More on AEW Dynamite Week 235 Viewership – April 3, 2024, Rampage Week 136 – March 29, Collision Week 39 – March 30

Apr 6, 2024

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for April 3rd

The April 3rd episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a slight increase in overall viewership.

AEW drew 752,000 viewers and a 0.23 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 reasons for AEW’s increases this week was due to the small gains from their older key demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given. This reportedly offset the decline from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was down 2.2% compared to last week’s show.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the NBA game of Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Boston Celtics drew 1,166,000 viewers on ESPN, the NHL game of New Jersey Devils vs. New York Rangers drew 505,000 viewers on TNT, Survivor drew 5,047,000 viewers on CBS, My 600-LB Life drew 431,000 viewers on TLC, House Hunters Repack drew 774,000 viewers on Home & Garden TV, and Top Chef drew 494,000 viewers on BRAVO.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 309,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 was 58,000 viewers, Females 18-34 was 33,000 viewers, Males 35-49 was 163,000 viewers, and Females 35-49 was 55,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s male/female viewership split was 221,000 male viewers and 88,000 female viewers for a split of 71.5% 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 933,000 viewers for their first quarter while their quarter low was at 655,000 viewers for their eighth quarter.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 14.3% in overall viewership and down 20.4% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 43.1% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 933,000 overall viewers and 327,000 key demo viewers (Adam Copeland promo segment and the start of the Will Ospreay vs. Powerhouse Hobbs match)
2Q – 761,000 overall viewers and 309,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Ospreay vs. Hobbs match & post-match angles with Don Callis Family & Bryan Danielson)
3Q – 756,000 overall viewers and 300,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Bryan Danielson vs. Lance Archer match
4Q – 743,000 overall viewers and 303,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Danielson vs. Archer match, the Chris Jericho & HOOK promo segment, the Shane Taylor Promotions backstage promo segment, and the start of the Billy Gunn vs. Jay White match)
5Q – 780,000 overall viewers and 332,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Gunn vs. White match & post-match brawl with The Gunns & The Acclaimed, the Young Bucks & Best Friends video segment, and the start of the Willow Nightingale interview segment)
6Q – 697,000 overall viewers and 304,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Nightingale, Kris Statlander, Stokely Hathaway, & Mercedes Mone promo segment and the start of the AEW World Tag Team Championship Semifinal match of The Young Bucks vs. Best Friends)
7Q – 711,000 overall viewers and 324,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Young Bucks vs. Best Friends match & post-match Trent Beretta attack on Orange Cassidy and the start of the AEW Women’s Championship #1 Contender match of Thunder Rosa vs. Mariah May)
8Q – 655,000 overall viewers and 278,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Rosa vs. May match, the Penta El Zero Miedo & Alex Abrahantes backstage promo segment, and the start of the Samoa Joe & Swerve Strickland AEW World Championship match contract signing segment)
Overrun – 708,000 overall viewers and 301,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Joe & Strickland AEW World Championship match contract signing segment & brawl)

More on AEW Rampage Viewership for March 29th

The March 29th episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW suffer a very large decline in overall viewership and key demographic rankings and a large decline in key demographic ratings. That week’s show was notable for Rampage returning back to their Friday late night time slot following the prior week’s show being preempted to a Wednesday’s night time slot on TBS due to TNT’s commitments with the 2024 NCAA Men’s basketball tournament.

AEW drew 350,000 viewers and a 0.11 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 28th 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 declines that week was due to a combination of very stiff sports competition that night and AEW returning back to their normal late night time slot. Meltzer reported that when comparing to two weeks ago’s show, AEW’s show had a large gain from their Over 50 demographic viewership, which its percentage was not given, and a very large gain from their younger key demo, which was up 135.7%. This reportedly offset the decline from their older key demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the NBA game of Dallas Mavericks vs. Sacremento Kings drew 191,000 viewers on NBA TV, the 2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament game of Duke vs. Houston drew 7,331,000 viewers on CBS, the 2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament game of Creighton vs. Tennessee drew 2,743,000 viewers on TBS, the 2024 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament game of Gonzaga vs. Texas drew 638,000 viewers on ESPN, 90 Day Fiance First Look drew 458,000 viewers on TLC, and House Hunters drew 759,000 viewers on Home & Garden TV.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 149,000 viewers.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was up 2.6% in overall viewership and up 10.8% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was up 42.9% compared to the same week last year. Meltzer reported that the main reason for the very large 18-34 increase was due to last year’s show went head-to-head against WWE’s Hall of Fame show and stiffer sports competition from the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament.

AEW Rampage quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 365,000 overall viewers and 150,000 key demo viewers (Dustin Rhodes & The Butcher match and the Bang Bang Gang & Billy Gunn home invasion video segment)
2Q – 366,000 overall viewers and 146,000 key demo viewers (AEW Tag Team Championship video package segment, the Deonna Purrazzo vs. Rose match, the Will Ospreay promo video segment, and the start of the Mariah May vs. Nikkita match)
3Q – 332,000 overall viewers and 140,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the May vs. Nikkita match, the Zak Knight backstage interview segment & brawl with Angelo Parker & angle with Ruby Soho, and The Righteous video promo segment)
4Q – 335,000 overall viewers and 139,000 key demo viewers (AEW International Championship Eliminator match of Matt Menard vs. Roderick Strong & post-match brawl with Undisputed Kingdom, Best Friends, & Young Bucks)

More on AEW Collision Viewership for March 30th

The March 30th episode of AEW Collision saw AEW gain a large increase in overall viewership but suffered a large decline in key demographic rankings and a slight decline in key demographic ratings. That week’s episode was notable for Collision making its return following a one week break due to TNT’s 2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament commitments.

AEW drew 458,000 viewers and a 0.11 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 28th place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s mixed results that week was due to the large gains from their Over 50 viewership and younger male key demographic viewership groups, which the latter was up 150% compared to two weeks ago show. This reportedly mostly offset the very stiff sports competition that night from the 2024 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament games and the large decline from their older female key demographic viewership group, which was down 100% compared to two week’s ago show. Meltzer reported that AEW suffered a large drop in key demographic ratings going from a 0.13 rating in the first hour to a 0.10 rating in the second hour.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the MLB game of New York Yankees vs. Houston Astros drew 2,527,000 viewers on FOX, the NBA game of Milwaukee Bucks vs. Atlanta Hawks drew 215,000 viewers on NBA TV, the 2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament game of Clemson vs. Alabama drew 6,329,000 viewers on TBS and 1,456,000 viewers on TruTV, the 2024 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament game of Duke vs. UConn drew 1,981,000 viewers, and Cold Justice drew 569,000 viewers on Oxygen Network.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 149,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 50,000 viewers (up 150% compared to two weeks ago show), Females 18-34 had 16,000 viewers (up 100%), Males 35-49 had 70,000 viewers (down 24.7%), and Females 35-49 had 13,000 viewers (down 66.7%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s male/female viewership split was 120,000 male viewers and 29,000 female viewers for a split of 80.5% in favor of males. Meltzer reported that AEW’s male skew is believed to be the highest ever for an AEW or WWE show in both AEW and WWE history.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 455,000 overall viewers and 156,000 key demo viewers (Adam Copeland promo segment and the bulk of the AEW TNT Championship Cope Open match of Matt Cardona vs. Copeland (c))
2Q – 535,000 overall viewers and 196,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the TNT Championship Cope Open match & post-match brawl with House of Black, Mark Briscoe, & Eddie Kingston, the FTR video promo segment, and The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn interview segment)
3Q – 446,000 overall viewers and 162,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the AEW World Tag Team Championship Quarterfinal match of FTR vs. The Infantry match)
4Q – 454,000 overall viewers and 157,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the FTR vs. The Infantry match, the Ricky Starks & Big Bill backstage interview segment, the Adam Copeland, Mark Briscoe, & Eddie Kingston backstage promo segment, and the Kyle O’Reilly vs. JD Drake match)
5Q – 450,000 overall viewers and 150,000 key demo viewers (AEW World Tag Team Championship Quarterfinal match of Ricky Starks & Big Bill vs. Top Flight match and the Christopher Daniels backstage promo segment)
6Q – 415,000 overall viewers and 116,000 key demo viewers (Thunder Rosa vs. Lady Frost match and the “Timeless” Toni Storm, Mariah May, & Luther backstage interview segment)
7Q – 448,000 overall viewers and 126,000 key demo viewers (Will Ospreay video package segment and the first half of the Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli, & Katsuyori Shibata vs. The Righteous & Lance Archer Trios match)
8Q – 463,000 overall viewers and 141,000 key demo viewers (Latter half of the Danielson, Castagnoli, & Shibata vs. The Righteous & Archer Trios match)