More on AEW Dynamite Week 282 – Feb. 26, 2025 Viewership, Collision Week 82 – Feb. 22

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for February 26th

The February 26th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a large increase in overall viewership and a slight increase in key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 598,000 viewers and a 0.18 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was #6 place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s increase this week was due to the large increase from their Over 50 demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given, and small increase from their overall key demographic viewership group, which was up 4.9% compared to last week’s show. In regards to AEW’s key demographic viewership increase, their younger key demographic viewership group was up 39.7% compared to last week’s show. This reportedly offset the show airing live on the West Coast which usually would lead to an 8% overall decline and the weaker than usual lead-in program viewership. Meltzer reported that the viewership on MAX for the show is currently not known. AEW’s lead-in programming Big Bang Theory drew 714,000 viewers and a 0.11 rating. Meltzer reported that this week’s show might have been the first time that Dynamite started off with more viewers than Big Bang Theory had ended their show with.

In terms of head-to-head competition, the NBA game of Philadelphia 76ers vs. New York Knicks drew 1,006,000 viewers on ESPN, the College basketball game of Michigan State vs. Maryland drew 535,000 viewers on Big Ten Network, the College basketball game of Penn State vs. Indiana drew 339,000 viewers on Big Ten Network, the College basketball game of Texas vs. Arkansas drew 396,000 viewers on ESPN2, the College basketball game of Ole Miss vs. Auburn drew 404,000 viewers on ESPN2, Survivor drew 4,269,000 viewers on CBS, Expedition X drew 640,000 viewers on Discovery Channel, The Challenge drew 361,000 viewers on MTV, Sistas Series drew 745,000 viewers on BET, and My 600-LB Life drew 304,000 viewers on TLC.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 235,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 35,000 viewers (down 12.5%), Females 18-34 had 53,000 viewers (up 130.4%), Males 35-49 had 112,000 viewers (up 15.5%), and Females 35-49 had 35,000 viewers (down 45.3%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 62.6% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 27.3% in overall viewership and down 38.3% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 key demographic viewership was down 41.3% compared to the same week last year. Meltzer reported that one main reason for the large declines is due to the unknown key demographic viewership migration on MAX compared to last year’s show.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 736,000 overall viewers and 272,000 key demo viewers (Cope backstage promo segment, the MJF video promo segment, the Hangman Adam Page vs. Aaron Solo match & post-match promo with Page & MJF and attack angle with Christopher Daniels)
• 2Q – 682,000 overall viewers and 267,000 key demo viewers (Don Callis & Kyle Fletcher in-crowd segment, the Chris Jericho & Don Callis video interview segment, and the Bounty match of Will Ospreay vs. Bryan Keith & post-match stuff with Fletcher)
• 3Q – 636,000 overall viewers and 252,000 key demo viewers (Mariah May & “Timeless” Toni Storm video segment, the Momo Watanabe video segment, the Mercedes Mone & Billie Starkz backstage promo segment with Watanabe, and The Outrunners vs. Murder Machines tag team match)
• 4Q – 636,000 overall viewers and 272,000 key demo viewers (Cope & Death Riders video segment, the Ricochet & Prince Nana video segment, the Swerve Strickland, Nana, & Ricochet promo segment, and the Hangman Adam Page backstage interview segment)
• 5Q – 571,000 overall viewers and 228,000 key demo viewers (Undisputed Kingdom vs. Daniel Garcia & FTR Trios match)
• 6Q – 523,000 overall viewers and 193,000 key demo viewers (Undisputed Kingdom vs. Garcia & FTR post-match angle and the Cope, Death Riders, Jay White, & Willow Nightingale brawl segment)
• 7Q – 497,000 overall viewers and 196,000 key demo viewers (Harley Cameron vs. Deonna Purrazzo match, the Orange Cassidy vs. Konosuke Takeshita match hype video segment, and the Cope, White, Nightingale, & Death Riders backstage segment)
• 8Q – 502,000 overall viewers and 198,000 key demo viewers (AEW International Championship match of Cassidy vs. Takeshita (c))

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More on AEW Collision Viewership for February 22nd

The February 22nd episode of AEW Collision saw AEW suffer a large decline in overall viewership and key demographic ratings. That week’s show was notable for Collision returning to its normal timeslot following the prior week’s show being preempted to a later than usual timeslot due to TNT’s commitments with the 2025 NBA All-Star Saturday coverage and for being a taped and not a live show due to time zone differences for the Grand Slam Australia special.

AEW drew 421,000 viewers and a 0.12 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was #11 place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s declines that week was due to a combination of the lack of a giant lead-in viewership from the NBA compared to the prior week’s show. Meltzer reported that compared to the prior two week’s ago show, AEW was up 8.8% in overall viewership and up 15.2% in key demographic viewership for their normal timeslot. Meltzer also reported that AEW’s female key demographic viewership was much higher than usual for a Collision show with the biggest spike taking place from the quarter hours of 9:15 PM to 9:45 PM.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the NBA game of Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets drew 2,866,000 viewers on ABC, the College basketball game of Duke vs. Illinois drew 1,305,000 viewers on FOX, the College basketball game of Kentucky vs. Alabama drew 2,171,000 viewers on ESPN, the College basketball game of Missouri vs. Arkansas drew 1,213,000 viewers on ESPN, the College basketball game of Saint Mary’s vs. Gonzaga drew 318,000 viewers on ESPN2, On Patrol Live drew 581,000 viewers on REELZ Channel, and My 600-Lb. Life Super Sized drew 193,000 viewers on TLC.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 159,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 59.1% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was up 9.1% in overall viewership and up 10.4% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 key demographic viewership was up 7.3% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 453,000 overall viewers and 168,000 key demo viewers (Mariah May’s attack on “Timeless” Toni Storm & promo segment, the Buddy Matthews & Kazuchika Okada video segment, the Okada backstage promo segment, and the bulk of The Beast Mortos vs. Hologram match)
• 2Q – 432,000 overall viewers and 163,000 key demo viewers (Ending of The Beast Mortos vs. Hologram match & post-match brawl with Komander, the “Speedball” Mike Bailey video segment, and the Harley Cameron interview segment)
• 3Q – 448,000 overall viewers and 173,000 key demo viewers (Gabe Kidd vs. The Butcher match, the Don Callis & Kyle Fletcher backstage interview segment, and the bulk of the Julia Hart vs. Queen Aminata match)
• 4Q – 437,000 overall viewers and 167,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Hart vs. Aminata match, the Murder Machines vs. Sky High tag team match & post-match promo with Murder Machines & Hurt Syndicate, the Cru video segment, and the Kris Statlander & Thunder Rosa video promo segment)
• 5Q – 413,000 overall viewers and 138,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the AEW World Trios Championship match of Daniel Garcia & 2.0 vs. Death Riders (c))
• 6Q – 427,000 overall viewers and 165,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the AEW World Trios Championship match & post-match brawl with Undisputed Kingdom & Cope & stuff with Jon Moxley, the Vendetta backstage interview segment, and the Max Caster promo segment)
• 7Q – 400,000 overall viewers and 165,000 key demo viewers (Max Caster Open Challenge Series match of Caster vs. Brody King, the Outrunners & Hurt Syndicate backstage segment, and the start of the ROH World Championship match of Bandido vs. Chris Jericho (c))
• 8Q – 355,000 overall viewers and 124,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the ROH World Championship match)