More on AEW Dynamite Week 283 – March 5, 2025 Viewership, Collision Week 83 – March 1

Mar 8, 2025

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for March 5th

The March 5th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a slight increase in overall viewership but suffered a large decline in key demographic ratings and key demographic rankings.

AEW drew 600,000 viewers and a 0.13 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was #24 place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s declines this week was due to a combination of going head-to-head against a replay of WWE’s NXT show for The CW’s New York and Chicago markets and a large decline in their overall key demographic viewership group, which was down 28.1% compared to last week’s show. This reportedly offset the large gain from their Over 50 demographic viewership group, which was up 20% compared to last week’s show. Meltzer reported that AEW’s key demographic rating was the lowest ever for a Dynamite show in its regular timeslot in series history. Meltzer reported that AEW’s spikes for their Over 50 viewership and overall key demographic viewership groups for this week’s show was very peculiar for an AEW show since the loss of viewers to MAX wouldn’t have caused that type of spike for both groups in opposite directions nor the weaker than usual ratings from their lead-in programming. Meltzer also reported that this was not just an AEW issue due to all of TBS’ programming that night had declined across the board. Meltzer reported that the viewership on MAX for the show is currently not known. AEW’s lead-in programming Big Bang Theory reportedly did not chart meaning that it drew less than a 0.11 rating.

In terms of head-to-head competition, the NBA game of Miami Heat vs. Cleveland Cavalier drew 1,036,000 viewers on ESPN, the College basketball game of Florida vs. Alabama drew 898,000 viewers on ESPN2, the College basketball game of Tennessee vs. Ole Miss drew 835,000 viewers on ESPN2, the NHL game of Washington Capitals vs. New York Rangers drew 294,000 viewers on TNT, Survivor drew 4,314,000 viewers on CBS, Expedition X drew 616,000 viewers on Discovery Channel, The Challenge drew 304,000 viewers on MTV, and Sistas Series drew 715,000 viewers on BET.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 169,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 26,000 viewers (down 25.7%), Females 18-34 had 24,000 viewers (down 54.7%), Males 35-49 had 89,000 viewers (down 20.5%), and Females 35-49 had 30,000 viewers (down 14.3%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 68% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 23% in overall viewership and down 52.4% in key demographic viewership. 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 – 694,000 overall viewers and 198,000 key demo viewers (MJF video promo segment, and the Swerve Strickland, Prince Nana, & Ricochet match contract signing segment)
2Q – 563,000 overall viewers and 171,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Eight-Man Tag Team match of Will Ospreay, Powerhouse Hobbs, Mark Briscoe, & Orange Cassidy vs. “Bad Apple” Bryan Keith & Don Callis Family)
3Q – 645,000 overall viewers and 191,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Ospreay, Hobbs, Briscoe, & Cassidy vs. Keith & Don Callis Eight-Man Tag Team match & post-match brawl and the Kenny Omega & Konosuke Takeshita video segment)
4Q – 584,000 overall viewers and 163,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Wheeler Yuta vs. Cope match)
5Q – 667,000 overall viewers and 181,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Yuta vs. Cope match & post-match promo by Cope & angle with Yuta & Jon Moxley, the Outrunners video segment, the MJF parking lot interview segment with Hangman Adam Page, and the MJF & Page brawl segment)
6Q – 579,000 overall viewers and 155,000 key demo viewers (“Timeless” Toni Storm backstage interview segment, and the bulk of the Kris Statlander & Thunder Rosa vs. Penelope Ford & Megan Bayne tag team match)
7Q – 596,000 overall viewers and 196,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Statlander & Rosa vs. Ford & Bayne tag team match, the Mercedes Mone backstage interview segment, the Max Caster promo segment, the Max Caster Open Challenge Series match of Caster vs. Jay White & post-match promo by White, and the Mariah May & “Timeless” Toni Storm video interview segment)
8Q – 519,000 overall viewers and 142,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Swerve Strickland & Brody King vs. Ricochet & Kazuchika Okada tag team match)
Overrun – 505,000 overall viewers and 145,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Strickland & King vs. Ricochet & Okada tag team match)

More on AEW Collision Viewership for March 1st

The March 1st episode of AEW Collision saw AEW suffer a very large decline in overall viewership and a large decline key demographic ratings. That week’s show was notable for Collision going head-to-head against WWE’s Elimination Chamber 2025 event that night.

AEW drew 280,000 viewers and a 0.06 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was outside the Top 25.

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 very stiff competition from WWE’s event that night and the large decline in their overall key demographic viewership group, which was down 52.8% compared to the prior week’s show. Of AEW’s key demographic viewership decline, their younger key demographic viewership group was down 47.7% compared to the prior week’s show. Meltzer reported that the viewership on MAX for the show is currently not known. Meltzer also reported that compared to this past January’s WWE Royal Rumble 2025 event for the last time AEW went head-to-head against a WWE PLE, Collision was up 42.1 % in overall viewership, 53.1% in overall key demographic group viewership, and up 64.3% in younger key demographic viewership group.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the NBA game of Golden State Warriors vs. Philadelphia 76ers drew 2,463,000 viewers on ABC, the College basketball game of Arizona vs. Iowa State drew 880,000 viewers on ESPN, the College basketball game of Pittsburgh vs. Louisville drew 486,000 viewers on ESPN, the College basketball game of Georgia vs. Texas drew 460,000 viewers on ESPN2, the Women’s College basketball game of USC vs. UCLA drew 660,000 viewers on FOX, the NHL game of Detroit Red Wings vs. Columbus Blue Jackets drew 1,594,000 viewers on ESPN, On Patrol Live drew 546,000 viewers on REELZ Channel, and My 600-Lb. Life Super Sized drew 197,000 viewers on TLC.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 75,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 11,000 viewers (down 47.6%), Females 18-34 had 12,000 viewers (down 47.8%), Males 35-49 had 39,000 viewers (down 46.6%), and Females 35-49 had 13,000 viewers (down 69%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 66.7% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 38.5% in overall viewership and down 57.1% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 key demographic viewership was down 57.4% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 340,000 overall viewers and 97,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the FTR vs. Undisputed Kingdom tag team match)
2Q – 334,000 overall viewers and 93,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the FTR vs. Undisputed Kingdom tag team match & post-match stuff, the Willow Nightingale & Death Riders video segment, and the Wheeler Yuta vs. Willie Mack match)
3Q – 316,000 overall viewers and 96,000 key demo viewers (Yuta vs. Mack post-match promo by Jon Moxley & attack by Moxley & Yuta, the Mercedes Mone & Billie Starkz backstage promo segment, the “Timeless” Toni Storm video promo segment, and the start of the Swerve Strickland vs. Clark Connors match)
4Q – 282,000 overall viewers and 80,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Strickland vs. Connors match, the Hurt Syndicate & The Outrunners video segment, the Harley Cameron ringside promo segment, and the Big Boom AJ, Big Justice, & Johnny TV backstage segment)
5Q – 259,000 overall viewers and 68,000 key demo viewers (Shane Taylor Promotions vs. Vinnie Massaro, Nick Ruiz, & Dave Dutra Trios match, and the bulk of the TNT Championship match of Adam Cole vs. Daniel Garcia (c))
6Q – 252,000 overall viewers and 67,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the TNT Championship match & post-match brawl with Shane Taylor Promotions & “Daddy Magic” Matt Menard, the Samoa Joe & The Opps video promo segment, and the Big Boom AJ, Big Justice, Orange Cassidy, & Mark Briscoe backstage interview segment)
7Q – 233,000 overall viewers and 49,000 key demo viewers (Serena Deeb video promo segment, the Julia Hart vs. Queen Aminata match & post-match stuff with Brody King & attack by Kazuchika Okada, the Orange Cassidy vs. Konosuke Takeshita match hype video segment, and the Kenny Omega video promo segment)
8Q – 229,000 overall viewers and 50,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Bandido & Powerhouse Hobbs vs. The Learning Tree tag team match)
Overrun – 266,000 overall viewers and 74,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Bandido & Hobbs vs. The Learning Tree tag team match)