More on AEW Dynamite Week 254 Viewership – Aug. 14, 2024, Rampage Week 155 – Aug. 9, Collision Week 57 – Aug. 10

Aug 17, 2024

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for August 14th

The August 14th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a very large increase in overall viewership, a large increase in key demographic rankings, and a small increase in key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 703,000 viewers and a 0.23 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 1st 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 large gain from their Over 50 demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given, and overall key demographic viewership group, which was 19.1% higher than last week’s show. Meltzer reported that AEW’s lead-in Big Bang Theory drew 941,000 viewers and a 0.14 rating.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2024 Little League World Series game of Florida vs. South Dakota drew 975,000 viewers on ESPN, the MLB game of New York Yankees vs. Chicago Cubs drew 384,000 viewers on MLB Network, Expedition X drew 920,000 viewers on Discovery Channel, The Challenge drew 426,000 viewers on MTV, Million Dollar List Los Angeles drew 616,000 viewers on BRAVO, and Pawn Stars drew 429,000 viewers on History Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 306,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s male/female viewership skew was 67.4% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 19.6% in overall viewership and down 25.7% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 40.3% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 836,000 overall viewers and 331,000 key demo viewers (TBS Championship match of Hikaru Shida vs. Mercedes Mone & post-match brawl with Britt Baker
2Q – 755,000 overall viewers and 347,000 key demo viewers (Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, & Pals backstage interview segment & brawl with Hangman Adam Page and the Lethal vs. Page match)
3Q – 706,000 overall viewers and 329,000 key demo viewers (MJF & Will Ospreay video package segment, the PAC backstage promo segment, the Darby Allin video promo segment, and the Allin & Jack Perry brawl segment)
4Q – 666,000 overall viewers and 299,000 key demo viewers (Mariah May video promo segment, the Mina Shirakawa backstage interview segment, and the bulk of the Casino Gauntlet #1 Spot Three-way match of Orange Cassidy vs. Kyle O’Reilly vs. Roderick Strong)
5Q – 684,000 overall viewers and 292,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Casino Gauntlet #1 Spot Three-way match, the Claudio Castagnoli & Kazuchika Okada backstage interview segment)
6Q – 684,000 overall viewers and 295,000 key demo viewers (Christian Cage & The Patriarchy backstage interview segment and the HOOK & Learning Tree promo segment)
7Q – 678,000 overall viewers and 288,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the AEW World Tag Team Championship match of The Acclaimed vs. The Young Bucks (c))
8Q – 661,000 overall viewers and 282,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the AEW World Tag Team Championship match & post-match stuff with FTR, the Christopher Daniels backstage interview segment, the Bryan Danielson video segment, and the bulk of the Swerve Strickland vs. Wheeler Yuta match)
Overrun – 606,000 overall viewers and 260,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Strickland vs. Yuta match & post-match stuff with Danielson)

More on AEW Rampage Viewership for August 9th

The August 9th episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW gain a slight increase in overall viewership and key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 219,000 viewers and a 0.09 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 21st 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 very large gains from their older key demographic viewership group, which was up 71.7% compared to the prior week’s show. This reportedly offset the large declines from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was down 43.6% compared to the prior week’s show.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2024 Summer Olympics Games drew 11,007,000 viewers and 12,021,000 viewers on NBC and 1,303,000 viewers on USA Network, the 2024 Little League World Series Regional game of Hawaii vs. California drew 472,000 viewers on ESPN, the MLB simulcast games of Pittsburgh vs. Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets vs. Seattle drew 228,000 viewers on MLB Network, On Patrol Live drew 686,000 viewers on REELZ Channel, and 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After First Look drew 504,000 viewers on TLC.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 113,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 64.7% in favor of males. Meltzer reported that AEW’s viewers per home average of 1.16 was one of its lowest ever for an AEW show and meant that almost nobody watched the show in groups.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 45% in overall viewership and down 43.2% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 60.7% compared to the same week last year. Meltzer reported that the main reason for the large declines is due to the lack of Olympics Games competition for last year’s show.

AEW Rampage quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 218,000 overall viewers and 114,000 key demo viewers (Darby Allin vs. The Butcher match and the Don Callis & RUSH backstage promo segment)
2Q – 221,000 overall viewers and 114,000 key demo viewers (Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, & Hangman Adam Page video segment, the Jay Lethal backstage promo segment, and the bulk of the Rocky Romero vs. Wheeler Yuta match)
3Q – 218,000 overall viewers and 111,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Romero vs. Yuta match, the Willow Nightingale & Tomohiro Ishii backstage interview segment, the Private Party vs. Zane & Dave Dawson tag team match, and the Deonna Purrazzo video promo segment)
4Q – 218,000 overall viewers and 112,000 key demo viewers (Dustin Rhodes & Undisputed Kingdom promo & brawl segment and the Saraya vs. Nyla Rose match)

More on AEW Collision Viewership for August 10th

The August 10th episode of AEW Collision saw AEW gain a very large increase in overall viewership, a large increase in key demographic rankings, and a small increase in key demographic ratings. That week’s show was notable for Collision airing at its normal time slot following the prior week’s show being preempted to an earlier start time of 5PM EST due to wanting to avoid going head-to-head against WWE SummerSlam 2024’s main show.

AEW drew 370,000 viewers and a 0.11 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 main reason for AEW’s increases that week was due to a combination of Collision airing on its normal time slot, the large gain from their Over 50 demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given, and overall key demographic viewership group, which was up 45% compared to the prior week’s show. Meltzer reported that AEW’s younger key demographic viewership for the final half hour of the show drew a very low 18,000 viewers and well below the usual for an AEW show in the final two quarter hours.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2024 Summer Olympics Games drew 10,361,000 viewers on NBC and 884,000 viewers on USA Network, the NFL Preseason game of Kansas City Chiefs vs. Jacksonville Jaguars drew 1,441,000 viewers on NFL Network, the MLB game of Baltimore Orioles vs. Tampa Bay Rays drew 1,073,000 viewers on FOX, UFC Fight Night drew 570,000 viewers on ESPN, and On Patrol Live drew 779,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

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

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 22.3% in overall viewership and down 35% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 70.1% compared to the same week last year. Meltzer reported that the main reason for the large declines is due to the lack of Olympics Games competition for last year’s show.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 352,000 overall viewers and 137,000 key demo viewers (Darby Allin & Hologram vs. Premier Athletes tag team match and the Thunder Rosa vs. Deonna Purrazzo match hype video segment)
2Q – 393,000 overall viewers and 163,000 key demo viewers (Texas Bull Rope match of Thunder Rosa vs. Deonna Purrazzo)
3Q – 335,000 overall viewers and 135,000 key demo viewers (The Outrunners video segment and the FTR vs. The Outrunners tag team match)
4Q – 359,000 overall viewers and 147,000 key demo viewers (Kip Sabian & Nick Wayne backstage promo segment, the MJF video promo segment, and the RUSH vs. Preston Vance match)
5Q – 369,000 overall viewers and 146,000 key demo viewers (Jack Perry video promo segment, the Swerve Strickland & Prince Nana promo segment, and the start of the AEW World Championship Eliminator match of Tomohiro Ishii vs. Strickland)
6Q – 401,000 overall viewers and 146,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Ishii vs. Strickland match, the Claudio Castagnoli backstage promo segment, the Kris Statlander & Stokely Hathaway interview segment, the Top Flight & MxM Collection backstage promo segment with Lio Rush, and the Hikaru Shida vs. Aleah James match)
7Q – 351,000 overall viewers and 134,000 key demo viewers (Bryan Danielson video interview segment, the Hikaru Shida backstage interview segment, and the start of the AEW World Trios Championship #1 Contender Special Guest Referee match of House of Black vs. Bang Bang Gang)
8Q – 381,000 overall viewers and 145,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the AEW World Trios Championship #1 Contender Special Guest Referee match)
Overrun – 431,000 overall viewers and 170,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the AEW World Trios Championship #1 Contender Special Guest Referee match & post-match attack by The Patriarchy)