AEW: Announcement Scheduled for Wednesday, TV Viewer Number Expectations

AEW Announcement on Wednesday

AEW and TNT will make an announcement on Wednesday.

It’s expected that it will have something to do with their TV show debut date, time slot, name, location, etc.

The rumor is that the debut episode will air on Wednesday, October 2.

The calm before the storm… Tomorrow! #AreYouElite pic.twitter.com/nOoGrPnaBz

— All Elite Wrestling on TNT (@AEWonTNT) July 23, 2019

Viewer Number Expectations

People in the television industry are estimating that AEW’s debut episode on TNT will draw 400,000-500,000 viewers, according to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio.

That sounds low to me, especially for a debut episode, but the hope is that AEW will grow their audience over time.

As late as spring of 2018, Impact was drawing over 350,000 viewers on Pop, which is a much smaller station than TNT.