving forward.“
UFC recently announced that they and WWE will be holding events at the same venue during this year’s Presidents’ Day Weekend on February 17th and 19th at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. It was announced that UFC will be holding their UFC 298 event on February 17th and WWE will be holding their WWE RAW show on February 19th.
TKO Group recently announced that they will be holding their next earnings call on February 27th to discuss their fiscal fourth quarter and 2023 reports.
As noted before, WWE announced this past Tuesday that they have signed a new television and media rights deal with Netflix for WWE RAW starting in January of 2025. In a recent interview with Stratchery, Netflix CEO Greg Peters gave his thoughts about Netflix’s recent deal with WWE. Peters stated “We love this deal for a whole variety of reasons. One is that the one you mentioned, which we think that this is quite close to what we do. We think we are in the business of telling dramatic stories around sports. You’ve seen it with Drive to Survive or Break Point, Full Swing. We feel that’s a space that we’ve earned the right to play and an expectation to deliver value to consumers, and we feel like this is in that zone. We also love it, because as you mentioned, this is 52 weeks of entertainment. This is always on entertainment, sports entertainment, and it fits really well within our model. We think it’s synergistic with what we’re doing on ads, and we like it from that perspective. What we believe is that there’s a real opportunity for growing the fan base for this set of content globally. We think it’s been under-distributed, we think it’s been under-leveraged. There’s good signs that there’s fans out there, but we think we can grow that. We think about it as the inverse to Drive to Survive to F1. We could actually grow the international audience in a way that is material. We’ve organized the deal so that it’s a big long-term deal. In other words, there’s a little bit of risk insulation into the renting concerns that you mentioned before.” Peters also gave his thoughts about the option to opt out of the deal. Peters stated “Yeah. Again, I think it’s part of recognition that we brought a lot of value and potential value to it. We were able to negotiate reasonable optionality in that regard, which we like, because it gives us a little bit of room to learn and also to extend if we like where it’s going. And then, to your point about renting, we love sports. I mean, sports is some of the most compelling content out there, but in the same reason that it’s compelling, it’s also poorly substitutable, that means that you’re de-leveraged relative to the rights holder. There’s a spectrum of those things. I would say WWE is more towards the substitutable spectrum than, let’s say, NFL or NBA or things like that, but Friends is relatively non-substitutable as well. It probably sits somewhere in the same space.“
Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that WWE officials spoken to stated that while they currently have not locked in the days of the week for their television shows following their recent new TV deals, they are currently working under the idea that SmackDown will remain on Fridays on USA Network. One person spoken to reportedly stated that “key thing was the dollar amount of the deal and the rights retained, and that the company does not have loyalty for any of the shows to a specific day of the week. Those will be decisions largely made by the stations.”
In a recent fiscal fourth quarter earnings call, Comcast announced that Peacock had 31 million subscribers at the end of 2023. It was also announced that Peacock generated $1 billion in revenue for the fiscal quarter but also had a net loss of $825 million. In regards to viewership for Saturday’s Royal Rumble 2024 event, Meltzer reported that Peacock had around 34-35 million subscribers when factoring in the 2.8 million new subscribers they gained from the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Miami Dolphins NFL Playoffs game and any other new subscribers by the time of WWE’s event. Meltzer reported that this was up compared to the 22-23 million Peacock had for last year’s Royal Rumble event.
WWE drew an attendance of 12,009 (10,900 paid) for their Jan. 19th SmackDown show in Atlanta, GA, 4,540 for their Jan. 20th house show event in Montgomery, AL, 3,812 for their Jan. 21st house show event in Jackson, MS, and 8,697 (7,800 paid) for their Jan/ 22nd RAW show in New Orleans, LA, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Rhea Ripley surpassed 300 days as WWE Women’s World Champion as of this past Friday.
In a recent episode of the Hall of Fame with Booker T & Brad Gilmore podcast, co-host Booker T stated that his current plan is to get Major League Wrestling talent Jacob Fatu get signed to WWE in the future. Booker T stated “That’s my game plan, man. That’s my game plan. I’m working as hard as I possibly can. Let me just say it right now. I’m giving a big shout out to Jacob Fatu. This is a guy who’s been working his ass off out there on the indie scene, grinding. The thing is, sometimes we make mistakes, but when we atone for those mistakes, that’s when somebody just needs to give you a chance, and for me, someone gave me a chance and look what it’s done for me. Someone needs to give Jacob Fatu a chance and I’m going to be working in his corner as his advisor to get him all the way to that next level and over it if we possibly can. Jacob, if you’re listening to this, just stick with me on this ride.” (Transcript h/t: WrestlingNews.co)
Logan Paul announced on Instagram that he recently signed a new contract with WWE to remain in the company for the foreseeable future.

AEW & ROH

Saturday’s AEW Collision show in Bossier, Louisiana featured Serena Deeb defeating Robyn Renegade in a singles match. This was Deeb’s first victory and match since the October 18, 2022 AEW Dark Elevation show.
Saturday’s AEW Collision show also featured Hangman Adam Page teasing that RVD will be returning to AEW next week as his choice of an opponent for Swerve Strickland’s Dealer’s Choice match at this Wednesday’s Dynamite show in New Orleans, Louisiana.
In a recent article by Forbes listing the World’s Most Valuable Sports Empires for 2024, Shad Khan, father of AEW CEO Tony Khan, was listed at No. 11 with a value of $8.25 billion between the Jacksonville Jaguars, Fulham F.C., and AEW. The Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer reported in Friday’s Daily Update that those spoken to with knowledge of this story stated that AEW was figured to be worth around $2 billion by Forbes.
Anthony Bowens announced on Twitter that he was recently nominated for the Sports Hero Of The Year In 2024 award for this years’ Queerties Awards.
Jack Perry filed a trademark for “Scapegoat” for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes on January 24th to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
AEW recently announced one new match for the card of their Feb. 7th Dynamite show in Phoenix, Arizona. This new match was a singles match of Chris Jericho vs. Konosuke Takeshita.
AEW CEO recently thanked Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre on Twitter for their colloboration with AEW for Místico, Máscara Dorada, Volador Jr., and Hechicero upcoming appearances in his company. Khan stated “We’re very excited for the stars of @CMLL_OFICIAL coming to @AEWonTV soon, the return of the iconic @caristicomx + debuting Mascara Dorada 2.0, @_reyhechicero + Volador Jr.! Thank you CMLL for the great collaboration! Thank you all watching #AEWRampage on @TNTdrama right now!“
In a recent interview with AEW, Matt Menard gave his thoughts about his continued partnership with Daniel Garcia. Menard stated “I come home two weeks ago, come home from collision, and I go to pick up my son. And I’m struggling, I can’t, it’s having a hard time, my wife looks at me. How is it, she says this, how is it that you leave to commentate wrestling matches, you come home in worse shape than you would be had you wrestled the matches yourself? Why is it that you feel the need to protect Daniel Garcia like this? And as we were looking at my son, I said, don’t you wish that in 25 years, if Jack finds himself in an industry filled with dogs, alone, his back against the wall, that somebody is going to have his best interests at heart, that somebody’s going to protect him or do everything they can to protect him so he doesn’t feel so alone. And of course she agreed with that. Of course she didn’t want that. They didn’t want that for their son. But even deeper than that, you know, I made a promise. Daniel doesn’t know this. He’ll find out when he sees this. I made a promise to his mother. I made that exact promise to his mother. That no matter what happens, that I’d have his back. That I’d act with his best interests. at heart that I try to guide him and support him the best that I could so that he’d never be alone. She did a great job, she did a great job raising a young man, a single mother. I can’t imagine the burden of that and to watch your son blaze this path in professional wrestling. And to watch everything that he goes through, the bumps and the bruises, the pain and the heartbreak. To watch him overcome in the Continental Classic. Everybody saw the potential of Daniel Garcia from the second he walked through the door here in AEW. And everybody loves a guy on the way up, right, everybody? Everybody loves a kid who’s full of potential. Until he starts to realize it, until he starts to realize that potential, that’s when the knives come out. And I know this, right? I know this. I expected it. The second he beats Brody King, he gets attacked. And now we’re in this thing with House of Black. And FTR is at our side, at Daniel’s side. I don’t even know how we got here, honestly. But I look at this cage match, I look at this cage match on Saturday night and, I don’t know, man. I just don’t know. I just don’t know how I would keep that promise to his mother, you know.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)
Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that one reason for AEW’s weak attendances for their shows in recent times is due to several changes they made in regards to ticket sales advances and walk-ups that have not been questionable at best. Meltzer reported that AEW previously would offer late ticket price changes in the form of “Buy One, Get One” free type offers or reduce prices for unsold seats to help boost late ticket sales. Meltzer reported that AEW has not done this for their recent shows and as a result this has led to their late sales being much weaker or smaller than before. Meltzer also reported that one Newsletter reader who contacted him about the ticket sales situation regarding AEW’s Feb. 28th Dynamite show in Huntsville, Alabama is that AEW is currently only listing “super expensive” tickets for sale for the reason why their advance sales have been weak. This person stated that had he not looked more into tickets for the event, he would have been under the belief that the show was sold out or nearing sold out status despite the opposite being true. This person also stated that AEW needs to do a better job communicating what tickets they currently have available for sale if they want to improve this situation.
In regards to other likely causes for AEW’s weaker attendances for recent shows, Meltzer reported that some of this has to do with the recent transition change from Rafael Morffi to new COO Kosha Irby, who is now in charge of scheduling buildings for events and merchandise. Meltzer reported that this means that positive changes for this issue would not be noticeably right away and instead over time. One person within the wrestling industry spoken to reportedly stated that they believe another issue is due to AEW’s long night of tapings for their Saturday Collision shows due to them also taping lengthy ROH TV shows on the same nights and lack of advertising in regards to talents and matches ahead of time. This person reportedly stated “Strongly agree with a lot of the things brought up. Definitely advertising guys. I can’t tell you the amount of timed we’ve been doing customer service or just communicating with our clients and to make conversation you mention, `Oh hey AEW is coming to your area on X date, are you going?’ And the most common response is who is on the show? And naturally we have no idea because AEW has no idea themselves until days out. WWE will false advertise people but you know certain faces you can absolutely expect. They’re never going in to headline with JD and Dominik vs DIY. You will get to see the stars either on the TV portion or a dark match. With AEW… you could easily get a show with no Sting, no Bucks, no Kenny, no Page, no MJF, no FTR.” This person continued stating “I also firmly believe those Saturday tapings are being hurt by having all those ROH matches. You can say oh the fans can leave whenever they want but nobody wants to pay for a live event and leave while it’s still going on. It’s a psychological thing. And if they stay till the end enduring 13 pointless matches, there is no chance they are returning next time. It’s so off putting to most customers. You want people to leave your show on a high and excited to come back. That won’t happen if they are leaving mid-event and it certainly isn’t happening if they sat through four-and-a-half hours and you are sending them home with a Gringo Loco match.”
AEW’s Worlds End event this past December is currently estimated to have generated around 145,000 pay-per-view buys, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Dave Meltzer reported that based on late buys as of this past week, Worlds End is now around 11.3% higher than what this past November’s Full Gear 2023 event was after the same amount of time in regards to cable television PPV buys.
Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that his sources stated that Sting is currently banged up following the Texas Tornado match at AEW’s Dynamite Homecoming 2024 event earlier this month but is also currently feeling fine enough to wrestle. Meltzer reported that due to Sting’s old age, its just a simple case of his body needing a lot more time to recover in between matches.
AEW drew an attendance of 2,815 for their Jan. 20th Collision show in St. Louis, MO and 2,341 for their Jan. 24th Dynamite show in Savannah, GA, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

TNA, NJPW, Indies, & Misc. Wrestling

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre recently announced that they will now be streaming all of their upcoming events live on their YouTube channel and will be available to watch with a paid subscription from one of three monthly tiers available.
CMLL reportedly drew an attendance of around 8,500 for their Jan. 19th Super Viernes event in Mexico City, Mexico, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
As noted before, Mercedes Mone contract with New Japan Pro Wrestling and Stardom expired at some point last year and she recently resumed talks with AEW for a potential deal. Mone recently announced on Twitter that she is currently ready for 2024 to be an epic year for her career. Mone stated “Get ready for an epic ride because 32 is about to unleash a whirlwind of adventure and fun! I am beyond grateful to have another year to chase my dreams and conquer new heights. I’m ready to rock this year and shake the table like never before!“
Lucha Libre AAA held a press conference this past Tuesday to promote this year’s Triplemania XXXII events. TheCubsFan reported that AAA Director Dorian Roldan stated that more AAA talents will be making appearances in TNA Wrestling this year and vise versa with TNA talents for AAA shows. Roldan also stated that more AEW talents will also be coming in for AAA shows this year as well.
During the same press conference, Alberto El Patron stated that he will be exclusively working for AAA this year. Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that his sources stated that besides Alberto, another controversial wrestler is also expected to be working for AAA this year as a way to “rehab” their careers. Meltzer reported that a zero tolerance agreement was reached between Alberto and AAA officials with AAA being willing to stick their necks out for him but if there any problems caused, then his time in the company will be over.
Fightful Select reported that Sam Adonis informed them during a recent interview they had together that he is currently working without a contract in AAA. Adonis also stated that he has maintained interest towards wanting to work for WWE in the future.
Stardom recently announced the winners of their 2023 Stardom Awards with Tam Nakano taking their top honor of being named their MVP of 2023. Other awards announced were the The Giulia vs. Megan Bayne match at this past December’s Dream Queendom 2023 winning Match of the Year, Natsupoi & Saori Anou winning Tag Team of the Year, Queen’s Quest winning Best Unit, Mayu Iwatani winning Outstanding Performer, Suzu Suzuki winning Fighting Spirit, Mirai winning Best Technical and the fan voted Shinning Award.
Stardom reportedly drew a paid attendance of 369 for their Jan. 20th Stardom Award 2023 In Takadanobaba Night 1 event in Tokyo and 391 for their Jan. 21st Stardom Award 2023 In Takadanobaba Night 2 event in Tokyo, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
As noted before, Shuji Ishikawa will be leaving All Japan Pro Wrestling at the end of this January following the expiration of his contract. In a recent interview with Tokyo Sports, Ishikawa stated that the main reason why he decided to leave AJPW is due to his working relationship with President Tsuyoki Fukuda deteriorating beyond repair in recent times. Ishiwaka stated that Fukuda kept turning down ideas he had for shows and the company and felt that AJPW’s partnership with Actwres Girlz promotion devalued the work that he and Suwama did in developing the Evolution Girls. Ishiwaka also stated that he was upset over the lack of communication by Fukada towards his issues and nor the videos that Fukada was doing. Ishiwaka also claimed that Fukada did not listen to the fans over their issues with the direction of the company. Ishikawa stated that his original plan was to retire in AJPW before making the decision to leave the company instead. (English translation via Wrestling Observer Newsletter)
New Japan Pro Wrestling reportedly drew a paid attendance of 2,710 for their Jan. 20th The New Beginning in Nagoya 2024 event in Nagoya, 698 for their Jan. 21st Road to The New Beginning 2024 event in Nagahama, 1,510 for their Jan. 23rd Road to The New Beginning 2024 event in Tokyo, and 1,506 for their Jan. 24th Road to The New Beginning 2024 event in Tokyo, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
NJPW reportedly also has sold around 4,550 tickets for their April 12th Windy City Riot 2024 event in Chicago, Illinois as of this past Thursday, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that The Iron Claw has drawn a box office revenue of $31,547,709 since its release this past December.
Former WWE, AEW, and indies wrestler Jake Atlas reportedly is currently planning to resume his wrestling career this March, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Atlas’ has been retired from wrestling since January of 2022 following him suffering a torn ACL injury at the time and him being arrested for a domestic violence incident with now WWE NXT talent Duke Hudson in May of 2022.
PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that the National Wrestling Alliance is currently scheduled to debut new episodes of their NWA Powerrr series on The CW App on February 9th.
TNA Wrestling recently congratulated Jordynne Grace for her appearance at Saturday’s WWE Royal Rumble 2024 event. TNA stated “A huge congratulations to @JordynneGrace on making history once again and entering the #RoyalRumble. See the Knockouts World Champion every Thursday at 8/7c on AXS TV, or in person at our upcoming events in New Orleans, Windsor and Philadelphia. Tickets: https://tnawrestling.com/events/“
TNA President Scott D’Amore also congratulated Jordynne Grace for her appearance at WWE’s Royal Rumble 2024 event and thanked WWE for making it possible. D’Amore stated “Congrats to @JordynneGrace. So proud to have you rep @ThisIsTNA in #RoyalRumble You killed it! Thank you to @WWE.“
Jordynne Grace reflected on Instagram on getting to make her debut appearance in WWE and compete in the Women’s Royal Rumble match at Saturday’s Royal Rumble event. Grace stated “There’s a lot I could say, but really words would never do my feelings about this any justice. Overwhelmed by the love. Thank you, @WWE Universe. This isn’t the last you’ll be seeing of @tnawrestling.”

Wrestling TV Ratings for Week of Jan. 19 to Jan. 25, 2024

WWE Friday Night SmackDown – 2,384,000 viewers, 0.62 rating (prior week – 2,384,000 viewers, 0.64 rating)
WWE RAW – 1,686,000 viewers, 0.55 rating (prior week – 1,419,000 viewers, 0.45 rating)
WWE NXT – 642,000 viewers, 0.19 rating (prior week – 683,000 viewers, 0.19 rating)
AEW Rampage – 390,000 viewers, 0.12 rating (prior week – 396,000 viewers, 0.12 rating)
AEW Collision – 441,000 viewers, 0.12 rating (prior week – 400,000 viewers, 0.10 rating)
AEW Dynamite – 837,000 viewers, 0.27 rating (prior week – 891,000 viewers, 0.33 rating)
TNA Wrestling Impact! – 102,000 viewers, 0.02 rating (prior week – 112,000 viewers, 0.02 rating)

Total viewership in terms of overall tally for the week: 6,506,000 viewers, down 130,000 viewers compared to prior week’s 6,636,000**.

*** The prior week’s viewership number included AEW’s Battle of the Belts IX show.