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Wednesday night’s Spring BreakThru edition of AEW Dynamite averaged 624,000 viewers on TBS, down 5.3 percent from the previous week. It’s the second-lowest viewership total for the show since March 5.
Dynamite drew a 0.17 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s the exact same rating as last week and ties the second-highest rating the show has done in that category since February 26.
The episode featured a loaded card in celebration of Dynamite surpassing WCW Nitro as the longest-running prime time wrestling series in TBS/TNT history. It went head-to head with an NBA playoff play-in tournament game on ESPN that averaged 2.073 million viewers and topped the cable charts with a 0.70 rating in the 18-49 demo.
As compared to the same week in 2024, Dynamite’s overall viewership was down 34.6 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 18.1 percent. This year’s numbers do not include viewers streaming the show on Max.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s episode was up 1.5 percent in overall viewers but steady in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.
For the week of 3/31 to 4/6, WWE SmackDown was the top rated entertainment show of the week on cable television, while AEW Dynamite was sixth place. If you would have included MAX numbers it would likely have been third behind SmackDown and White Lotus, and if you had included MAX number White Lotus would have been easily first and SmackDown would have been second.
Among all shows on cable during the week, SmackDown finished sixth, behind five NCAA women’s basketball game tournaments. The men’s tournament games were on network television this year.
AEW Dynamite ended up in 39th place, trailing UFC, Formula 1, an episode of SportsCenter, seven NBA related shows, one major league baseball game, one NHL game, 15 news shows and entertainment shows including a Food Network tournament of champions, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Curse of Oak Island.
Last year during the same week, Raw was the top rated entertainment show of the week on cable and Dynamite was fourth, while overall Raw was 11th, behind both men and women’s NCAA tournament games. Dynamite was 39th.
Last year this week SmackDown rated No. 3 among all shows on network television, beating everything but the women’s championship game and Survivor.
Wednesday night’s Dynasty fallout episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 659,000 viewers on TBS, up 10.9 percent from the previous week. It’s the second-largest audience total for the show since January 15.
Dynamite drew a 0.17 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 6.3 percent from last week and ties the second-highest rating the show has done in that category since February 26. In its time slot, Dynamite ranked third behind an NBA game and Fox News programming.
The Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks NBA game topped the cable charts with a 0.73 rating in 18-49 and averaged 2.261 million viewers overall.
As compared to the same week in 2024, Dynamite’s overall viewership was down 19.5 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 43.3 percent. This year’s numbers do not include viewers streaming the show on Max.
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 up 8.2 percent in overall viewers but steady in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.
Update —
Jon Moxley vs. Katsuyori Shibata has now been announced for AEW Dynamite tonight.
An eight-man tag match has also been added to tonight’s show. In storyline, each member of the winning team will receive $100,000. Will Ospreay is the captain of one team with Kevin Knight, Mark Briscoe & “Speedball” Mike Bailey as his partners. The other team is captained by Ricochet and also includes The Beast Mortos, Lio Rush & Action Andretti.
Plus, The Hurt Syndicate will hold a celebration after Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin successfully defended their AEW Tag Team titles against The Learning Tree (Big Bill & Bryan Keith) at Dynasty.
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Coming off his ROH World Championship loss, Chris Jericho is scheduled to appear on AEW Dynamite tonight.
A TV Time segment with Jericho has been announced for tonight’s Dynamite episode. He’ll address his loss from Dynasty, where Bandido defeated Jericho to become the new ROH World Champion.
The Jericho vs. Bandido match had a title vs. mask stipulation. It appeared that Jericho had won and Bandido would need to unmask, but the match was restarted because Jericho had used a baseball bat as a weapon while the referee was distracted. Bandido then hit the 21 Plex to get the win.
Bandido celebrated with his family in the ring after winning the title. There was a moment near the end of the match where Bandido’s sister slapped Jericho after he grabbed her by the hair at ringside.
This is Bandido’s second reign as ROH World Champion but the first time he’s held the title in the Tony Khan era. His first reign happened while Sinclair Broadcast Group owned the promotion.
Baltimore, Maryland is the location for tonight’s Dynamite episode. Here is everything that has been announced:
AEW Dynamite (Wednesday, April 9) —
Wednesday night’s AEW Dynamite episode averaged 594,000 viewers on TBS, down 10.4 percent from last week. It’s the lowest audience total for the show since February 19.
Dynamite drew a 0.16 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 5.9 percent from last week and ties the second-lowest rating the show has done since November 27 of last year.
Per Wrestlenomics, the show finished either fifth or sixth on the prime time cable charts, ranking behind competition from the NBA and Fox News. The early NBA game averaged 1.030 million viewers overall and drew a 0.28 rating in 18-49, while the late game did 1.069 million viewers and a 0.29.
As compared to the same week in 2024, Dynamite’s overall viewership was down 21 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 30.4 percent. The comparison does not factor in viewers streaming the show on Max.
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 3.5 percent in viewership and 5.9 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.
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Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including AEW All In Week, the Owen Hart tournament brackets, Dynamite and NXT from this week, a Mick Foley health update after a car crash, Miro signing with WWE, weekend previews, Collision spoilers, and more.
A fun show as always so check it out~!
Timestamps:
Start: AEW All In week, NXT Stand & Deliver start time, Mick Foley car crash
4:54: Bret Hart on Ariel Helwani
12:31: Miro has re-signed with WWE, The Rock’s new movie Smashing Machine out October 3, more on UFL
18:32: NJPW Sakura Genesis & other shows this weekend, UFC 316 lineup
27:41: Ratings
32:56: AEW Dynamite recap
57:30: WWE NXT recap
1:07:35: AEW Collision spoilers, Dave’s new book on 1998
Wednesday night’s AEW Dynamite episode averaged 663,000 viewers on TBS, up 0.8 percent from last week. It’s the largest audience total for the show since January 15 and is the second-best number Dynamite has done since November 13 of last year.
Dynamite drew a 0.17 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 10.5 percent from last week but ties the third-highest rating the show has done in that category since January 22.
The show went head-to-head with an NBA game on ESPN that topped the cable charts with a 0.43 rating in 18-49 and drew 1.451 million viewers overall.
As compared to the same week in 2024, Dynamite’s overall viewership was down 11.2 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 26.1 percent. That shows the audience is skewing a lot older on cable this year, but this year’s numbers do not include viewership on Max.
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 up 7.5 percent in viewers but steady in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.
Wednesday night’s edition of AEW Dynamite averaged 658,000 viewers on TBS, up 4.8 percent from last week. It’s the highest audience total for the show since January 15 and is the second-highest number for Dynamite since November 13 of last year.
In the 18-49 demo, Dynamite drew a 0.19 rating. That’s up 18.8 percent from last week and matches the best rating the show has done in that category since November 20 of last year.
The increased numbers came despite going head-to-head with NCAA March Madness play-in games on TruTV, including a game that topped the cable charts with a 0.74 rating in 18-49 and more than 2.4 million viewers overall. The Dynamite numbers also do not include viewers streaming the show on Max.
As compared to the same week in 2024, Dynamite’s overall viewership was down 17.8 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 29.6 percent.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for the show, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s episode was up 7.4 percent in viewers and 11.8 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.
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Wednesday night’s Revolution fallout episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 628,000 viewers on TBS, up 4.7 percent from last week. It’s the largest audience total for the show since January 22.
Dynamite finished sixth on the cable charts with a 0.16 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 23.1 percent from last week but ties the second-lowest rating the show has done in that category since November 27.
These numbers do not include viewers streaming the show on Max.
Dynamite went head-to-head with a Boston Celtics vs. Oklahoma City Thunder NBA game on ESPN that topped the cable charts with a 0.49 rating in the 18-49 demo, averaging 1.703 million viewers overall.
As compared to the same week in 2024, Dynamite was down 21.3 percent in overall viewership and 40.7 percent in the 18-49 demo.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of 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 3.2 percent in overall viewers but down 5.9 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.
Wednesday night’s Revolution go-home episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 600,000 viewers on TBS, up 0.3 percent from the previous week. It’s the best audience total for the show since February 5.
Dynamite finished eighth on the prime time cable charts with a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s a drop of 27.8 percent from last week and is the lowest rating the show has done in that category on a Wednesday night in history. The only episode lower was October 8 of last year when it was moved to Tuesday night opposite WWE NXT.
It should be noted that the numbers for this episode do not include viewers watching on the Max simulcast. The show went head-to-head with an NBA game on ESPN that topped the cable charts with a 0.27 rating in 18-49 and 1.036 million viewers overall, in addition to airing against a college basketball game on ESPN2.
As compared to the same week in 2024, Dynamite’s overall viewership was down 23 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 51.9 percent. The large disparity between those two percentages is likely due to the Max simulcast audience skewing younger.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down one percent in overall viewers and 23.5 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including Dynamite tonight, this weekend’s PPV, the full recap of NXT from Tuesday night, Collision ratings, some quick matches you should watch, all of the news and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 598,000 viewers on TBS, up 6.2 percent from last week. It’s the highest audience total for the show since February 5.
Dynamite drew a 0.18 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 5.9 percent from last week and ties the third-best rating the show has done in that category since November 20. These numbers do not include people streaming the show on Max.
AEW did 598K/0.18, that's with West Coast at 5 p.m., obviously not including MAX. Beat everything on cable but NBA & Fox News.
— Dave Meltzer (@davemeltzerWON) February 27, 2025
With the exception of the NBA and Fox News programming, Dynamite beat everything else on cable on the 18-49 rating charts, though the exact placement isn’t known at this time.
As compared to the same week in 2024, Dynamite’s overall viewership was down 27.3 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 37.9 percent.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 1.8 percent in viewers while the 18-49 rating was up 5.9 percent as compared to the recent averages.
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