More on AEW Dynamite Week 244 Viewership – June 5, 2024, Rampage Week 145 – May 31, Collision Week 47 – June 1

Jun 8, 2024

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for June 5th

The June 5th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a small increase in key demographic ratings and a slight increase in overall viewership.

AEW drew 790,000 viewers and a 0.28 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 2nd place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s increases this week was due to a combination of the lack of stiff competition from the 2024 NBA and NHL Playoffs and the large increase from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was up 23.2% compared to last week’s show. Meltzer reported that AEW’s younger key demographic viewership was its highest since the April 10th show. Meltzer also reported that AEW’s lead-in program Big Bang Theory drew 948,000 viewers and a 0.15 rating on TBS.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the MLB game of San Diego Padres vs. Los Angeles Angels drew 174,000 viewers on FS1, the MLB game of Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates drew 284,000 viewers on MLB Network, the 2024 College Softball World Series Game 1 of Oklahoma vs. Texas drew 1,911,000 viewers on ESPN, Sistas Series drew 959,000 viewers on BET, My 600-LB Life drew 390,000 viewers on TLC, and Top Chef drew 510,000 viewers on BRAVO.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 363,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 69.1% 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 976,000 viewers for their first quarter while their quarter low was at 714,000 viewers for their sixth quarter.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 12.9% in overall viewership and down 16.5% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 27% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 976,000 overall viewers and 424,000 key demo viewers (MJF & RUSH promo & brawl segment and the Roderick Strong video segment)
2Q – 835,000 overall viewers and 377,000 key demo viewers (AEW International Championship #1 Contender Four-way match of Rey Fenix vs. Orange Cassidy vs. Kyle O’Reilly vs. Jay Lethal & post-match Cassidy, Don Callis, Trent Beretta, Kris Statlander, & Stokely Hathaway angle, the Learning Tree video promo segment, and the bulk of the Willow Nightingale backstage interview segment)
3Q – 754,000 overall viewers and 341,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Nightingale backstage interview segment with Orange Cassidy and the bulk of the Vacant TNT Championship Ladder Qualifier match of Mark Briscoe vs. Brian Cage)
4Q – 761,000 overall viewers and 350,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Briscoe vs. Cage match & post-match Jack Perry backstage promo, the HOOK, Samoa Joe, & Premier Athletes backstage promo segment, the Learning Tree, Matt Menard, & Angelo Parker backstage segment, The Acclaimed, Billy Gunn, & Young Bucks promo segment, and the Swerve Strickland backstage promo segment)
5Q – 780,000 overall viewers and 373,000 key demo viewers (Mercedes Mone video promo segment and the bulk of the Blackpool Combat Club vs. Volador Jr., Magnus, Rugido, Esfinge 8-Man Tag Team match)
6Q – 714,000 overall viewers and 335,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the BCC vs. Volador Jr., Magnus, Rugido, Esfinge 8-Man Tag Team match, the Chris Jericho backstage promo segment, the Daniel Garcia video promo segment, the Acclaimed & Billy Gunn backstage segment, and the Young Bucks, Christian Cage, & The Patriarchy backstage promo segment)
7Q – 731,000 overall viewers and 337,000 key demo viewers (Mariah May vs. Saraya match & post-match brawl with Harley Cameron, Toni Storm, & Mina Shirakawa and the Learning Tree & Private Party backstage promo segment)
8Q – 768,000 overall viewers and 362,000 key demo viewers (Bryan Danielson video promo segment and the bulk of the AEW World Championship match of Roderick Strong vs. Swerve Strickland (c))
Overrun – 792,000 overall viewers and 376,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the AEW World Championship match)

More on AEW Rampage Viewership for May 31st

The May 31st episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW gain a large increase in overall viewership and key demographic rankings and a slight increase in key demographic ratings. That week’s show was notable for Rampage being preempted to an earlier start time of 6:30PM EST due to TNT’s 2024 NHL Playoffs commitments on the network that night.

AEW drew 255,000 viewers and a 0.09 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 25th place.

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 increases that week was due to the large gain from their overall key demographic viewership group, which was up 14.9% compared to the prior week’s show.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2024 College Baseball Playoffs game of Texas vs. Louisiana drew 230,000 viewers on ESPN2, the 2024 College Softball Playoffs game of Duke vs. Alabama drew 823,000 viewers on ESPN, SportsCenter drew 343,000 viewers on ESPN, and NASCAR Trucks Toyota 200 race drew 178,000 viewers on FS1.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 121,000 viewers.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 28.6% in overall viewership and down 25% in key demographic viewership. The reason for the large declines was due to last year’s show aired on its usual Friday night timeslot.

AEW Rampage quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 272,000 overall viewers and 123,000 key demo viewers (Vacant TNT Championship Ladder Qualifier match of Konosuke Takeshita vs. Penta El Zero Miedo and The Learning Tree backstage promo segment)
2Q – 243,000 overall viewers and 115,000 key demo viewers (The Undisputed Kingdom backstage promo segment, the Satnam Singh vs. “Pretty” Peter Avalon match, The Cage of Agony & Hechicero backstage promo segment, and the start of the AEW World Championship Eliminator match of Viva Van vs. “Timeless” Toni Storm)
3Q – 249,000 overall viewers and 123,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Van vs. Storm match, The Outcasts backstage promo segment, the Kyle O’Reilly vs. Jordan Cruz match, and the Johnny TV & Taya Valkyrie backstage promo segment)
4Q – 254,000 overall viewers and 124,000 key demo viewers (Rey Fenix vs. Isiah Kassidy match)

More on AEW Collision Viewership for June 1st

The June 1st episode of AEW Collision saw AEW suffer a large decline in overall viewership and key demographic rankings and a small decline in key demographic rankings. That week’s show was notable for Collision being a taped and not live show and returning to its normal timeslot on TNT after being preempted the prior week on TBS due to TNT’s 2024 NHL Playoffs commitments on the network.

AEW drew 378,000 viewers and a 0.11 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 12th 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 stiff sports competition from the 2024 NHL Playoffs and UFC that night and the large decline from their overall key demographic viewership, which was down 26.8% compared to the prior week’s show.

In regards to notable head-to-head competition, the 2024 NHL Playoffs Eastern Conference Finals Game 6 of New York Rangers vs. Florida Panthers drew 3,016,000 viewers on ABC, the UFC 302 Prelims drew 1,103,000 viewers on ESPN, the FOX Saturday Night Baseball drew 2,068,000 viewers on FOX, the 2024 College Softball World Series Playoffs game of Florida vs. Texas drew 1,029,000 viewers on ESPN, the 2024 College Baseball Playoffs game of Texas vs. Texas A&M drew 690,000 viewers on ESPN, and On Patrol Live drew 797,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 145,000 viewers.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 395,000 overall viewers and 167,000 key demo viewers (FTR interview segment, the Jack Perry video promo segment, and the start of the Lio Rush vs. Roderick Strong match)
2Q – 396,000 overall viewers and 172,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Rush vs. Strong match, the Kyle O’Reilly backstage promo segment, the Undisputed Kingdom, and the Tony Khan, & Christopher Daniels backstage promo segment)
3Q – 357,000 overall viewers and 150,000 key demo viewers (Daniel Garcia & Katsuyori Shibata vs. The WorkHorsemen tag team match and the Kris Statlander & Stokely Hathaway backstage promo segment)
4Q – 369,000 overall viewers and 145,000 key demo viewers (Thunder Rosa vs. Reina Dorada match, the Cage Of Agony vs. Danny Gee, Danny Rose, & KM Trios match, and the Toni Storm, the Mariah May, & Luther backstage promo segment)
5Q – 416,000 overall viewers and 162,000 key demo viewers (Claudio Castagnoli vs. Johnny TV match)
6Q – 431,000 overall viewers and 199,000 key demo viewers (Premier Athletes video promo segment and the Shane Taylor Promotions vs. West Coast Wrecking Crew tag team match & post-match attack with Anthony Ogogo)
7Q – 340,000 overall viewers and 125,000 key demo viewers (Iron Savages backstage promo segment & brawl with Killswitch and the first half of the AEW International Championship match of Kyle O’Reilly vs. Will Ospreay (c))
8Q – 380,000 overall viewers and 133,000 key demo viewers (Latter half of the AEW International Championship match and the Swerve Strickland video promo segment)