More on AEW Dynamite Week 211 Viewership – Oct. 18, 2023, Rampage Week 114 – Oct. 13, Collision Week 18 – Oct. 14

Oct 21, 2023

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for October 18th

The October 18th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a very large increase in overall viewership, a large increase in key demographic ratings, and a slight increase in key demographic rankings. This week’s show was notable for Dynamite airing on its normal Wednesday night timeslot following last week’s show being preempted to a Tuesday night timeslot due to TBS’ commitments with the 2023 MLB Playoffs.

AEW drew 901,000 viewers and a 0.31 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 3rd place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s increases was due to the large gains from their older male key demographic viewership and older female key demographic viewership groups, which were up 32.6% and 28.1% respectively compared to two week’s ago show. This reportedly offset the stiff sports competition that night and large decline from their younger male key demographic viewership group, which was down 12.2% compared to two week’s ago show.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2023 WNBA Finals Game 4 of New York Liberty vs. Las Vegas Aces drew 889,000 viewers on ESPN, the 2023 MLB Playoffs ALCS Game 3 of Houston Astros vs, Texas Rangers drew 4,640,000 viewers on FS1, the NHL game of Detroit Red Wings vs. Pittsburgh Penguins drew 699,000 viewers on TNT, Sistas Series drew 1,060,000 viewers on BET, and House Hunters drew 734,000 viewers on Home and Garden TV.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 405,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 was 108,000 viewers, Females 18-34 was 50,000 viewers, Males 35-49 was 175,000 viewers, and Females 35-49 was 73,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s male/female viewership split was 283,000 male viewers and 123,000 female viewers for a split of 69.9% in favor of males.

In terms of the one million viewership milestone, one of AEW’s eight quarters drew one million or more viewers. AEW’s peak quarter hour viewership was at 1,001,000 viewers for their first quarter while their quarter low was at 762,000 viewers for their eighth quarter.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was up 19.8% in overall viewership and up 19.2% in key demographic viewership.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 1,001,000 overall viewers and 405,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Jay White vs. Penta El Zero Miedo match)
2Q – 931,000 overall viewers and 430,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the White vs. Penta match & post-match promo with Bullet Club Gold, the MJF, The Acclaimed, & Billy Gunn backstage promo segment, and the start of the AEW Women’s Championship Eliminator match of Emi Sakura vs. Hikaru Shida)
3Q – 924,000 overall viewers and 427,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Sakura vs. Shida match, the Adam Copeland taped backstage interview segment, and the Wardlow vs. Ryan Nemeth match & post-match Wardlow interview segment)
4Q – 934,000 overall viewers and 427,000 key demo viewers (Kenny Omega & MJF backstage segment, the Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, & The Kingdom video segment, and the Don Callis, Powerhouse Hobbs, Konosuke Takeshita, & Kyle Fletcher in-ring promo segment)
5Q – 929,000 overall viewers and 413,000 key demo viewers (Fletcher vs. Kenny Omega match and the Danhausen video promo segment)
6Q – 892,000 overall viewers and 406,000 key demo viewers (Lance Archer vs. Barrett Brown match, the Swerve Strickland & Prince Nana video promo segment, the Sting in-ring promo segment, and Toni Storm video segment)
7Q – 861,000 overall viewers and 390,000 key demo viewers (Nick Wayne, Wayne’s mom, & Christian Cage backstage sitdown interview segment & brawl with Darby Allin, Wayne, Cage, Luchasaurus, & Sting, and The Best Friends, HOOK, Kris Statlander, & Orange Cassidy backstage interview segment)
8Q – 762,000 overall viewers and 356,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Dynamite Dozen Battle Royale match)
Overrun – 836,000 overall viewers and 376,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Dynamite Dozen Battle Royale match & post-match angle with MJF, Jay White, & Juice Robinson)

More on AEW Rampage Viewership for October 13th

The October 13th episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW gain a small increase in overall viewership and a slight increase in key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 407,000 viewers and a 0.14 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 20th place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s increases that week was due to the stronger than usual lead-in viewership from the NBA Preseason game of Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs, which drew 561,000 viewers. Another reason reportedly was due to the large gains from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was up 63% compared to the prior week’s show. This reportedly offset the broadcast-related issues of the show starting six minutes early at 9:54PM EST and AEW’s West Coast viewership being affected over the show airing three hours earlier than usual.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the College Football game of Stanford vs. Colorado drew 3,288,000 viewers on ESPN, the NBA Preseason game of Golden State Warriors vs. Los Angeles Lakers drew 777,000 viewers on ESPN2, Love After Lockup drew 365,000 viewers on WETV, House Hunters drew 770,000 viewers on Home and Garden TV, and On Patrol Live drew 772,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 188,000 viewers.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 11.1% in overall viewership and down 14.5% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was up 27.5% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Rampage quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

Early start (6 minutes) – 324,000 viewers and 154,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Hardys & Brother Zay vs. Matt Menard, Angelo Parker, & Daniel Garcia Trios match)
1Q – 448,000 overall viewers and 212,000 key demo viewers (Ending of The Hardys & Brother Zay vs. Menard, Parker, & Garcia Trios match, the Penta El Zero Miedo, Alex Abrahantes, & Bullet Club Gold backstage segment, and the Menard, Parker, Garcia, & Jake Hager backstage interview segment)
2Q – 429,000 overall viewers and 201,000 key demo viewers (Jay Lethal vs. Trent Beretta match and the Santana & Ortiz video promo segment)
3Q – 403,000 overall viewers and 162,000 key demo viewers (Skye Blue vs. Emi Sakura match and the first half of the Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli vs. The Gates of Agony tag team match)
4Q * – 369,000 overall viewers and 162,000 key demo viewers (Latter half of the Yuta & Castagnoli vs. The Gates of Agony tag team match)

Rampage’s fourth quarter ended around six minutes earlier than usual due to the show starting earlier than its usual start time of 10PM EST.

More on AEW Collision Viewership for October 14th

The October 14th episode of AEW Collision saw AEW gain a very large increase in overall viewership and a large increase in key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 504,000 viewers and a 0.14 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 16th place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s increases that week was due to the large gains from their younger female key demographic viewership and older female key demographic viewership groups, which were up 54.5% and 44.4% respectively compared to the prior week’s show. Another reason reportedly was due to the large gain from their Over 50 demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given. This reportedly offset the stiff sports competition that night from College football.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the College Football game of USC vs. Notre Dame drew 6,426,000 viewers on NBC, the College Football game of Miami vs. North Carolina drew 3,081,000 viewers on ABC, the College Football game of Auburn vs. Louisiana State drew 2,164,000 viewers on ESPN, the College Football game of UCLA vs. Oregon State drew 1,212,000 viewers on FOX, the College Football game of Kansas State vs. Texas Tech drew 770,000 viewers on FS1, the College Football game of Louisville vs. Pittsburgh drew 569,000 viewers on The CW, the soccer game of Mexico vs. Ghana drew 1,493,000 viewers on TUDN, and On Patrol Live drew 659,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 186,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 47,000 viewers (up 9.3%), Females 18-34 had 17,000 viewers (up 54.5%), Males 35-49 had 70,000 viewers (down 1.4%), and Females 35-49 had 52,000 viewers (up 44.4%). Meltzer reported that the male/female viewership skew was 117,000 male viewers and 69,000 female viewers for a split of 62.9% in favor of males.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 527,000 overall viewers and 202,000 key demo viewers (Adam Copeland, Christian Cage, Luchasaurus, Nick Wayne, Bryan Danielson, FTR, & Ricky Starks & Big Bill promo & brawl segment)
2Q – 516,000 overall viewers and 173,000 key demo viewers (MJF video segment and the ROH World Television Championship match of Willie Mack vs. Samoa Joe (c))
3Q – 478,000 overall viewers and 170,000 key demo viewers (CJ Perry & Action Andretti backstage segment, the Danhausen video promo segment, and the bulk of the Juice Robinson vs. Christopher Daniels match)
4Q – 508,000 overall viewers and 199,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Robinson vs. Daniels match & post-match Bullet Club Gold promo segment, the Dustin Rhodes video promo segment, the Nick Wayne backstage interview segment, and the Kyle Fletcher vs. Boulder match)
5Q – 491,000 overall viewers and 196,000 key demo viewers (The Acclaimed, Billy Gunn, Renee Paquette, Matt Menard, Angelo Parker, & Jake Hager backstage segment and the TBS Championship match of Skye Blue vs. Kris Statlander (c))
6Q – 460,000 overall viewers and 180,000 key demo viewers (Blue vs. Statlander post-match angle with Wiilow Nightingale, the Kyle Fletcher backstage promo segment, the La Faccion Ingobernable video promo segment, the Keith Lee vs. Turbo Floyd match, and the Miro backstage promo segment with Action Andretti)
7Q – 477,000 overall viewers and 158,000 key demo viewers (First half of the TNT Championship match of Bryan Danielson vs. Christian Cage (c))
8Q – 554,000 overall viewers and 197,000 key demo viewers (Second half of the TNT Championship match)
Overrun – 595,000 overall viewers and 206,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the TNT Championship & post-match brawl with Big Bill, Ricky Starks, Nick Wayne, Luchasaurus, FTR, & Adam Copeland)