More on AEW Dynamite Week 294 – May 21, 2025 Viewership, Collision Week 94 – May 17

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for May 21st

The May 21st episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW suffer a large decline in overall viewership, a small decline in key demographic rankings, and a slight decline in key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 575,000 viewers and a 0.15 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was #13 place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s declines this week was due to a combination of the stiff sports competition from the 2025 NBA and NHL Playoffs and the large decline from their older male key demographic viewership group, which was down 33.9% compared to last week’s show. Meltzer reported that the 2025 NBA Eastern Conference Finals game between the Pacers and Knicks drew the highest viewership for an ECF Game 1 since 2018. This reportedly offset the gains from their younger male key demographic viewership and older female key demographic viewership groups, which were up 15% and 20.5% respectively compared to last week’s show. Meltzer reported that the viewership on MAX for the show is currently not known. Meltzer also reported that AEW’s lead-in programming Big Bang Theory drew 738,000 viewers and a 0.15 rating.

In terms of head-to-head competition, the 2025 NBA Playoffs Game 1 of Indiana Pacers vs. New York Knicks drew 5,726,000 viewers on TNT and 824,000 viewers on truTV, the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Game 1 of Edmonton Oilers vs. Dallas Stars drew 1,460,000 viewers on ESPN, the MLB games of New York Mets vs. Boston and Atlanta vs. Washington drew 283,000 viewers on MLB Network, Survivor drew 4,559,000 viewers on CBS, Dr. Pimple Popper drew 375,000 viewers on TLC, Expedition Files drew 688,000 viewers on Discovery Channel, and Summer House drew 425,000 viewers on BRAVO.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 194,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 46,000 viewers (up 15%), Females 18-34 had 23,000 viewers (down 28.1%), Males 35-49 had 78,000 viewers (down 33.9%), and Females 35-49 had 47,000 viewers (up 20.5%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 63.9% in favor of males

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 19.4% in overall viewership and down 39.2% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 key demographic viewership was down 45.2% 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 – 732,000 overall viewers and 242,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Will Ospreay & Hangman Adam Page promo segment)
• 2Q – 644,000 overall viewers and 233,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Ospreay & Page promo segment, the Jon Moxley promo segment, and the start of the All-Star Trios match of Jon Moxley & Young Bucks vs. Swerve Strickland & The Opps)
• 3Q – 608,000 overall viewers and 192,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the All-Star Trios match)
• 4Q – 625,000 overall viewers and 196,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the All-Star Trios match & post-match brawl with Death Riders, Katsuyori Shibata, Willow Nightingale, & Kenny Omega, & Samoa Joe promo and the Hurt Syndicate, MJF, & Mark Sterling backstage interview segment)
• 5Q – 557,000 overall viewers and 187,000 key demo viewers (Hurt Syndicate & MJF membership contract signing segment & promo with Sons of Texas & MJF, the Kazuchika Okada backstage interview segment, and the start of the Anthony Bowens vs. Ricochet match)
• 6Q – 518,000 overall viewers and 181,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Bowens vs. Ricochet match & post-match brawl with Mark Briscoe and the Reyna Isis video segment)
• 7Q – 501,000 overall viewers and 176,000 key demo viewers (Stokely Hathaway & FTR backstage promo segment and the Mercedes Mone & Jamie Hayter promo segment & brawl)
• 8Q – 495,000 overall viewers and 168,000 key demo viewers (Mina Shirakawa vs. Julia Hart match & brawl with Skye Blue & “Timeless” Toni Storm, the Young Bucks backstage interview segment, and the start of the Young Bucks, The Opps, Death Riders, Kenny Omega, Swerve Strickland, Willow Nightingale, & Gabe Kidd brawl)
• Overrun – 455,000 overall viewers and 164,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Young Bucks, The Opps, Death Riders, Omega, Strickland, Nightingale, & Kidd brawl segment)

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More on AEW Collision Viewership for May 17th

The May 17th episode of AEW Collision saw AEW gain a small increase in overall viewership but suffered a slight decline in key demographic ratings. That week’s show was notable for being the Collision Beach Break 2025 special, Collision returning to its regular timeslot after the prior week’s show being preempted to a Thursday night timeslot, the show being a taped and not a live show, and for also ending 30 minutes early due to technical issues on TNT’s end.

AEW drew 398,000 viewers and a 0.08 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was #24 place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s mixed results that week was due to a combination of weaker than usual sports competition due to the lack of the NBA Playoffs that night and the gain from their Over 50 demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given. This reportedly mostly offset the decline from their overall key demographic viewership group, which was down 11.1% compared to the prior week’s show. Meltzer reported that prior to the show being abruptly cut, AEW’s overall viewership had growing through the show. Meltzer reported that the viewership on MAX for the show is currently not known.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playofffs Game 6 of Winnipeg Jets vs. Dallas Stars drew 2,275,000 viewers on ABC, the Baseball Night in America games of Atlanta vs. Boston and Minnesota vs. Milwaukee drew 1,906,000 viewers on FOX, and the MLB games of Los Angeles Angels vs. Los Angeles Dodgers and Athletics vs. San Francisco drew 311,000 viewers on MLB Network, the 2025 College Softball Regionals game of LSU vs. Southeastern Louisiana drew 475,000 viewers on ESPN, and On Patrol Live drew 561,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 109,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 18,000 viewers, Females 18-34 had 15,000 viewers, Males 35-49 had 52,000 viewers, and Females 35-49 had 24,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 64.2% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 23.9% in overall viewership and down 45.5% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 key demographic viewership was down 41.4% 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 Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 382,000 overall viewers and 96,000 key demo viewers (Megan Bayne vs. Anna Jay match, the Nigel McGuinness promo segment, and the start of the Kyle Fletcher vs. AR Fox match)
• 2Q – 371,000 overall viewers and 102,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Fletcher vs. Fox match and the Will Ospreay & Hangman Adam Page video segment)
• 3Q – 386,000 overall viewers and 113,000 key demo viewers (Don Callis Family vs. Bandido, Tomohiro Ishii, & Brody King Trios match & post-match brawl with The Outrunners, the Paragon & Grizzled Young Veterans backstage interview segment, and the Blake Christian vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey match & post-match Bailey promo & attack by LFI to Bailey)
• 4Q – 432,000 overall viewers and 123,000 key demo viewers (The Learning Tree & Gates of agony video segment and the bulk of the Chicago Street Fight match of The Learning Tree vs. Gates of Agony)
• ** 5Q – 430,000 overall viewers and 107,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Chicago Street Fight match and the Steve “Mongo” McMichael Tribute segment)

** This quarter featured the last eight minutes being a commercial break due to the show feed getting abruptly cut.