More on AEW Dynamite Week 295 – May 28, 2025 Viewership, Collision Week 95 – May 22

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for May 28th

The May 28th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a large increase in overall viewership and a slight increase in key demographic ratings and key demographic rankings.

AEW drew 636,000 viewers and a 0.16 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was #12 place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s increases this week was due to the increases from their Over 50 demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given, and their younger female key demographic viewership and older male key demographic viewership groups, which were up 65% and 30.8% respectively compared to last week’s show. This reportedly offset the declines from their younger male key demographic viewership and older female key demographic viewership groups, which were down 2.2% and 21.3% respectively compared to last week’s show. This reportedly also offset the weaker than usual first quarter hour viewership due to AEW’s lead-in viewership being lower than usual. 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 721,000 viewers and a 0.12 rating.

In terms of head-to-head competition, the 2025 NBA Playoffs Game 5 of Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Oklahoma City Thunder drew 4,624,000 viewers on ESPN, the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Game 5 of Florida Panthers vs. Carolina Hurricanes drew 1,427,000 viewers on TNT and 175,000 viewers on truTV, the WNBA game of Indiana Fever at Washington Mystics drew 357,000 viewers on NBA TV, Dr. Pimple Popper drew 422,000 viewers on TLC, Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster drew 638,000 viewers on Discovery Channel, and Summer House drew 489,000 viewers on BRAVO.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 213,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 45,000 viewers (down 2.2%), Females 18-34 had 33,000 viewers (up 65%), Males 35-49 had 102,000 viewers (up 30.8%), and Females 35-49 had 37,000 viewers (down 21.3%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 69% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 19.2% in overall viewership and down 36.4% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 key demographic viewership was down 30.4% 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 Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 689,000 overall viewers and 249,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Hangman Adam Page, Swerve Strickland, & Will Ospreay promo segment)
• 2Q – 634,000 overall viewers and 205,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Page, Strickland, & Ospreay promo segment, the Anarchy in the Arena match recap video segment, the Jon Moxley pre-match backstage promo segment, the bulk of the Mixed Trios match of Death Riders & Gabe Kidd vs. Willow Nightingale, “Speedball” Mike Bailey, & Mark Briscoe)
• 3Q – 606,000 overall viewers and 195,000 key demo viewers (Ending to the Mixed Trios match, the Hurt Syndicate video promo segment, and the Penelope Ford & Megan Bayne backstage promo segment)
• 4Q – 598,000 overall viewers and 188,000 key demo viewers (Ricochet backstage promo segment and the bulk of the No DQ tag team match of Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford vs. Anna Jay & Harley Cameron)
• 5Q – 637,000 overall viewers and 211,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the No DQ tag team match of Bayne & Ford vs. Jay & Cameron, the Mercedes Mone parking lot segment, and The Opps vs. The Frat House Trios match)
• 6Q – 648,000 overall viewers and 217,000 key demo viewers (Jamie Hayter interview segment & attack by Thekla, the Mistico video segment, and the bulk of the TNT Championship match of Kyle Fletcher vs. Adam Cole (c))
• 7Q – 618,000 overall viewers and 215,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the TNT Championship match & post-match brawl with Josh Alexander & Brody King and the bulk of the AEW International Championship Qualifier match of Alexander vs. King)
• 8Q – 636,000 overall viewers and 218,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the AEW International Championship Qualifier match, the Kyle Fletcher backstage promo segment & brawl with Adam Cole, and the start of the Mercedes Mone & “Timeless” Toni Storm promo segment)
• Overrun – 705,000 overall viewers and 236,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Mone & Storm promo segment & brawl)

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More on AEW Collision Viewership for May 22nd

The May 22nd episode of AEW Collision saw suffer a large decline in overall viewership. This week’s show was notable for Collision airing on TBS and for airing on a Thursday and not its regular Saturday night timeslot due to TNT not wanting Collision to go head-to-head against WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event show.

AEW drew 353,000 viewers and a 0.08 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 stiff sports competition from the NBA Playoffs, the weak lead-in programming on TBS, and the large decline from their Over 50 demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given. Meltzer reported that AEW’s DVR viewership was negatively impacted due to many cable TV systems and DirectTV did not record Collision as normal due to it being on TBS instead of TNT that week. 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 2 of Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Oklahoma City Thunder drew 5,156,000 viewers on ESPN, the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Game 2 of Florida Panthers vs. Carolina Hurricanes drew 1,206,000 viewers on TNT and 51,000 viewers on truTV, the MLB game of Cleveland Guardians vs. Detroit Tigers drew 214,000 viewers on MLB Network, the 2025 College Softball Super Regionals game of Texas Tech vs. Florida State drew 486,000 viewers on ESPN2, and Top Chef drew 478,000 viewers on Food Network.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 108,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 14,000 viewers, Females 18-34 had 32,000 viewers, Males 35-49 had 39,000 viewers, and Females 35-49 had 23,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 50.9% in favor of females.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 14.9% in overall viewership and down 91.8% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 key demographic viewership was down 34.3% 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 – 539,000 overall viewers and 201,000 key demo viewers (Adam Cole segment and the FTR, Stokely Hathaway, Daniel Garcia, & Nigel McGuinness promo segment & brawl)
• 2Q – 497,000 overall viewers and 232,000 key demo viewers (“Timeless” Toni Storm video promo segment, and the Don Callis Family vs. Bandido & The Outrunners Trios match)
• 3Q – 343,000 overall viewers and 98,000 key demo viewers (Gabe Kidd & Death Riders video promo segment, and the AEW TBS Championship Open Challenge match of Reyna Isis vs. Mercedes Mone (c) & post-match stuff with Jamie Hayter)
• 4Q – 301,000 overall viewers and 79,000 key demo viewers (Sons of Texas video promo segment, the Kyle Fletcher vs. Jay Lethal match & post-match brawl with Don Callis Family & Paragon)
• 5Q – 305,000 overall viewers and 69,000 key demo viewers (Paragon vs. Grizzled Young Veterans tag team match and the Learning Tree & Gates of Agony video segment)
• 6Q – 313,000 overall viewers and 73,000 key demo viewers (Josh Alexander vs. AR Fox match, and the start of the Los Depredadores vs. Mistico, Templario, & Mascara Dorada Trios match)
• 7Q – 265,000 overall viewers and 60,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Los Depredadores vs. Mistico, Templario, & Mascara Dorada Trios match, the Megan Bayne, Penelope Ford, Anna Jay, & Harley Cameron video segment, and the Kris Statlander backstage promo segment)
• 8Q – 267,000 overall viewers and 54,000 key demo viewers (Komander & “Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. La Faccion Ingobernable tag team match & post-match stuff and brawl with Bailey & Kazichuka Okada)