More on AEW Dynamite Week 232 Viewership – March 13, 2024, Rampage Week 133 – March 8, Collision Week 37 – March 9

Mar 17, 2024

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for March 13th

The March 13th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a small increase in overall viewership. This week’s show was notable for being Dynamite Big Business special.

AEW drew 798,000 viewers and a 0.27 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 3rd place.

AEW’s initial ratings numbers were 801,000 viewers and a 0.27 key demographic rating but these numbers did not include the overrun and had been omitted instead due to an issue by Nielsen. AEW’s final numbers when the six-minute overrun was included actually led to a lower overall viewership number due to the overrun had performed poorly and lost enough viewers to drag down the overall number.

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

Dave Meltzer reported that the main reason for AEW’s increase this week was due to the gains from their Over 50 viewership and older key demographic viewership groups, which its percentages were not given. This reportedly offset the large decline from their younger key demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given. Meltzer reported that despite the increase in viewers compared to last week’s show, this week’s viewership would be considered as a disappointment for AEW due to the show had been very heavily hyped up and also had been teased without outwardly advertising to be Mercedes Mone’s official debut in the company. Meltzer reported that AEW’s lead-in programming The Big Bang Theory drew 1,051,000 viewers on TBS for the night.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the NBA game of Denver Nuggets vs. Miami Heat drew 1,086,000 viewers on ESPN, the College basketball game of Kansas vs. Cincinnati drew 787,000 viewers on ESPN2, the College basketball game of Syracuse vs. North Carolina state drew 717,000 viewers on ESPN2, the College basketball game of Providence vs. Georgetown drew 378,000 viewers on FS1, the College basketball game of Villanova vs. DePaul drew 310,000 viewers on FS1, the NHL game of Los Angeles Kings vs. St. Louis Blues drew 246,000 viewers on TNT, Survivor drew 4,783,000 viewers on CBS, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills drew 1,056,000 viewers on BRAVO, and Sistas Series drew 1,084,000 viewers on BET.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 355,000 viewers.

In terms of the one million viewership milestone, one of AEW’s eight quarters drew one million or more viewers. AEW’s peak quarter hour viewership was at 1,000,000 viewers for their first quarter while their quarter low was at 627,000 viewers for their eighth quarter.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 6% in overall viewership but up 0.9% in key demographic viewership.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 1,000,000 overall viewers and 423,000 key demo viewers (Mercedes Mone AEW debut promo segment)
2Q – 899,000 overall viewers and 383,000 key demo viewers (Samoa Joe backstage interview segment, the Adam Cole video promo segment, and the AEW World Championship match of Wardlow vs. Samoa Joe (c))
3Q – 815,000 overall viewers and 351,000 key demo viewers (Kazuchika Okada & The Young Bucks backstage interview segment and the bulk of Okada & Young Bucks vs. Eddie Kingston, PAC, and Penta El Zero Miedo trios match)
4Q – 737,000 overall viewers and 316,000 key demo viewers (Ending to the Okada & Young Bucks vs. Kingston, PAC, & Penta trios match & post-match angle and the Adam Copeland vs. Christian Cage match hype video package)
5Q – 798,000 overall viewers and 354,000 key demo viewers (Will Ospreay interview segment, the Deonna Purrazzo backstage promo segment, and the start of the Jay White vs. Darby Allin match)
6Q – 799,000 overall viewers and 381,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the White vs. Allin match & post-match brawl with The Gunns, The Acclaimed, & Billy Gunn)
7Q – 732,000 overall viewers and 348,000 key demo viewers (HOOK & Chris Jericho vs. Gates of Agony tag team match and the Kyle O’Reilly backstage interview segment)
8Q – 627,000 overall viewers and 285,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Willow Nightingale vs. Riho match)
Overrun – N/A overall viewers and N/A key demo viewers (Ending of the Nightingale vs. Riho match & post-match brawl with Julia Hart, Skye Blue, & Mercedes Mone)

More on AEW Rampage Viewership for March 8th

The March 8th episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW gain a large increase in key demographic rankings and a small increase in overall viewership and key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 364,000 viewers and a 0.13 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 15th place.

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

Dave Meltzer reported that the reason for AEW’s increases that week was due to the large gains from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was up 32% compared to the prior week’s show.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the NBA game of Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Cleveland Cavaliers drew 1,210,000 viewers on ESPN, the NBA game of Milwaukee Bucks vs. Los Angeles Lakers drew 1,604,000 viewers on ESPN, the College basketball game of Boise State vs. San Diego State drew 201,000 viewers on FS1, On Patrol Live drew 830,000 viewers on REELZ Channel, and House Hunters drew 912,000 viewers on Home & Garden TV.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 166,000 viewers.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 18.6% in overall viewership and down 17.8% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 32.5% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Rampage quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 395,000 overall viewers and 169,000 key demo viewers (Orange Cassidy & Trent Baretta vs. Kip Sabian & The Butcher match)
2Q – 357,000 overall viewers and 176,000 key demo viewers (The Infantry video package segment, the Ruby Soho backstage interview segment, the TBS Championship match of Roby Renegade vs. Julia Hart (c), and the Saraya, Harley Cameron, & Zak Knight backstage segment)
3Q – 345,000 overall viewers and 158,000 key demo viewers (Penta El Zero Miedo vs. Action Andretti match and the Titan video package segment)
4Q – 340,000 overall viewers and 159,000 key demo viewers (Komander & “The Bounty Hunter” Bryan Keith vs. Top Flight vs. Private Party Three-way match)

More on AEW Collision Viewership for March 9th

The March 9th episode of AEW Collision saw AEW suffer a small decline in overall viewership and key demographic rankings. That week’s episode was notable for being a taped show and not a live show.

AEW drew 427,000 viewers and a 0.13 key demographic rating on TNT. 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 the large decline from their younger key demographic viewership group, which wad down 20.6% compared to the prior week’s show.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the NBA game of Boston Celtics vs. Phoenix Suns drew 2,400,000 viewers on ABC, the College basketball game of UConn vs. Providence drew 817,000 viewers on FOX, the College basketball game of North Carolina State vs. Pittsburgh drew 216,000 viewers on The CW, the College basketball game of North Carolina vs. Duke drew 3,076,000 viewers on ESPN, the College basketball game of Baylor vs. Houston drew 293,000 viewers, the UFC 299 Prelims drew 1,484,000 viewers on ESPN, and On Patrol Live drew 783,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 167,000 viewers.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 466,000 overall viewers and 152,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Bryan Danielson vs. Shane Taylor match)
2Q – 455,000 overall viewers and 161,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Danielson vs. Taylor match & post-match Danielson & Will Ospreay promo segment)
3Q – 424,000 overall viewers and 160,000 key demo viewers (The Elite vs. Adrian Alanis, Jon Cruz, & Liam Gray Trios match & post-match brawl with Eddie Kingston, Penta El Zero Miedo, & PAC, the Darby Allin vs. Jay White match hype video segment, and the start of the Mariah May vs. Trish Adora match)
4Q – 429,000 overall viewers and 179,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the May vs. Adora match & post-match angle with Toni Storm & brawl with Deonna Purrazzo, the Kris Statlander, Willow Nightingale, & Riho video package segment, the Nick Wayne vs. Adam Priest match & post-match brawl with Adam Copeland, and the Mark Briscoe, Jay Lethal, Jeff Jarrett, & Pals backstage interview segment)
5Q – 424,000 overall viewers and 173,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Jericho vs. Titan match)
6Q – 421,000 overall viewers and 171,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Jericho vs. Titan match & post-match brawl with Gates of Agony & HOOK, and the FTR & The Infantry promo segment)
7Q – 377,000 overall viewers and 155,000 key demo viewers (Mistico vs. Angelico match)
8Q – 422,000 overall viewers and 183,000 key demo viewers (Atlanta Street Fight match of House of Black vs. Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, & Mark Briscoe)