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Dave Meltzer’s AEW & WWE ratings analysis for last week’s shows

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

For the week of 11/11 to 11/17, in the cable entertainment category, Yellowstone on Paramount was first, followed by Raw, SmackDown, the debut of Landman on Paramount, and AEW Dynamite was fifth.

As far as overall in 18-49 on cable, Raw was 13th, behind five NFL related shows, two college football games, three NBA games, one college basketball game and Yellowstone. SmackDown was 22nd, lower than usual due to going against the Tyson-Paul fight. AEW Dynamite was 41st, even with its best number since late September.

Last year in the same week, Raw was first and AEW was fifth in entertainment and 15th and 25th overall. The main difference is that AEW was behind 13 FOX News shows during the week this year.

AEW Dynamite on 11/20, going against the Country Music Awards as well as the regular programming, did 640,000 viewers with a 0.20 (266,000 viewers) in 18-49 and an 0.12 in 18-34.

The CMA Awards on ABC did 6,092,000/0.81.

On cable, Dynamite was No. 5, behind two NBA games and two shows on FOX News. Chicago vs. Milwaukee NBA won the time slot at 1,217,000/0.35 but the later game after Dynamite was over won the night at 1,063,000/0.35 by 4,000 viewers. Jesse Watters did 3,734,000/0.25 for second place in hour one and Dynamite was third. In hour two, Dynamite was behind the NBA game but beat Hannity (2,972,000/0.19) by 3,000 viewers for second place. Other competition saw Real Housewives of Salt Lake City on Bravo at 444,000/0.16, Challenge on MTV at 341,000/0.15, Expedition Unknown on Discovery at 910,000/0.11, Sistas Series on BET at 744,000/0.09 and College Football on ESPN 2 with Ohio vs. Toledo at 414,000/0.08.

The Big Bang Theory lead-in did 973,000/0.17 which was the second highest entertainment show of the night behind Dynamite.

Dynamite was down 3.9 percent in viewers from last week, down 8.0 percent in 18-49 and up 15.6 percent in 18-34.

The show did 62,000 in men 18-34 (up 24.0 percent from last week), 27,000 in women 18-34 (same as last week), 122,000 in men 35-49 (down 17.6 percent) and 55,000 in women 35-49 (down 14.1 percent from last week).

The show only did 1.31 viewers per home and the audience was 69.2 percent male in 18-49.

From one year ago, it was down 23.9 percent in viewers, down 21.1 percent in 18-49 and down 21.9 percent in 18-34.  Factoring in homes lost by cable, the real drops were 19.1 percent in viewers, 13.1 percent in 18-49 and 14.0 percent in 18-34.

It opened with 747,000 viewers and 296,000 in 18-49 for Will Ospreay & Mark Davis & Powerhouse Hobbs & Ricochet vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher & Lance Archer & Brian Cage.

The rest of that match, promos with Darby Allin and the Death Riders and the Hurt Syndicate and Swerve Strickland angle did 671,000 viewers and 275,000 in 18-49.

Adam Cole & Kyle O’Reilly, a Conglomeration promo and Kris Statlander vs. Hikaru Shida did 634,000 viewers and 249,000 in 18-49.

The rest of Shida vs. Statlander, Mercedes Mone & Kamille, Hurt Syndicate and Bobby Lashley vs. Cheeseburger & Joe Keys did 667,000 viewers and 273,000 in 18-49.

The post-match stuff with Hurt Syndicate, Sweve Strickland and Prince Nana, Mina Shirakawa and Mariah May and star of Darby Allin vs. Claudio Castagnoli did 649,000 viewers and 269,000 in 18-49.

The end of Allin vs. Castagnoli, Private Party, A.J. The Costco guy and Big Justice, Roderick Strong and MJF promos did 630,000 viewers and 263,000 in 18-49.

Angles with Daniel Garcia and Jack Perry, Chris Jericho and Tomohiro Ishii which involved The Conglomeration and Learning Tree and Jamie Hayster promo did 594,000 viewers and 255,000 in 18-49.

The Julia Hart video and Orange Cassidy vs. Wheeler Yuta did 549,000 viewers and 246,000 in 18-49.

The end of that match and post-match with the Death Rider and Conglomeration did 597,000 viewers and 276,000 in 18-49.

NXT on 11/19 did 672,000 viewers with an 0.19 (250,000 viewers) in 18-49 and an 0.11 in 18-34.

The key to this being well above usual numbers when they don’t have main roster talent in key spots on the show, is the Chase U breakup angle. The Ridge Holland vs. Andre Chase main event for both a title shot and if Chase lost, he’d have to break up the group, in the main event slot, did 731,000 viewers and 0.21 which is much higher than main events usually do unless it’s a show with a major main roster star.

The biggest competition was Dancing with the Stars on ABC (5,187,000/0.75). CW once again beat FOX, which did an 0.14, to take fourth among the five networks. Cable competition included Cleveland vs. Boston NBA on TNT (1,691,000/0.50), Jessie Watters (4,038,000/0.27) and Hannity (3,322,000/0.20) on FOX News Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (796,000/0.20 and College Football with Miami of Ohio vs., Northern Illinois on ESPN (497,000/0.13).

The show was up 6.5 percent in viewers from the prior week, up 16.8 percent in 18-49 and even in 18-34.

The show did 1.37 viewers per home and 64.9 percent male in 18-49.

From one year ago on USA, the show was up 8.0 percent in viewers, up 1.6 percent in 18-49 and down 8.3 percent in 18-34.  

Raw on 11/18 did 1,516,000 viewers with an 0.49 (653,000 viewers) in 18-49 and an 0.32 in 18-34 for a taped show which is pretty impressive since it did the same in 18-49 for a taped show this week as last week even though last week had much easier NFL competition.

It was fourth on cable behind three NFL related shows on ESPN and second in the time slot.  The Houston Texans vs. Dallas Cowboys game did 8,622,000/1.46 on ABC, 7,490,000/2.42 on ESPN and 878,000/0.30 on ESPN 2 for a total of 16,990,000/4.18.  Raw beat everything on television for the day except the NFL.

The other competition was Jesse Watters (3,684,000/0.20) and Hannity (2,712,000/0.15) on FOX News, 90 Day Fiance Tow: Tel A on Bravo (932,000/0.18 and U.S. and USA vs. Jamaica soccer on TNT (273,000/0.11).

It was down 2.9 percent in viewers from last week, down 0.2 percent in 18-49 and up 3.2 percent in 18-49 even though football competition was tougher.

The first hour did 1,502,000 viewers and the second hour did 1,530,000 viewers.

The show did 1.41 viewers per home with 66.0 percent men in 18-49.

From one year ago, when the show went against a Chiefs vs. Eagles game that had more than 29 million viewers, it was up 3.9 percent in viewers, up 1.4 percent in 18-49 and down 3.0 percent in 18-34.  Factoring in homes lost by cable, the real percentage changes would be up 10.9 percent in viewers, up 11.5 percent in 18-49 and up 6.1 percent in 18-34. That makes sense given how much tougher the competition was last year.

Invincible Fight Girl, the Adult Swim show about a girl becoming a pro wrestler, airing at midnight, did 204,000 viewers and an 0.12 in 18-49. Aside from a Hallmark movie in prime time, it was the highest rated entertainment show on cable that day, beating Collision for that spot.

The taped Collision show on 11/16 did 356,000 viewers with an 0.11 (154,000 viewers) in 18-49 and 0.04 in 18-34.

The key was a bad number in men 18-34 but a good number in men 35-49.

Collision was No. 15 for the day on cable and fourth in the time slot was behind the UFC 309 prelims on FX (816,000/0.36), Arizona vs. Kansas State football on ESPN (849,000/0.21) and The Hallmark Christmas movie Jingle Bell Run (1,730,000/0.13).  It beat On Patrol Live, College Football on FS 1, College Football on the Big 10 network and College Basketball on the Big 10 Network. Network college football head-to-head saw Tennessee vs. Georgia on ABC (9,823,000/2.39), Oregon vs Washington on NBC (4,121,000/0.84) and Cincinnati vs. Iowa State on FOX (1,002,000/0.22).

The show was up 7.2 percent in viewers, up 14.1 percent in 18-49 and down 45.8 percent in 18-34.

The show did 12,000 in men 18-34 (down 66.7 percent), 14,000 in women 18-34 (up 16.7 percent), 95,000 in men 35-49 (up 50.8 percent) and 23,000 in women 35-49 (down 4.2 percent).  The show did 1.45 viewers per home and was 69.5 percent male viewers in 18-49.

From the prior year, with the show out of its regular slot so these comparisons don’t mean anything, It was up 31.9 percent in viewers, up 38.7 percent in 18-49 and down 38.1 percent in 18-34. The big increase was just because of comparing a show in its regular slot this year to one out of it last year.

Going against the Netflix broadcast of boxing, both wrestling shows on 11/15 did among their worst numbers ever. Really you can throw these numbers out regarding comparisons because they are total flukes.

Rampage on 11/15 did among its lowest numbers ever, doing head-to-head with the Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano fight. It did 186,000 viewers with an 0.06 (75,000 viewers) in 18-49s and a record low 0.02 in 18-34.

Rampage didn’t crack the top 25 for the night.  In the time slot, it was seventh behind Memphis vs, Golden State NBA game on ESPN (1,027,000/0.24, extremely low for the Warriors on ESPN), Gutfeld on FOX News (2,819,000/0.17), Scare Tactics on USA with the SmackDown lead-in (380,000/0.15), Mexico vs. Honduras soccer on Univision Deportes (237,000/0.09), On Patrol Live on Reelz (496,000/0.08), and Marquette vs. Maryland college basketball on FS 1 (221,000/0.07against the first 30 minutes of Rampage).

It was down 21.5 percent from the prior week in viewers, down 16.7 percent in 18-49 and down 31.8 percent in 18-34.

It did 10,000 in men 18-34 (down 16.7 percent from last week), 5,000 in women 18-34 (down 50.0 percent), 52,000 in men 35-49 (up 18.2 percent from last week which is shocking given the competition and 8,000 in women 35-49 (down 66.7 percent).

The show did just 1.23 viewers per home and the audience was 82.7 percent male in 18-49, which is an incredibly high percentage for a wrestling show.

From one year ago, it was down 33.6 percent in viewers, down 38,0 percent in 18-49 and down 57.1 percent in 18-34. Factoring in homes lost by cable doesn’t make much of a difference as the declines were 28.9 percent in viewers, down 31.4 percent in 18-49 and down 52.9 percent in 18-34.

SmackDown did its lowest numbers ever for a show on the USA Network, but there were FS1 shows in recent years that did lower numbers.

The show did 1,234,000 viewers with a 0.32 (432,000 viewers) in 18-49 and a 0.20 in 18-34.

What’s notable is the numbers were way down even though the Amanda Serrano vs. Katie Taylor fight didn’t even start until after SmackDown was over, which shows that a giant audience watched the entire boxing show and not just the top two fights.

SmackDown was No. 2 on cable and on all of television even with the lower than usual number, behind only the Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Antonio Spurs NBA game on ESPN that did 1,280,000 viewers and an 0.36 in 18-49.

The declines from last week would be entirely due to the fight, as it was down 19.7 percent in viewers, down 32.2 percent in 18-49 and down 25.9 percent in 18-34.

The show did 1.40 viewers per home with 64.6 percent male in 18-49.

It was down 44.1 percent in viewers from the same week last year, down 47.0 percent in 18-49 and down 50.0 percent in 18-34, but that’s meaningless given cable instead of network and the competition.

AEW Dynamite ratings down for Full Gear go-home show

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 640,000 viewers on TBS, down 3.9 percent from last week. Despite the decline from last week, this is the second-highest audience total for the show since October 2.

Dynamite finished fourth on the prime time cable charts with a 0.20 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 9.1 percent from last week but ties the second-largest rating Dynamite has done in that category since the October 2 episode.

The show went head-to-head with an NBA game on ESPN that topped the cable charts with a 0.35 rating in 18-49 and 1.2 million viewers overall, as well as the CMA Awards on ABC that averaged 6.1 million viewers and drew a 0.81 demo rating.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Dynamite’s overall viewership was down 24.3 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 23.1 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 3.2 percent in overall viewers and 5.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Jericho-Ishii contract signing added to AEW Dynamite

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Contracts will be signed this Wednesday.

It was announced on social media Tuesday that Chris Jericho and Tomohiro Ishii will meet on AEW Dynamite to sign a contract for their future ROH World Championship match that will take place on the November 27 edition of Dynamite.

The feud between Jericho and Ishii dates back to earlier in the year, when Ishii was written out of AEW storylines following an attack by Jericho. Since then, Ishii has made his return and even pinned Jericho when the Conglomeration fought The Learning Tree in a Fight Without Honor on the November 6 edition of Dynamite.

Ishii previously challenged Jericho for the ROH World title during Jericho’s first run as champion in 2022, but was unsuccessful.

Here’s the updated lineup for Reading, PA:

  • Orange Cassidy vs. Wheeler Yuta
  • Darby Allin vs. Claudio Castagnoli
  • Will Ospreay, Ricochet, Powerhouse Hobbs & Mark Davis vs. Konosuke Takeshita, Kyle Fletcher, Lance Archer & Brian Cage
  • Big Boom A.J. appearance
  • Kris Statlander vs. Hikaru Shida
  • Chris Jericho/Tomohiro Ishii ROH World title contract signing
  • Hechicero, Atlantis Jr., and Mascara Dorada in action

Eight-man tag match added to next AEW Dynamite

Posted on by Joseph Currier

AEW has booked a new matchup for next week’s edition of Dynamite.

On Dynamite’s go-home show for Full Gear, Will Ospreay, Ricochet, Powerhouse Hobbs & Mark Davis will team up against Konosuke Takeshita, Kyle Fletcher, Lance Archer & Brian Cage. AEW is billing the match as an All-Star eight-man tag.

This match will serve as a preview for Ospreay vs. Fletcher at Full Gear. Ricochet is being built up as a challenger for Takeshita’s AEW International Championship, with that match a possible addition to the PPV lineup.

Davis is returning to the ring after spending more than a year out of action due to injury. In this match, he’s facing his former Aussie Open tag team partner Fletcher.

Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania is hosting Dynamite next Wednesday. Three matches have been announced for the episode so far:

AEW Dynamite (Wednesday, November 20) —

  • Orange Cassidy vs. Wheeler Yuta
  • Darby Allin vs. Claudio Castagnoli
  • Will Ospreay, Ricochet, Powerhouse Hobbs & Mark Davis vs. Konosuke Takeshita, Kyle Fletcher, Lance Archer & Brian Cage

AEW Dynamite viewership and 18-49 demo rating up

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 666,000 viewers on TBS, up 27.3 percent from last week (when the show went head-to-head with WWE NXT). It’s the largest audience total for Dynamite since October 2.

Dynamite finished fifth on the primetime cable charts with a 0.22 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 37.5 percent from last week and is the best rating the show has done in that category since its September 25 episode.

The only major sports competition was an NBA game on ESPN that averaged 1.08 million viewers and drew a 0.34 rating in the 18-49 demo to top the cable charts.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Dynamite’s overall viewership was down 19.1 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 21.4 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 7.5 percent in overall viewers and 15.8 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

FREE SHOW! Wrestling Observer Radio: TKO earnings, Prichard & Hayes on leave, AEW vs. NXT

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Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including Bruce Prichard and Michael Hayes both on leave from WWE, TKO earnings report, the line-up for the Tokyo Dome and the AEW Wrestle Dynasty show the next day, ratings, full reviews of both AEW Dynamite and NXT, and more.

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Timestamps:
Start: Bruce Prichard & Michael Hayes taking leave of absence from WWE, TKO earnings call
16:30: Ireland lawsuit accuses Conor McGregor of rape
20:26: New NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19/Wrestle Dynasty matches
26:33: Harry Smith wins Triple Crown title, NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed card
33:58: Ratings
38:16: AEW Dynamite recap
1:02:47: WWE NXT 2300 recap
1:16:28: AEW Rampage spoilers

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AEW Dynamite viewership down slightly, 18-49 rating steady against World Series

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 628,000 viewers on TBS, down 1.4 percent from last week. It’s the lowest audience total the show has done in its regular time slot since August 7.

Dynamite drew a 0.19 rating in the 18-49 demo, finishing sixth on the primetime cable charts. That’s the same rating the show drew last week, which ties the lowest rating Dynamite has done in its regular time slot since July 31.

The show went head-to-head with game five of the MLB World Series, which averaged more than 18 million viewers. It was also up against portions of two NBA games on ESPN that topped the cable charts.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Dynamite was down 24.5 percent in overall viewers and down 32.1 percent in 18-49.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 2.5 percent in overall viewers and down five percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Orange Cassidy, Hangman Page appearances set for AEW Fright Night Dynamite

Posted on by Joseph Currier

A couple of new announcements have been made for AEW’s Halloween-themed edition of Dynamite.

Orange Cassidy and Hangman Page are both set to make appearances on Fright Night Dynamite this coming Wednesday. The show is being held at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland on the eve of Halloween.

Earlier this week, Cassidy’s best friend Chuck Taylor was stretchered out in an angle after being attacked by the Blackpool Combat Club. The attack enraged Cassidy and led to him promising to take care of the BCC, who have been tormenting the AEW roster since Jon Moxley’s heel turn.

AEW looks to be building up Cassidy as the next challenger for Moxley’s World Championship, potentially at Full Gear on Saturday, November 23.

One match that has been made official for the Full Gear pay-per-view is Page vs. Jay White. During his appearance on Fright Night Dynamite, Page will respond to White for the first time since White challenged him for Full Gear.

Here’s the updated Fright Night Dynamite lineup:

AEW Dynamite (Wednesday, October 30) —

  • Swerve Strickland vs. Shelton Benjamin
  • AEW Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks defend against Private Party (Private Party must split up if they lose)
  • Adam Cole vs. Buddy Matthews
  • Kris Statlander vs. Kamille
  • Orange Cassidy appears
  • We’ll hear from Hangman Page

AEW Dynamite viewership up, 18-49 demo rating down

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Wednesday night’s AEW Dynamite episode averaged 637,000 viewers on TBS, up 0.6 percent from last week. It’s the second-lowest audience total the show has done in its regular time slot since August 7.

Dynamite drew a 0.19 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down five percent from last week and matches the lowest rating the show has done in that category on its normal night since July 31.

The show went head-to-head with NBA basketball on ESPN and the NHL on TNT as well as a CNN Town Hall with presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Dynamite’s overall viewership was down 17.7 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 20.8 percent. Those numbers did hold up better than in recent weeks where the declines were closer to 30 percent in both categories.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 2.1 percent in overall viewers and down 9.5 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Wrestling Observer Live: Samantha Irvin gone, NXT to ECW Arena, weekend TV

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Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including the departure of Samantha Irvin, WWE running the former ECW Arena to go head-to-head with Dynamite, weekend TV, Bryan’s knee, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

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AEW Dynamite ratings rebound for WrestleDream fallout episode

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Wednesday night’s AEW Dynamite averaged 633,000 viewers on TBS, up 92.4 percent from last week when the show was moved to Tuesday. The viewership is down 6.9 percent from two weeks ago when Dynamite last aired in its normal time slot and is the lowest audience total the show has done on a Wednesday since August 7.

Dynamite drew a 0.20 rating in the 18-49 demo, doubling last week’s Tuesday episode that went partially against WWE NXT. Dynamite was sixth on the prime time cable charts but tied the second-lowest rating the show has done since September 4.

The show went head-to-head with both the NBA playoffs and WNBA Finals last week as well as an interview with presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Fox News.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Dynamite’s overall audience was down 29.7 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 35.5 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 2.5 percent in overall viewers and steady in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW files for ‘Fright Night Dynamite’ trademark

Posted on by Joseph Currier

AEW may be planning a special Halloween-themed episode of Dynamite for later this month.

On October 15, AEW applied to trademark the term “Fright Night Dynamite.” The promotion’s plans for the trademark have not been disclosed yet, but AEW has a Dynamite scheduled for the night before Halloween on Wednesday, October 30. The episode is taking place in Cleveland from the Wolstein Center.

All Elite Wrestling, LLC is listed as the owner of the trademark filing, which covers the following goods and services related to a pro wrestling program:

Entertainment in the nature of wrestling contests; Entertainment services in the nature of live professional wrestling performances; Entertainment services in the nature of production of professional wrestling programs and events; Entertainment services, namely, production and distribution of ongoing television programs in the field of professional wrestling

AEW has two more Dynamites before the October 30 episode. This week’s show is being held at the SAP Cener in San Jose, California. Next Wednesday, Dynamite heads to the Maverik Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Wrestling Observer Live: Death of Joe Koff, Janel Grant update, WWE Raw report

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Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including the passing of ROH’s Joe Koff, Janel Grant’s latest filing, NXT and AEW Dynamite lineups for this week, notes from the Monday’s WWE Raw and tons more.

A packed show as always so check it out~!

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Elite vs. Conglomeration trios match added to AEW Dynamite

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A new match announcement has been made for this week’s WrestleDream fallout edition of AEW Dynamite.

The Elite (Kazuchika Okada & The Young Bucks) will team up against The Conglomeration (Kyle O’Reilly, Orange Cassidy & Rocky Romero) in trios action this Wednesday night. The match will continue the build to a likely AEW Continental Championship match between Okada and O’Reilly.

During the WrestleDream pre-show, there was an angle where O’Reilly interrupted a backstage interview with Okada. O’Reilly — who said he has nothing but respect for Okada — wanted to challenge him for the Continental title. Okada turned down the challenge and called O’Reilly a “bitch,” which led to a brawl between the two.

Okada and O’Reilly were ejected from the arena at WrestleDream as part of the angle. Later in the night, The Young Bucks retained their AEW Tag Team titles against Private Party.

The SAP Center in San Jose, California is the venue for this week’s Dynamite. Here’s everything that’s been announced for the show so far:

AEW Dynamite (Wednesday, October 16) —

  • New AEW World Champion Jon Moxley appears
  • Mercedes Mone vs. Queen Aminata
  • Kazuchika Okada & The Young Bucks vs. Kyle O’Reilly, Orange Cassidy & Rocky Romero
  • Jay White vs. Christian Cage
  • Shelton Benjamin vs. Lio Rush
  • Adam Cole appears

AEW Dynamite Title Tuesday draws record-low ratings

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Last night’s Title Tuesday edition of AEW Dynamite — airing outside of the show’s normal day and time slot — averaged 329,000 viewers on TBS. That’s down 51.6 percent from last week and is the lowest audience in Dynamite’s history.

The episode drew a 0.10 rating in the 18-49 demo, down 50 percent from last week. It’s also the lowest rating Dynamite has ever done.

In addition to being moved to Tuesday, Dynamite started one hour later than usual. It went head-to-head with NXT during its first hour and also had competition from the MLB playoffs and the start of the NHL season.

Last year’s Title Tuesday Dynamite averaged 609,000 viewers and drew a 0.26 rating in 18-49. The overall viewership for that episode was about 2/3 of NXT’s viewership going head-to-head for the full two hours, while the 18-49 rating was 86 percent of NXT’s. This year, Dynamite’s overall audience was just over 1/3 of NXT’s and the 18-49 rating was 41.7 percent of NXT’s.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 51.4 percent in overall viewers and down 52.4 percent in 18-49 compared to the recent averages.