More on AEW Dynamite Week 284 – March 12, 2025 Viewership, Collision Week 84 – March 8

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for March 12th

The March 12th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a large increase in key demographic rankings and a small increase in overall viewership and key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 628,000 viewers and a 0.16 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was #12 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 increases from their younger key demographic viewership and older male key demographic viewership groups, which were up 80% and 22.5% respectively compared to last week’s show. This reportedly offset the large decline from their older female key demographic viewership group, which was down 26.7% compared to last week’s show. Meltzer reported that an interesting pattern with both this show and recent shows of late is that AEW has been having more younger female key demographic viewers than younger male key demographic viewers for their shows. Meltzer also reported that the viewership on MAX for the show is currently not known. AEW’s lead-in programming Big Bang Theory reportedly drew 921,000 viewers and a 0.11 rating.

In terms of head-to-head competition, the NBA game of Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Boston Celtics drew 1,703,000 viewers on ESPN, the College basketball game of California vs. Stanford drew 535,000 viewers on ESPN2, the NHL game of Buffalor Sabres vs. Detroit Red Wings drew 254,000 viewers on TNT, Survivor drew 4,631,000 viewers on CBS, Expedition X drew 713,000 viewers on Discovery Channel, The Challenge drew 304,000 viewers on MTV, Sistas Series drew 699,000 viewers on BET, and Summer House drew 477,000 viewers on BRAVO.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 221,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 43,000 viewers (up 65.4%), Females 18-34 had 47,000 viewers (up 95.8%), Males 35-49 had 109,000 viewers (up 22.5%), and Females 35-49 had 22,000 viewers (down 26.7%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 68.8% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 21.6% in overall viewership and down 37.7% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 key demographic viewership was down 28.6% compared to the same week last year. Meltzer also 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 – 749,000 overall viewers and 242,000 key demo viewers (Kenny Omega promo segment, The Opps vs. Vinny Pacifico, Eli Theseus, & Gabriel Aeros Trios match, the Ricochet backstage promo segment, and the start of the Swerve Strickland video promo segment)
• 2Q – 604,000 overall viewers and 206,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Strickland & Cope video promo segment, the Jon Moxley backstage promo segment, and the bulk of the Hologram & Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Brian Cage & Dralistico tag team match)
• 3Q – 645,000 overall viewers and 228,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Hologram & Hobbs vs. Cage & Dralistico tag team match, the Hurt Syndicate video interview segment, the “Timeless” Toni Storm & Mariah May video segment, and the Storm promo segment & attack by Megan Bayne)
• 4Q – 611,000 overall viewers and 198,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the AEW International Championship Eliminator Tournament First Round match of The Beast Mortos vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey)
• 5Q – 649,000 overall viewers and 244,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Mortos vs. Bailey match, the Patriarchy backstage segment, the MJF video segment, and the MJF & MVP promo segment)
• 6Q – 634,000 overall viewers and 232,000 key demo viewers (Max Caster promo segment, the Max Caster Open Challenge Series match of Caster vs. Konosuke Takeshita, the Chris Jericho backstage promo segment, and the start of the Willow Nightingale vs. Penelope Ford match)
• 7Q – 608,000 overall viewers and 217,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Nightingale vs. Ford match & post-match brawl with Kris Statlander & Megan Bayne, the Mercedes Mone & Billie Starkz backstage segment, and the Will Ospreay interview segment)
• 8Q – 570,000 overall viewers and 208,000 key demo viewers (Jay White backstage interview segment, the Hangman Adam Page & MJF backstage promo segment, and the start of the AEW International Championship Eliminator Tournament First Round match of Orange Cassidy vs. Hechicero)
• Overrun – 535,000 overall viewers and 202,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Cassidy vs. Hechicero match & post-match stuff with “Speedball” Mike Bailey)

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More on AEW Collision Viewership for March 8th

The March 8th episode of AEW Collision saw AEW gain a large increase in overall viewership and a small increase in key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 363,000 viewers and a 0.10 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was #17 place. That week’s show was notable for Collision being a taped show and not a live show.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s increases that week was due to the show not going head-to-head against a WWE PLE show that night and the large increases from their key demographic viewership group, which was up 74.7% compared to the prior week’s show. Of AEW’s key demographic viewership increase, their younger key demographic viewership group was up 60.9% compared to the prior week’s show. Meltzer reported that the viewership on MAX for the show is currently not known.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the NBA game of Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics drew 4,605,000 viewers, the College basketball game of USC vs. UCLA drew 483,000 viewers on FOX, the College basketball game of Duke vs. North Carolina drew 2,998,000 viewers on ESPN, the Women’s College basketball game of LSU vs. Texas drew 798,000 viewers on ESPN2, the UFC 313 Prelims drew 1,194,000 viewers on ESPN, and On Patrol Live drew 596,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 131,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 14,000 viewers (up 27.3%), Females 18-34 had 23,000 viewers (up 91.7%), Males 35-49 had 73,000 viewers (up 87.2%), and Females 35-49 had 21,000 viewers (up 61.5%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 66.4% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 15% in overall viewership and down 21.6% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 key demographic viewership was down 11.9% compared to the same week last year. Meltzer also reported that one main reason for the declines is due to the unknown key demographic viewership migration on MAX compared to last year’s show.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 421,000 overall viewers and 140,000 key demo viewers (The Opps vs. Titus Alexander, Starboy Charlie, & Jack Banning Trios match, the Cope backstage promo segment, and the bulk of the Serena Deeb vs. Momo Watanabe)
• 2Q – 344,000 overall viewers and 122,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Deeb vs. Watanabe match & post-match brawl with Mercedes Mone and the Will Ospreay video promo segment)
• 3Q – 353,000 overall viewers and 123,000 key demo viewers (Harley Cameron vs. Tatevik, the Kyle Fletcher backstage promo segment, and the bulk of The Infantry vs. Undisputed Kingdom tag team match)
• 4Q – 346,000 overall viewers and 129,000 key demo viewers (Ending of The Infantry vs. Undisputed Kingdom tag team match, the Konosuke Takeshita & Don Callis video promo segment, the Learning Tree, Bandido, & Gravity video segment, the Jon Moxley backstage promo segment, and the start of the Hologram vs. Dralisitico match)
• 5Q – 378,000 overall viewers and 149,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Hologram vs. Dralistico match & post-match brawl with The Beast Mortos & Komander and the FTR, Daniel Garcia, & Undisputed Kingdom backstage promo segment)
• 6Q – 364,000 overall viewers and 134,000 key demo viewers (Hurt Syndicate backstage interview segment and the bulk of The Outrunners vs. Premier Athletes tag team match)
• 7Q – 363,000 overall viewers and 132,000 key demo viewers (Ending of The Outrunners vs. Premier Athletes tag team match, the “Timeless” Toni Storm, Mariah May, & Christopher Daniels video segment, the MJF & Hangman Adam Page video segment, the Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy, MxM Collection, Johnny TV, Taya Valkyrie, & Don Callis Family video segment, and the start of the TNT Championship match of Lee Moriarty vs. Daniel Garcia (c))
• 8Q – 335,000 overall viewers and 120,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the TNT Championship match & post-match stuff with Shane Taylor Promotions & Undisputed Kingdom and the Kenny Omega video promo segment)