More on AEW Dynamite Week 221 Viewership – Dec. 27, 2023, Rampage Week 124 – Dec. 22, Collision Week 28 – Dec. 23

Dec 31, 2023

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for December 27th

The December 27th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a large increase in overall viewership and key demographic ratings. This week’s show was notable for being the Dynamite New Year’s Smash 2023 special.

AEW drew 843,000 viewers and a 0.31 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night is currently not known.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s increases this week was due to the large gains from their female key demographic viewership and older male key demographic viewership groups, which were up 44.3% and 10.1% compared to last week’s show.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the NBA game of Toronto Raptors vs. Washington Wizards drew 246,000 viewers on NBA TV, the College football Holiday Bowl 2023 game of USC vs. Louisville drew 3,510,000 viewers on FOX, the College football Texas Bowl 2023 game of Oklahoma State vs. Texas A&M drew 3,080,000 viewers on ESPN, and the NHL game of Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo Sabres drew 438,000 viewers on TNT.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 408,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 was 106,000 viewers (up 5%), Females 18-34 was 50,000 viewers (up 31.6%), Males 35-49 was 175,000 viewers (up 10.1%), and Females 35-49 was 77,000 viewers (up 54%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s male/female viewership split was 281,000 male viewers and 127,000 female viewers for a split of 68.9% in favor of males.

In terms of the one million viewership milestone, none of AEW’s eight quarters drew one million or more viewers. AEW’s peak quarter hour viewership was at 983,000 viewers for their first quarter while their quarter low was at 781,000 viewers for their eighth quarter.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 3.8% in overall viewership but up 11.8% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was up 18% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 983,000 overall viewers and 418,000 key demo viewers (First half of the AEW Continental Classic Gold League Finals Triple Threat match of Jon Moxley vs. Swerve Strickland vs. Eddie Kingston)
2Q – 869,000 overall viewers and 395,000 key demo viewers (Latter half of the AEW Continental Classic Gold League Finals Triple Threat match)
3Q – 839,000 overall viewers and 396,000 key demo viewers (Swerve Strickland & Prince Nana backstage interview segment, the Mariah May interview segment & brawl with Riho & Toni Storm, and the Top Flight, Action Andretti, Orange Cassidy, Rocky Romero, & Trent Beretta backstage segment)
4Q – 867,000 overall viewers and 408,000 key demo viewers (Miro video promo segment and the Don Callis Family & Sammy Guevara in-ring segment & brawl with Chris Jericho, Sting, & Darby Allin)
5Q – 792,000 overall viewers and 399,000 key demo viewers (Roderick Strong & The Kingdom backstage interview segment and the start of the AEW Continental Classic Blue League Finals match of Bryan Danielson vs. Eddie Kingston)
6Q – 832,000 overall viewers and 433,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the AEW Continental Classic Blue League Finals match & bilk of the post-match promo with Jon Moxley & Kingston)
7Q – 794,000 overall viewers and 411,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Moxley & Kingston promo segment, the Christian Cage, Nick Wayne, & Shayna Wayne backstage interview segment & brawl with Adam Copeland, and the start of the Kris Statlander vs. Sky Blue match)
8Q – 781,000 overall viewers and 398,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Statlander vs. Blue match & post-match brawl with Julia Hart & Willow Nightingale, the Outcasts & Harley Cameron, and the start of the ROH World Tag Team Championship match of AEW Devil’s masked minions vs. Samoa Joe & MJF (c))
Overrun – 807,000 overall viewers and 423,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the ROH World Tag Team Championship match & post-match brawl with AEW Devil’s masked minions & Samoa Joe)

More on AEW Rampage Viewership for December 22nd

The December 22nd episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW gain a large increase in overall viewership and key demographic rankings and a slight increase in key demographic ratings. That week’s show was notable for being the Rampage Holiday Bash 2023 special.

AEW drew 363,000 viewers and a 0.10 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 17th 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 very large gain from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was up 73.3% compared to the prior week’s show.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the NBA game of Washington Wizards vs. Golden State Warriors drew 1,427,000 viewers on ESPN, the College basketball game of Illinois vs. Missouri drew 450,000 viewers on FS1, the College basketball game of Maryland vs. UCLA drew 258,000 viewers on ESPN2, Bering Sea Gold drew 925,000 viewers on Discovery Channel, 90 Day Fiance First Look drew 283,000 viewers on TLC, Love After Lockup drew 202,000 viewers on WETV, and House Hunters drew 642,000 viewers on Home and Garden TV.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 134,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 28,000 viewers (up 33.3%), Females 18-34 had 24,000 viewers (up 166.7%), Males 35-49 had 64,000 viewers (up 3.2%), and Females 35-49 had 18,000 viewers (up 20%). Meltzer reported that the male/female viewership skew was 92,000 male viewer and 42,000 female viewers for a split of 68.7% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 35.9% in overall viewership and down 43% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 46.9% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Rampage quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 413,000 overall viewers and 131,000 key demo viewers (AEW International Championship match of Rocky Romero vs. Orange Cassidy (c))
2Q – 334,000 overall viewers and 118,000 key demo viewers (Kris Statlander & Stokely Hathaway backstage segment, the Brian Cage & Prince Nana backstage promo segment, and the start of The Hardys vs. The Kingdom tag team match)
3Q – 364,000 overall viewers and 142,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Hardys vs. The Kingdom tag team match, the Outcasts & Angelo Parker backstage segment, and the Skye Blue vs. Queen Aminata match)
4Q – 341,000 overall viewers and 145,000 key demo viewers (AAA Mega Championship match of Black Taurus vs. El Hijo del Vikingo (c))

More on AEW Collision Viewership for December 23rd

The December 23rd episode of AEW Collision saw AEW gain a large increase in key demographic rankings, a small increase in key demographic rankings, and a slight increase in key demographic ratings. That week’s show was notable for being the Collision Holiday Bash 2023 special.

AEW drew 489,000 viewers and a 0.16 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 9th place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s increases that week was due to the weaker than usual sports competition that night especially from UFC and the large gains from their younger female key demographic viewership and older male key demographic viewership groups, which were up 192.9% and 25% respectively compared to the prior week’s show. This reportedly offset the large declines from their younger male key demographic viewership and older female key demographic viewership groups, which were down 42.6% and 30.3% respectively compared to the prior week’s show.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the College football 68 Ventures Bowl game of South Alabama vs. Eastern Michigan drew 765,000 viewers on ESPN, the College football Las Vegas Bowl game of Northwestern vs. Utah drew 3,090,000 viewers on ABC, the College basketball game of St. John’s vs. UCONN drew 961,000 viewers on FOX, and 90 Day Other Way drew 388,000 viewers on TLC.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 210,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 31,000 viewers (down 42.6%), Females 18-34 had 41,000 viewers (up 192.9%), Males 35-49 had 115,000 viewers (up 25%), and Females 35-49 had 23,000 viewers (down 30.3%). Meltzer reported that the male/female viewership skew was 146,000 male viewers and 64,000 female viewers for a split of 69.5% in favor of males.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 529,00 overall viewers and 213,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the AEW Continental Classic Blue League match of Bryan Danielson vs. Claudio Castagnoli)
2Q – 491,000 overall viewers and 203,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Danielson vs. Castagnoli match and the Jon Moxley, Swerve Strickland, & Jay White promos video segment)
3Q – 479,000 overall viewers and 189,000 key demo viewers (AEW World Trios Championship match of Top Flight & Action Andretti vs. The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn (c) and the HOOK video promo segment)
4Q – 525,000 overall viewers and 219,000 key demo viewers (Keith Lee vs. Brian Cage match & post-match Lee promo, the Toni Storm, Mariah May, & Luther backstage interview segment, and the start of the Christian Cage & Nick Wayne promo segment)
5Q – 510,000 overall viewers and 219,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Cage, Wayne, & Shayna Wayne promo segment, the Ricky Starks, Big Bill, & Chris Jericho backstage segment, and the start of the AEW Continental Classic Blue League match of Brody King vs. Daniel Garcia)
6Q – 475,000 overall viewers and 217,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the King vs. Garcia match & post-match brawl with House of Black, Matt Menard, & FTR & promo by FTR, and the start of the Skye Blue & Julia Hart vs. Abadon & Thunder Rosa match)
7Q – 452,000 overall viewers and 211,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Blue & Hart vs. Abadon & Rosa match and the start of the AEW Continental Classic Blue League match of Eddie Kingston vs. Andrade El Idolo)
8Q – 455,000 overall viewers and 207,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Kingston vs. Andrade match)
Overrun – 488,000 overall viewers and 209,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Kingston vs. Andrade match & post-match angle with Bryan Danielson)