More on AEW Dynamite Week 292 – May 7, 2025 Viewership, Collision Week 92 – May 3

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for May 7th

The May 7th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW’s overall viewership, key demographic ratings, and key demographic ratings be equal to last week’s show.

AEW drew 629,000 viewers and a 0.16 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was #10 place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s equalness this week was due to the small increase from their Over 50 demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given, and the large gains from their younger male key demographic viewership and older female key demographic viewership groups, which were up 72.7% and 2.3% compared to last week’s show. This reportedly offset the stiff sports competition from the 2025 NBA and NHL Playoffs and the large declines from their younger female key demographic viewership and older male key demographic viewership groups, which were down 33.3% and 11% compared to last week’s show. Meltzer reported that the viewership on MAX for the show is currently not known. Meltzer also reported that while the viewership for AEW’s lead-in programming Big Bang Theory is currently not known, it drew a 0.09 rating which is one of the lowest lead-in numbers for a Dynamite show since Dynamite’s move to TBS.

In terms of head-to-head competition, the 2025 NBA Playoffs Game 2 of New York Knicks vs. Boston Celtics drew 4,258,000 viewers on TNT and 348,000 viewers on truTV, the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Game 2 of Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Carolina Hurricanes drew 1,041,000 viewers on ESPN, the MLB games of San Diego vs. New York Yankees and Cincinnati vs. Atlanta drew 369,000 viewers on MLB Network, Survivor drew 4,426,000 viewers on CBS, Dr. Pimple Popper drew 341,000 viewers on TLC, Expedition Files drew 583,000 viewers on Discovery Channel, and Summer House drew 335,000 viewers on BRAVO.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 208,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 38,000 viewers (up 72.7%), Females 18-34 had 28,000 viewers (down 33.3%), Males 35-49 had 97,000 viewers (down 11%), and Females 35-49 had 45,000 viewers (up 2.3%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 64.9% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 11.5% in overall viewership and down 35% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 key demographic viewership was down 27.5% compared to the same week last year. Meltzer also reported that one main reason for the large declines is due to the unknown key demographic viewership migration on MAX compared to last year’s show.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 714,000 overall viewers and 221,000 key demo viewers (Hangman Adam Page, Will Ospreay, & Don Callis Family promo segment)
• 2Q – 719,000 overall viewers and 242,000 key demo viewers (Stokely Hathaway & FTR promo segment & stuff with Tony Schiavone, the Anna Jay & Harley Cameron backstage promo segment, and the bulk of the AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator Four-way match of Thunder Rosa vs. Penelope Ford vs. Anna Jay vs. “Timeless” Toni Storm (c))
• 3Q – 677,000 overall viewers and 230,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator Four-way match & post-match stuff with Storm & Rosa, and the Hurt Syndicate & Top Flight promo & attack by MJF to Top Flight & MJF and Bobby Lashley promo segment)
• 4Q – 662,000 overall viewers and 241,000 key demo viewers (The Elite & Ricochet backstage promo segment & stuff with Death Riders, the ROH World Television Championship match of Rhino vs. Nick Wayne (c) & post-match stuff with Christian Cage, and the RUSH backstage promo segment)
• 5Q – 632,000 overall viewers and 222,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the “Speedball” Mike Bailey, Mark Briscoe, & Swerve Strickland vs. Ricochet & The Young Bucks Trios match)
• 6Q – 550,000 overall viewers and 183,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Bailey, Briscoe, & Strickland vs. Ricochet & The Young Bucks Trios match, the Will Ospreay & MJF backstage segment, the Jamie Hayter backstage interview segment & brawl with Mercedes Mone, and the Willow Nightingale & Kris Statlander backstage segment)
• 7Q – 555,000 overall viewers and 174,000 key demo viewers (RUSH attack on Kevin Knight, the AEW Continental Championship Eliminator match of Knight vs. Kazuchika Okada (c) & post-match attack by Okada & stuff with Bailey, and the Don Callis backstage promo segment)
• 8Q – 540,000 overall viewers and 162,000 key demo viewers (Hurt Syndicate backstage interview segment and the bulk of the Claudio Castagnoli vs. Samoe Joe match)
• Overrun – 583,000 overall viewers and 182,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Castagnoli vs. Joe match & post-match brawl with Death Riders & Powerhouse Hobbs)

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More on AEW Collision Viewership for May 3rd

The May 3rd episode of AEW Collision saw AEW suffer a very large decline in overall viewership and a large decline in key demographic ratings and key demographic rankings. That week’s show was notable for Collision being preempted to TBS due to TNT airing an Avengers movies marathon that night and for also airing at its normal timeslot following last week’s show being preempted to a later start time due to TNT’s 2025 NBA Playoffs coverage.

AEW drew 341,000 viewers and a 0.06 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was outside the Top 25.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s declines that week was due to a combination of not having the 2025 NBA Playoffs for the lead-in compared to the prior week’s show, Collision being preempted to a different network, and the large decline from their overall key demographic viewership group, which was down 73.3% compared to the prior week’s show. Of AEW’s key demographic viewership increase, their younger key demographic viewership group was down 86.3% compared to the prior week’s show. Meltzer reported that AEW’s DVR viewership for the show was also affected by the show not recording on multiple cable systems due to the network change. Meltzer also reported that the viewership on MAX for the show is currently not known.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2025 NBA Playoffs Game 7 of Los Angeles Clippers vs. Denver Nuggets drew 3,775,000 viewers on TNT and 431,000 viewers on truTV, the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Game 7 of Colorado Avalanche vs. Dallas Stars drew 2,421,000 viewers on ABC, the MLB games of Kansas City vs. Baltimore and Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Atlanta drew 1,251,000 viewers on FOX, the UFC Fight Night Sandhagen vs Figueiredo drew 642,000 viewers on ESPN, and On Patrol Live drew 456,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 74,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 8,000 viewers (down 87.9%), Females 18-34 had 8,000 viewers (down 84.3%), Males 35-49 had 46,000 viewers (down 65.3%), and Females 35-49 had 12,000 viewers (down 76.5%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 73% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW did not hold a show for the same week last year due to Collision taking the week off due to 2024 NBA Playoffs coverage on TNT for that night.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 386,000 overall viewers and 78,000 key demo viewers (AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator match of Lady Frost vs. “Timeless” Toni Storm (c) & post-match promo by Storm and the Jon Moxley & Marina Shafir backstage promo segment)
• 2Q – 332,000 overall viewers and 74,000 key demo viewers ($100,000 High Speed Collision Four-way match of RUSH vs. Sammy Guevara vs. AR Fox vs. Kevin Knight)
• 3Q – 323,000 overall viewers and 65,000 key demo viewers (Samoa Joe video promo segment, the Paragon, Stokely Hathaway, & FTR video promo segment, and the bulk of the Megan Bayne vs. Harley Cameron match)
• 4Q – 349,000 overall viewers and 67,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Bayne vs. Cameron match & post-match brawl with Penelope Ford & Anna Jay, the Jon Moxley & Marina Shafir promo segment, and the Outrunners backstage interview segment)
• 5Q – 338,000 overall viewers and 77,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Josh Alexander vs. Brody King match)
• 6Q – 356,000 overall viewers and 65,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Alexander vs. King match & post-match brawl with Lance Archer, the Cru video promo segment, the Max Caster pre-match promo segment, the Max Caster Open Challenge Series match of Caster vs. Daniel Garcia & post-match promo by Garcia, the Anthony Bowens, Billy Gunn, Blake Christian, & Lee Johnson backstage segment, and the Gates of Agony vs. Ray Jazz & Goldy tag team match)
• 7Q – 312,000 overall viewers and 72,000 key demo viewers (The post-match Learning Tree promo, the Gates of Agony & Learning Tree backstage brawl segment, and the start of the Best 2-out-of-3 Falls match of FTR vs. Paragon)
• 8Q – 333,000 overall viewers and 75,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Best 2-out-of-3 Falls match)
• Overrun – 333,000 overall viewers and 68,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Best 2-out-of-3 Falls match & post-match stuff & promo by Daniel Garcia)