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AEW reveals info for Dynamite Diamond battle royal/finals & Maximum Carnage

Posted on by Josh Nason

The tradition of the AEW Dynamite Diamond ring will continue.

Announced on Wednesday, the annual Dynamite Diamond battle royal will take place on Wednesday, December 17 as part of a three-hour combo Holiday Bash edition of Dynamite/Collision from Manchester, England.

The two remaining men in the ring will then advance to the Dynamite Diamond ring finals as part of the Christmas Eve Dynamite on 34th Street, airing at a special time of 6 PM Eastern.

The winner of that match will challenge for the AEW World title at the Maximum Carnage edition of Dynamite on Wednesday, January 14 in Phoenix, Arizona.

The ring, introduced in 2019, has only been held by MJF who has been off TV since losing to Mark Briscoe at September’s All Out in a Tables ‘n’ Tacks match. Runners up include Hangman Page (2019); Orange Cassidy (2020); Dante Martin (2021); Ricky Starks (2022); Juice Robinson (2023); and Adam Cole (2024).

AEW Dynamite ratings up for Maximum Carnage

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Wednesday night’s Maximum Carnage edition of AEW Dynamite averaged 679,000 viewers on TBS, up 10.4 percent from last week. It’s the best TV viewership total for the show since October 2, though no data has been made available for Dynamite’s Max simulcast since that began at the start of 2025.

Dynamite drew a 0.18 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 5.9 percent from last week and ties the second-highest rating the show has done in that category since November 20.

The episode was headlined by a rare televised AEW World Championship match between Jon Moxley and Powerhouse Hobbs, featured Kenny Omega’s first AEW match since December 2023, and also included the first-ever women’s Casino Gauntlet Match.

As compared to the same week in 2024, Dynamite’s overall viewership was down 23.8 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 45.5 percent, so the television audience is skewing much older. With the show simulcast on Max it’s likely — but not known for sure — that those viewers would be younger than on traditional television.

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 up 14.2 percent in viewers but steady in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.