More on AEW Dynamite Week 271 Viewership – Dec. 11, 2024, Rampage Week 172 – Dec. 6, Collision Week 72 – Dec. 7

Dec 15, 2024

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for December 11th

The December 11th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a large increase in key demographic rankings and a slight increase in overall viewership. This week’s show was notable for being the Dynamite Winter Is Coming 2024 special.

AEW drew 594,000 viewers and a 0.17 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was #4 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 Over 50 demographic viewership, which its percentage was not given, younger male key demographic viewership, and older female key demographic viewership groups, which were up 2.4% and 23.7% respectively compared to last week’s show. This reportedly offset the declines from their younger female key demographic viewership and older male key demographic viewership groups, which were down 3.6% and 5.7% compared to the prior week’s show.

In terms of head-to-head competition, the NBA game of Atlanta Hawks vs. New York Knicks drew 1,467,000 viewers on ESPN, the College basketball game of Colgate vs. Kentucky drew 462,000 viewers on ESPN2, the Women’s College basketball game of Iowa State vs. Iowa drew 445,000 viewers on FS1, the College Football Bowl Special drew 505,000 viewers on ESPN, the NHL game of New York Rangers vs. Buffalo Sabres drew 406,000 viewers on TNT, Survivor drew 4,888,000 viewers on CBS, The Challenge drew 445,000 viewers on MTV, Expedition Files drew 976,000 viewers on Discovery Channel, Sistas Series drew 746,000 viewers on BET, and Real Housewives of Salt Lake City drew 419,000 viewers on BRAVO.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 232,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 43,000 viewers (up 2.4%), Females 18-34 had 27,000 viewers (down 3.6%), Males 35-49 had 115,000 viewers (down 5.7%), and Females 35-49 had 47,000 viewers (up 23.7%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 68.1% in favor of males.

In an interesting note, Meltzer reported that AEW’s show managed to top WWE’s NXT show this week in terms of overall key demographic viewership at 232,000 for AEW compared to 228,000 for NXT.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 29.7% in overall viewership and down 41.1% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 key demographic viewership was down 57.6% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 675,000 overall viewers and 259,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Death Riders vs. Jay White & Orange Cassidy tag team match)
2Q – 633,000 overall viewers and 253,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Death Riders vs. White & Cassidy tag team match & post-match brawl with Hangman Adam Page, Wheeler Yuta, & Marina Shafir, the Bandido video segment, the Death Riders backstage promo segment, and the bulk of the Christian Cage promo segment)
3Q – 619,000 overall viewers and 256,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Cage promo segment & brawl with HOOK & The Patriarchy and the bulk of the Continental Classic 2024 Gold League match of Will Ospreay vs. Claudio Castagnoli)
4Q – 593,000 overall viewers and 238,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Ospreay vs. Castagnoli match & post-match brawl with Darby Allin, the Ricochet backstage interview segment, the MJF backstage segment, the Matt Cardona backstage promo segment, and the Kyle O’Reilly & Undisputed Kingdom backstage segment)
5Q – 554,000 overall viewers and 215,000 key demo viewers (Dynamite Dozen 2024 Finals match of Adam Cole vs. O’Reilly & post-match stuff with MJF)
6Q – 558,000 overall viewers and 224,000 key demo viewers (FTR backstage promo segment, The Learning Tree backstage promo segment, the Darby Allin backstage interview segment, and the start of the Continental Classic 2024 Gold League match of Ricochet vs. Brody King)
7Q – 594,000 overall viewers and 229,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Ricochet vs. King match and the Private Party, Lio Rush, Action Andretti, Top Flight, & Leila Grey backstage segment)
8Q – 549,000 overall viewers and 201,000 key demo viewers (Anna Jay & Mercedes Mone backstage interview segment, the “The Glamour” Mariah May & Mina Shirakawa video segment, and the first half of the AEW Women’s World Championship match of Shirakawa vs. May (c))
Overrun – 533,000 overall viewers and 189,000 key demo viewers (Latter half of the AEW Women’s World Championship match & post-match angle with Toni Storm)

More on AEW Rampage Viewership for December 6th

The December 6th episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW gain a large increase in overall viewership and a slight increase in key demographic rankings. That week’s show was notable for Rampage returning back to its normal Friday night time slot following the prior week’s show being preempted to a Saturday timeslot of 6PM EST due to TNT’s commitments with the NHL and going head-to-head against WWE’s Survivor Series WarGames 2024 event.

AEW drew 177,000 viewers and a 0.04 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was #25 place.

Dave Meltzer reported that the main reason for AEW’s increases that week was due to the large gains from their Over 50 demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given. This reportedly offset the stiff sports competition from College football games that night.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the College football game of Army vs. Tulane drew 1,997,000 viewers on ABC, the College football game of UNLV vs. Boise State drew 3,005,000 viewers on FOX, the NBA game of Milwaukee Bucks vs. Boston Celtics drew 1,279,000 viewers on ESPN, the College basketball game of Illinois vs. Northwestern drew 277,000 viewers on Big Ten Network, Scare Tactics drew 345,000 viewers on USA Network, 90 Day Fiance drew 345,000 viewers on TLC, and On Patrol Live drew 540,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 59,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 54.2% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 48.1% in overall viewership and down 61.9% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 key demographic viewership was down 79.1% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Rampage quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 211,000 overall viewers and 38,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Continental Classic 2024 Blue League match of Mark Briscoe vs. Kazuchika Okada)
2Q – 172,000 overall viewers and 59,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Briscoe vs. Okada match, the Chris Jericho & Matt Cardona promo segment & brawl with Bryan Keith, and the start of the Continental Classic 2024 Blue League match of The Beast Mortos vs. Daniel Garcia)
3Q – 161,000 overall viewers and 53,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Mortos vs. Garcia match and the The Vendetta vs. Ella Elizabeth & Freya States tag team match)
4Q – 165,000 overall viewers and 55,000 key demo viewers (Continental Classic 2024 Gold League match of Ricochet vs. Komander)

More on AEW Collision Viewership for December 7th

The December 7th episode of AEW Collision saw AEW gain a very large increase in overall viewership and a small increase in key demographic ratings. That week’s show was notable for Collision going head-to-head against WWE’s NXT Deadline 2024 event that night.

AEW drew 278,000 viewers and a 0.07 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was #27 place.

Dave Meltzer reported that the main reason for AEW’s increases that week was due to the very large increases from their Over 50 demographic viewership and overall key demographic viewership groups, which its percentages were not given. This reportedly offset the very stiff sports competition from College football and UFC and also WWE’s NXT PLE event that night.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the ending of the 2024 SEC Championship College football game of Georgia vs. Texas drew 15,393,000 viewers on ABC, the 2024 ACC Championship College football game of Clemson vs. SMU drew 5,891,000 viewers on ABC, the 2024 Big Ten Championship College football game of Penn St. vs. Oregon drew 10,497,000 viewers on NBC, the 2024 Sun Belt Championship College football game of Marshall vs. Louisiana drew 392,000 viewers on ESPN, the Women’s College basketball game of Tennessee vs. Iowa drew 560,000 viewers on FOX, the Women’s College basketball game of Louisville vs. UConn drew 466,000 viewers on FOX, the UFC 310 Prelims drew 588,000 viewers on ESPN, and On Patrol Live drew 480,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 93,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 62.4% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 38.9% in overall viewership and down 50% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 58.8% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 265,000 overall viewers and 95,000 key demo viewers (Continental Classic 2024 video segment and the first half of the Continental Classic 2024 Gold League match of Darby Allin vs. Komander)
2Q – 314,000 overall viewers and 111,000 key demo viewers (Latter half of the Allin vs. Komander match, the Don Callis Family & Powerhouse Hobbs backstage segment, and the start of the Wrestle Dynasty International Women’s Cup AEW Qualifier Tournament Semifinal Round match of Willow Nightingale vs. Serena Deeb)
3Q – 323,000 overall viewers and 105,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Nightingale vs. Deeb match, the Thunder Rosa backstage interview segment, and the bulk of the Jon Moxley promo segment)
4Q – 286,000 overall viewers and 102,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Moxley & Orange Cassidy promo segment & attack by Death Riders to Cassidy, the FTR backstage promo segment, the Death Riders & Cassidy backstage brawl segment & stuff with FTR, and the start of the Continental Classic 2024 Blue League match of Kyle Fletcher vs. Kazuchika Okada)
5Q – 271,000 overall viewers and 92,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Fletcher vs. Okada match)
6Q – 257,000 overall viewers and 86,000 key demo viewers (The Beast Mortos vs. Aaron Solo match, the Top Flight and the Leila Grey, Action Andretti, & Lio Rush backstage promo segment)
7Q – 249,000 overall viewers and 78,000 key demo viewers (Mina Shirakawa vs. Emi Sakura match, the Shirakawa & “The Glamour” Mariah May video segment, the Mark Briscoe & Daniel Garcia backstage interview segment, and the start of the Continental Classic 2024 Blue League match of Briscoe vs. Garcia)
8Q – 255,000 overall viewers and 74,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Briscoe vs. Garcia match)