Last Wednesday’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 617,000 viewers on TBS, down 13.1% from the previous week’s 710,000 and its lowest audience since February 11.
The show averaged a 0.10 rating in the 18-49 demo, down 16.7% from the prior week (0.12) and the lowest rating the show has done in that category since March 11.
The show went head-to-head with the NBA playoffs on ESPN as well as the NHL playoffs on TNT. It tied for 10th on the primetime cable charts for the night.
As compared to the same week in 2025, overall viewership was up 18.4% while the 18-49 rating was down 28.6%.
Recent AEW Dynamite ratings
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for AEW Dynamite on TBS as well as the 10-week average in both categories.
Last week’s show was down 9.1% in overall viewers and 16.7% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.
— Bryan and I will be back tonight talking about all the wrestling news of the weekend for Wrestling Observer Radio. We had our Friday show with Garrett Gonzales that was really fascinating because it was being taped as the releases were happening so you get our responses and thoughts on all the WWE releases, the ones we know, the ones that were surprises, and in between.
— As most probably know, at the White House Correspondents Association dinner last night where shots were fired, among those in attendance were Dana White, whose interview after got a ton of play, along with Linda and Shane McMahon, who were there together. White was only a few feet away from President Trump when the secret service and police rushed into the ballroom at the Washington Hilton. White was near President Trump at a dinner with those from Paramount Skydance. “Inside, the whole event just started getting noisy, tables getting flipped over, guys running in with guns and they were screaming `Get down.” White told USA Today. “I didn’t get down. It was f***ing awesome. I literally took every minute of it in. It was a pretty crazy, unique experience. We were sitting right in front of the table, right in front of where the president was. Nobody got tackled but a guy came in looking for shooters and then came toward the table. I thought the shooter was by us or something.”
— For reasons I don’t really know, Programming Insider did have Wednesday ratings up yesterday and Dynamite on Wednesday was 616,000 viewers and an 0.10 in 18-49, much lower than usual. Then today I couldn’t find it. Some of that was airing three hours earlier than usual on the West Coast. I don’t have more info because it’s not up but the NBA was the top show on cable. The unfamiliar West Coast time should hurt about eight percent and this was down more than eight percent. But for a variety of reasons we have less info than usual on it. Hopefully more tomorrow.
— We’re looking for your thoughts on today’s Stardom show, so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to [email protected]
— Sayaka Kurara won the World of Stardom title from Saya Kamitani in the main event of today’s All Star Grend Queendom 2026″ show at the Yokohama Arena. The paid attendance of 8,015 was the largest for an all-women’s show in Japan since the 90s, even beating the Kamitani vs. Tam Nakano match last year. The Cosmic Angels would have had to disband if Kurara lost. Hanan beat Konami to win the Wonder of Stardom title. AZM & Miyu Amasaki beat Natsuko Tora & Ruaka to win the Goddesses of Stardom titles. Syuri beat Megan Bayne to retain the IWGP women’s title. People have been raving about the show and the top matches. (thanks to David Hayter)
— Mascara Dorada won the three-way over Black Tiger and Hechicero Friday night at Arena Mexico to win the Universal Champion of Champions tournament before a sellout of 16,000 fans. I was told this was a great card, and the matches to watch were the last three on the show.
— Besides the top matches at Arena Mexico and Stardom, the other two matches we’ve had heavily recommended from the weekend were on the Saturday New Japan show from Hiroshima where Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita won the IWGP jr. tag titles from Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X and Yuto-Ice & Oskar retained the IWGP tag titles over Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi.
— Ivy Nile competed last night in an NPC/IFBB fitness contest. She won three categories. The event was in Orlando. Among those cheering her on were Simone Johnson, Bianca Belair, Trick Williams, Lash Legend, Fallon Henley and at least another ten NXT wrestlers.
— A&E airs part one of a Von Erichs biography from 8-10 p.m. tonight while LFG is at 10 p.m. and there will be WWE Greatest Moments shows airing 10-11 p.m.
— Raw tomorrow has Penta vs. Rusev for the IC title and Bayley & Lyra Valkyria vs. Raquel Rodriguez & Roxanne Perez, plus a Joe Hendry concert, and Roman Reigns gives his answer to Jacob Fatu
— Kevin Nealon of Saturday Night Live fame challenged Danny DeVito to a match in either WWE or AEW. Nealon is the inspiration of the new Chris Jericho character.
— In Google searches for the weekend the UFC show yesterday was lower than usual at 105,000 as of the last look. The only other wrestling and MMA related stuff was Kairi Sane at No. 100 with 20,000, Aleister Black in the top 150 with 20,000 and Brock Rechsteiner, the son of Scott Steiner, who signed a free agent contract with the Tennessee Titans, at 10,000. Undrafted free agents have long odds against making a team, but it’s possible. His cousin, Bron Breakker was in a similar situation just a few years ago, didn’t make the NFL, but has thrived as a pro wrestler. Most expect him to follow in those footsteps if he doesn’t make it in the NFL.
— The San Francisco 49ers picked De’Zhaun Stribling in the second round of the draft. He is the nephew of Don Muraco.
— Last night’s UFC show was the first to date not to crack the top ten television shows in the U.S. on Paramount+ on Saturday. It was No. 1 in most of Central and South America, however, and that was enough for 3rd among TV shows and 5th including movies for the day on the service worldwide.
— Damian 666 was honored last Monday at Arena Jose Sulaiman in Monterrey which noted that he had just announced his retirement from wrestling.
— Brooke Hogan did a lengthy interview with Bubba the Love Sponge about the Hogan documentary on Netflix. She was very negative on it. The doc did not make the top ten any day this week but like I said, sometimes that’s a glitch. We’ll know how it did or didn’t do on Tuesday. I’ve only seen the first 20 minutes so want to make up my own mind, and most reviews I’ve heard weren’t positive on it.
— The CBS Morning News weekly show noted that a marker put up this week in Ellerbe, NC, honoring Andre the Giant.
— Tank Abbott, the former UFC and WCW wrestler turned 61 today. Mayor Glenn Jacobs (Kane) turned 59. Ron Reis, the former WCW giant turned 56. Jonathan Figueroa/Amazing Red turned 44. It was also the birthday of Larry Matysik, born 1947, the longtime announcer for Wrestling at the Chase in St. Louis who was one of the top announcers ever, Jerry Blackwell was born on this day in 1949 and Killer Karl Kox was born on this day in 1931. Fuzzy Cupid, a mini star born Len Stap, was 50 when he passed away 47 years ago. Announcer Lee Marshall was 65 when he passed away 12 years ago today. (thanks to Tony Richards)
— Tonight’s Arena Mexico show will be on the CMLL streaming service which is now a weekly thing. Mistico & Mascara Dorada & Neon face Barbaro Cavernario & Difunto & Clon, Atlantis Jr. & Esfinge vs. Black Tiger & Kushida, Angel de Oro vs. Rocky Romero, Shotzi vs. Skadi, Kemalito vs. Tengu for the micros title and a tournament with Dragon Legendario, Dragon de Fuego, Max Star, Fugaz, El Hijo del Pantera, Fuego, Pantera Jr. and Rey Pegaus.
On a new night for the week, AEW Collision averaged 473,000 viewers on TNT.
The number is up 11.8% from the previous week (423,000) and was the second highest audience for the show since the Grand Slam Collision episode from Australia on Saturday, February 14.
Collision averaged a 0.08 rating in the 18-49 demo — the same rating it did last week and tying the second-best rating Collision has done in that category since February 14.
Viewership was up 26.8% and the 18-49 rating was up 14.3% from the previous Thursday night airing two weeks earlier. Both shows were taped.
The show was moved to Thursday for the week due to WWE WrestleMania 42, but returns to its usual day this week.
Collision tied for 20th on the primetime cable charts, going head-to-head with TNA Impact for its second hour as well as the NHL regular season finale on ESPN.
As compared to the same week in 2025, overall viewership was up 34% while the 18-49 rating was identical.
Recent AEW Collision ratings
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for AEW Collision on TBS as well as the 10-week average in both categories.
This week’s show was up 8.6% in overall viewers, but even in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.
This past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite averaged 710,000 viewers on TBS, up 8.6% from the previous week.
The show averaged a 0.12 rating in the 18-49 demo, down 14.3% from the prior week and the lowest rating the show has done there since the March 11 episode.
The episode was primarily featured around the AEW World title match between MJF and Darby Allin with heavy hints throughout that Allin was going to win (which he did) in the main event.
It finished fourth on the prime time cable charts on a night. The night featured two NBA playoffs play-in games but CBS’s Survivor aired head-to-head and topped all television in both total viewers and 18-49 rating.
As compared to the same week in 2025, overall viewership was up 13.8% while the 18-49 rating was down 29.4%.
Recent AEW Dynamite viewership & ratings
Below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for AEW Dynamite on TBS as well as the 10-week average in both categories.
This week’s show was up 5.5% in overall viewers from the 10-week average, but was down 7.7% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.
Saturday night’s AEW Collision averaged 423,000 viewers on TNT, up 13.4 percent from the prior week’s Thursday airing. The viewership is down 11.1 percent from two weeks ago when Collision last aired in its regular time slot.
Collision drew a 0.08 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 14.3 percent from the prior week and steady with the show two weeks ago. While this episode drew Collision’s lowest total viewership on a Saturday night since March 7, it tied the second-highest 18-49 rating the show has done since February 14’s Grand Slam Australia special.
The show went head-to-head with UFC 327 on CBS for the first hour as well as the NBA on ESPN and Saturday night baseball on various networks.
As compared to the same week in 2025, Collision’s overall viewership was down seven percent while the 18-49 rating was down 33.3 percent.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 4.4 percent in viewers but steady in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.
Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 654,000 viewers on TBS, down 10.4% from the previous week. It was the lowest audience for the show since March 11th.
Dynamite averaged a 0.14 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 6.7% from last week and is the second highest rating the show has done in that category since February 4th.
The show went head to head with an NBA game on ESPN that topped all cable with a 0.35 18-49 rating. Dynamite finished 6th on the prime time cable charts for the night.
As compared to the same week in 2025 the overall viewership was down 0.8% while the 18-49 rating was down 17.7%.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for AEW Dynamite on TBS as well as the 10 week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 2.8% in overall viewers but up 16.7% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.
– Last week’s Thursday night episode of AEW Collision averaged 373,000 viewers on TNT, down 21.6 percent from the previous week in its regular time slot. It’s the lowest audience total for the show since March 7.
Collision drew a 0.07 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 12.5 percent from the prior week and ties the lowest rating the show has done in that category since the March 7 episode.
As compared to the same week in 2025, Collision was up 11.3 percent in overall viewers but down 12.5 percent in 18-49.
– TNA’s Thursday Night Impact, airing head-to-head for the second hour on AMC, averaged 200,000 viewers, down 21.9 percent from the week before. It’s the lowest audience for Impact since its second week on AMC on January 22.
Impact drew a 0.05 rating in the 18-49 demo, matching the number that it did the previous week. This ties the largest rating the show has done in that category on AMC.
Collision tied for 32nd on the night on the primetime cable charts while Impact tied for 51st.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for both Collision and Impact:
Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 730,000 viewers on TBS, down 4.6% from the previous week. It ties the second highest audience for the show since June 24th of last year.
Dynamite averaged a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 7.1% from last week and ties the best rating the show has done in that category since August 20, 2025.
The show went head to head with a presidential address on various network and cable television stations as well as an NBA game on ESPN that finished second on cable with a 0.23 rating. Dynamite finished sixth for the night on the primetime cable charts.
As compared to the same week in 2025, the overall viewership was up 22.9% while the 18-49 rating was down 6.3%. It’s the ninth week in the last 10 the show has been up year over year in total viewers and the 18-49 decline was the lowest since last August.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for AEW Dynamite on TBS as well as the 10 week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 12.3% in total viewers and 36.4% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.
Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 765,000 viewers on TBS, up 7.8% from the previous week. It’s the largest audience for the show since July 24, 2024.
Dynamite averaged a 0.14 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 7.7% from last week and is the largest rating the show has done in that category since February 4th.
The show went head to head with Netflix’s coverage of MLB Opening Day with the New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants and an NBA game on ESPN that topped the cable charts with a 0.31 18-49 rating. Dynamite finished 5th on the primetime cable charts, also trailing 3 shows on Fox News.
As compared to the same week in 2025, the overall viewership was up 15.4% while the 18-49 rating was down 17.7%.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for AEW Dynamite on TBS as well as the 10 week averages in both categories. This week’s show was up 22.2% in overall viewers and 27.3% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.
This story has been updated with some additional notes from Paul Fontaine.
The viewership numbers have been revealed for this past weekend’s double dip of AEW Collision episodes following NCAA men’s basketball tournament action.
The one hour Slam Dunk Saturday show following the games on TNT did 470,000 viewers, their highest mark since drawing 470,000 for their February 21 episode which was two hours. The 18-49 demo was .10, their highest since February 14 (also two hours). The viewership is up 2.6% from last week’s show in the regular time slot while the demo was up 42.9% from the previous week.
The demo ties the largest rating the show has done in that category since October 15, 2025, which was a Wednesday episode following Dynamite. It’s the largest on a Saturday since May 29, 2025, which followed an NBA playoff game.
The lineup saw TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher vs. Robbie Eagles, the Death Riders, LFI, and the Sisters of Sin vs. the Brawling Birds.
It took 24 hours for them to blow past those numbers with the one hour Slam Dunk Sunday episode on TNT bringing in 616,000 viewers and a .12 rating in the 18-49 demo. The show featured an AEW Trios title defense, Tommaso Ciampa vs. Lio Rush, a Divine Dominion squash, and Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong vs. Lethal Twist.
That’s the highest audience for a Collision show since April 26, 2025, of last year and the 18-49 rating was the highest since May 29, 2025.
As compared to the same week in 2025 when AEW also ran split shows on Saturday and Sunday, the Saturday show was down 15.2% in total viewers and 50% in 18-49 while the Sunday show was up 5.5% in overall viewers but down 45.5% in 18-49.
Collision returns to its usual time slot and show length this Saturday. Both Slam Dunk episodes began at around 11:30 pm Eastern.
Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 730,000 viewers on TBS, up 17.9% from the previous week. It’s the largest audience for the show since June 18th of last year.
Dynamite averaged a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 30% from last week and was the second highest rating the show has done in that category since November 12th.
The show went head to head with Tru TV’s coverage of NCAA tournament play-in games which dominated the cable charts as well as CBS’s Survivor, which topped all television in both total viewers and 18-49. The show finished 8th on the cable charts for the night in the key demo.
As compared to the same week in 2025 the overall viewership was up 10.9% while the 18-49 rating was down 31.6%. It’s the 7th week out of the last 8 that the show has had a year over year increase in total viewers.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for AEW Dynamite on TBS as well as the 10 week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 20.8% in overall viewers and 30% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.
Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 458,000 viewers on TNT, up 23.8% from the previous week. It’s the highest audience for the show since February 21st.
Collision averaged a 0.07 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 40% from last week and was also the highest rating the show has done in that category since the February 21st episode.
On a Saturday night with the typical heavy sports competition, Collision finished tied for 19th on the primetime cable charts for the night in the 18-49 demo. It went head to head with UFC on Paramount+, the WBC on FOX, and college basketball games on various cable and network stations which dominated the charts.
As compared to the same week in 2025 the overall viewership was up 12.3% while the 18-49 rating was down 30%.
Listed below are the last 10 weeks of available overall viewership and 18-49 rating totals as well as the 9 week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 20.8% in overall viewers and 16.7% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.
This past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite averaged 619,000 viewers on TBS, down 4.8% from the previous week and the lowest audience for the show since February 11.
Dynamite averaged a 0.09 rating in the 18-49 demo, down 25% from last week and tying the lowest rating for the show since January 21 1hich was before Nielsen adjusted the way they determine ratings using the Big Data+Panel system.
There was tougher than usual sports competition with the World Baseball Classic on FS1 topping the cable ratings with a 0.48 18-49 rating and 1.674 million viewers overall. They were also head-to-head with an NBA game on ESPN and an NCAA game on ESPN 2.
Dynamite tied for 15th overall on the night on the primetime cable charts, much lower than their usual placing.
As compared to the same week in 2025, overall viewership was down 1.4% while the 18-49 rating was down 43.8%.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for AEW Dynamite on TBS as well as the 10 week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 6.3% in overall viewers but down 10% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.
