More on AEW Dynamite Week 288 – April 9, 2025 Viewership, Collision Week 88 – April 5

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for April 9th

The April 9th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a large increase in overall viewership and a slight increase in key demographic ratings but suffered a slight decline in key demographic rankings.

AEW drew 659,000 viewers and a 0.17 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 Over 50 demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given, and younger key demographic viewership group, which was up 50.8% compared to last week’s show. This reportedly offset the stiff sports competition from the NBA and the large decline from their older male key demographic viewership group, which was down 17.9% compared to last week’s show. Meltzer reported that AEW’s overall viewership was the second highest of the year while their younger key demographic viewership was the highest for a Dynamite show this year so far. Meltzer reported that the viewership on MAX for the show is currently not known. AEW’s lead-in programming Big Bang Theory reportedly drew 793,000 viewers and a 0.12 rating.

In terms of head-to-head competition, NBA game of Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks drew 2,261,000 viewers on ESPN, the NHL game of Philadelphia Flyers vs. New York Rangers drew 288,000 viewers on TNT, the MLB simulcast games of Philadelphia vs. Atlanta and Los Angeles Angels vs. Tampa Bay drew 182,000 viewers on MLB Network, Survivor drew 4,885,000 viewers on CBS, The Challenge drew 245,000 viewers on MTV, My 600 LB. Life drew 284,000 viewers on TLC, and Summer House drew 440,000 viewers on BRAVO.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 230,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 64,000 viewers (up 68.4%), Females 18-34 had 34,000 viewers (up 25.9%), Males 35-49 had 96,000 viewers (down 17.9%), and Females 35-49 had 36,000 viewers (up 9.1%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 69.6% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 19.5% in overall viewership and down 42.5% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 key demographic viewership was down 34.7% 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 – 767,000 overall viewers and 255,000 key demo viewers (Jon Moxley & Death Riders video promo segment, the Moxley vs. Katsuyori Shibata match, and the start of the Young Bucks promo segment)
• 2Q – 698,000 overall viewers and 244,000 key demo viewers (Young Bucks & Kenny Omega promo segment & stuff with Swerve Strickland & attack by PAC on Strickland and the bulk of the PAC vs. Strickland match)
• 3Q – 629,000 overall viewers and 230,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the PAC vs. Strickland match, the Ricochet, The Beast Mortos, & Cru video promo segment, the “Speedball” Mike Bailey, Will Ospreay, Mark Briscoe, & Kevin Knight video promo segment, the 2025 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament video segment, and the Hangman Adam Page & Prince Nana backstage segment)
• 4Q – 604,000 overall viewers and 222,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the $400,000 Explosive 8-Man Tag Team of Cru, Ricochet, & The Beast Mortos vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey, Mark Briscoe, Will Ospreay, & Kevin Knight)
• 5Q – 688,000 overall viewers and 249,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the $400,000 Explosive 8-Man Tag Team of Cru, Ricochet, & Mortos vs. Bailey, Briscoe, Ospreay, & Knight, the FTR & Cope video segment, the Hurt Syndicate & MJF promo segment, and the Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford backstage interview segment)
• 6Q – 692,000 overall viewers and 242,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the 2025 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament First Round match of Kris Statlander vs. Thunder Rosa)
• 7Q – 670,000 overall viewers and 231,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Statlander vs. Rosa match, the Don Callis Family backstage promo segment, the Undisputed Kingdom’s backstage promo segment for reveal of new The Paragon group name, The Learning Tree promo segment, and the Anthony Bowens video segment)
• 8Q – 576,000 overall viewers and 184,000 key demo viewers (Hurt Syndicate & MJF backstage segment, the Chris Jericho parking lot segment, and the bulk of the Death Riders vs. The Opps tag team match)
• Overrun – 568,000 overall viewers and 202,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Death Riders vs. The Opps tag team match & post-match brawl & post-match promo by Samoa Joe)

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More on AEW Collision Viewership for April 5th

The April 5th episode of AEW Collision saw AEW suffer a slight decline in overall viewership and key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 335,000 viewers and a 0.08 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was #20 place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s decreases that week was due to a combination of very stiff sports competition from the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, the very weaker than usual lead-in programming, and the large declines from their younger key demographic viewership and older male key demographic viewership groups, which were down 10% and 35.2% respectively compared to the prior week’s show. This reportedly offset the large increase from their older female key demographic viewership group, which was up 57.9% 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 Memphis Grizzles vs. Detroit Pistons drew 122,000 viewers on NBA TV, the 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament game of Florida vs. Auburn drew 14,793,000 viewers on CBS, the 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament game of Houston vs. Duke drew 16,289,000 viewers on CBS, the MLB game of Cincinnati Reds vs. Milwaukee Brewers drew 257,000 viewers on FS1, the MLS game of Portland Timbers vs. Austin FC drew 161,000 viewers on FOX, and UFC Fight Night drew 715,000 viewers on ESPN.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 113,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 12,000 viewers (equal), Females 18-34 had 15,000 viewers (down 16.7%), Males 35-49 had 46,000 viewers (down 35.2%), and Females 35-49 had 40,000 viewers (up 59.9%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 51.3% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 27.6% in overall viewership and down 44.6% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that two main reasons for the large declines is due to last year’s show had the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament as its lead-in and the unknown key demographic viewership migration on MAX compared to last year’s show.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 263,000 overall viewers and 80,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Don Callis Family vs. Powerhouse Hobbs & Tomohiro Ishii tag team match)
• 2Q – 294,000 overall viewers and 95,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Don Callis vs. Hobbs & Ishii tag team match, the Jon Moxley & Swerve Strickland video segment, the Cru & Nick Wayne backstage promo segment, and the Max Caster pre-match promo segment)
• 3Q – 332,000 overall viewers and 124,000 key demo viewers (Max Caster Open Challenge Series match of Caster vs. Mark Briscoe, the Will Ospreay & Kevin Knight video segment, the Jay White backstage interview segment, and the start of the Top Flight vs. Cru tag team match)
• 4Q – 343,000 overall viewers and 124,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Top Flight vs. Cru tag team match & post-match brawl with AR Fox & Nick Wayne, the Jamie Hayter & Billie Starkz backstage interview segment, the Daniel Garcia, “Daddy Magic” Matt Menard, & Undisputed Kingdom backstage promo segment, and the start of the Cash Wheeler vs. PAC match)
• 5Q – 354,000 overall viewers and 119,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Wheeler vs. PAC match & post-match stuff with Dax Harwood & Cope)
• 6Q – 356,000 overall viewers and 117,000 key demo viewers (Kenny Omega, Ricochet, & “Speedball” Mike Bailey video segment, the Shane Taylor Promotions backstage promo segment, and the start of the Bailey vs. Dralistico match)
• 7Q – 345,000 overall viewers and 112,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Bailey vs. Dralistico match & post-match attack by Ricochet to Bailey, the Kris Statlander & Thunder Rosa backstage interview segment, and the Mercedes Mone & Harley Cameron backstage promo segment)
• 8Q – 393,000 overall viewers and 129,000 key demo viewers (“Timeless” Toni Storm & Megan Bayne video segment and the Mone & Cameron vs. Athena & Julia Hart tag team match)