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More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for June 11

The June 11th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW suffer a large decline in overall viewership and a slight decline in key demographic ratings. This week’s show was notable for being the Summer Blockbuster special and for being a four-hour show split up into Dynamite and Collision shows airing that same night.

AEW drew 597,000 viewers and a 0.17 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was #5 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 Finals and the large decline from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was down 15.4% compared to last week’s show. This reportedly offset the increases from their older male key demographic and older female key demographic groups, which were up 1.9% and 3.8% 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 643,000 viewers and a 0.11 rating.

In terms of head-to-head competition, the 2025 NBA Finals Game 3 of Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Indiana Pacers drew 9,195,000 viewers on ABC, the MLB games of New York Yankees vs. Kansas City and Texas vs. Minnesota drew 551,000 viewers on MLB Network, College Track & Field drew 317,000 viewers on ESPN, Real Housewives of Miami drew 290,000 viewers on BRAVO, Holmes Family Rescue drew 832,000 viewers on HGTV, and Summer House drew 217,000 viewers on BRAVO.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 223,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 46,000 viewers (down 8.3%), Females 18-34 had 31,000 viewers (down 27.9%), Males 35-49 had 106,000 viewers (up 1.9%), and Females 35-49 had 54,000 viewers (up 3.8%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 68.2% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 12.3% in overall viewership and down 24.9% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 key demographic viewership was down 8.3% 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 Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 672,000 overall viewers and 251,000 key demo viewers (Hangman Adam Page & Christopher Daniels backstage segment and the first half of the Will Ospreay vs. Swerve Strickland match)
• 2Q – 618,000 overall viewers and 229,000 key demo viewers (Latter half of the Ospreay vs. Strickland match)
• 3Q – 662,000 overall viewers and 250,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Ospreay vs. Strickland match & post-match stuff with the Death Riders & Young Bucks attack on Strickland & Ospreay and the Kazuchika Okada backstage interview segment with Don Callis & Don Callis Family)
• 4Q – 577,000 overall viewers and 212,000 key demo viewers (Hurt Syndicate & Komander video brawl segment and the Mistico vs. Blake Christian match & post-match promo by MJF & brawl with Hurt Syndicate, JetSpeed, & Mascara Dorada)
• 5Q – 602,000 overall viewers and 227,000 key demo viewers (Hurt Syndicate vs. JetSpeed & Dorada Trios match & post-match brawl with Mistico)
• 6Q – 563,000 overall viewers and 218,000 key demo viewers (Death Riders attack on Hangman Page & Jon Moxley promo segment & brawl with The Opps & promo by Page)
• 7Q – 571,000 overall viewers and 217,000 key demo viewers (Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford vs. TayJay tag team match and the Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega feud history hype video segment)
• 8Q – 517,000 overall viewers and 184,000 key demo viewers (Omega & Kazuchika Okada match contract signing segment & promo with Don Callis & attack by Okada to Omega)

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More on AEW Collision Viewership for June

The June 10th episode of AEW Collision saw gain a small increase in overall viewership but suffered a slight decline in key demographic ratings. This week’s show was notable for being the Summer Blockbuster special, for being a four-hour show split up into Dynamite and Collision shows airing that same night, and for Collision being preempted to Wednesday due to TNT’s NHL Stanley Cup Finals commitments for Saturday, June 14th.

AEW drew 397,000 viewers and a 0.09 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was #25 place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s mixed results this week was due to the small increases from their Over 50 demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given, and their younger male key demographic and older male key demographic viewership groups, which were up 4% and 1.6% compared to last week’s show. This reportedly mostly offset the combination of combination of the stiff sports competition from the 2025 NBA Finals and the large declines from their younger female demographic viewership and older female demographic viewership groups, which were down 32% and 29.2% compared to last week’s show. Meltzer that the viewership on MAX for the show is currently not known.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2025 NBA Finals Game 3 of Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Indiana Pacers drew 9,195,000 viewers on ABC, the MLB games of New York Yankees vs. Kansas City and Texas vs. Minnesota drew 551,000 viewers on MLB Network, College Track & Field drew 317,000 viewers on ESPN, and Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch drew 399,000 viewers on Discovery Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 123,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 26,000 viewers (up 4%), Females 18-34 had 17,000 viewers (down 32%), Males 35-49 had 63,000 viewers (up 1.6%), and Females 35-49 had 17,000 viewers (down 29.2%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 72.4% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was up 2.3% in overall viewership but down 26.3% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer 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 – 498,000 overall viewers and 166,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Kazuchika Okada attack on Kenny Omega angle, the Adam Cole ringside stuff, and the bulk of the Kyle Fletcher vs. Anthony Bowens match)
• 2Q – 445,000 overall viewers and 151,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Fletcher vs. Bowens match & post-match stuff with Lance Archer & Adam Cole, the MJF & Mistico video segment, and the bulk of the Atlantis Jr., Templario, Stokely Hathaway, & FTR promo segment)
• 3Q – 501,000 overall viewers and 145,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Atlantis Jr., Templario, Hathaway, & FTR promo segment & brawl with Don Callis Family, Cole, & Bandido, the Learning Tree & The WorkHorsemen backstage segment, and the start of the “Timeless” Toni Storm vs. Julia Hart match)
• 4Q – 440,000 overall viewers and 118,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Storm vs. Hart match & post-match brawl with Mercedes Mone & Mina Shirakawa, the Ricochet, Blake Christian, & Lee Johnson backstage interview segment, and the start of the Mixed Trios match of Tomohiro Ishii, Mark Briscoe, & Willow Nightingale vs. MxM Collection & Taya Valkyrie)
• 5Q – 384,000 overall viewers and 111,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Mixed Trios match, the Kris Statlander video promo segment with Wheeler Yuta & Marina Shafir, and the start of The Beast Mortos vs. Bandido match)
• 6Q – 363,000 overall viewers and 113,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Mortos vs. Bandido match, the Mercedes Mone & Zeuxis backstage interview & brawl segment, the Hangman Adam Page, The Young Bucks, Prince Nana, & Swerve Strickland backstage segment, and the start of the Thekla vs. Queen Aminata match)
• 7Q – 332,000 overall viewers and 102,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Thekla vs. Aminata match and the Kip Sabian & Nick Wayne backstage interview segment)
• 8Q – 269,000 overall viewers and 92,000 key demo viewers (Kenny Omega video segment and the bulk of the Don Callis Family vs. Daniel Garcia & Paragon 8-Man Tag Team match)
• Overrun – 254,000 overall viewers and 89,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Don Callis Family vs. Garcia & Paragon 8-Man Tag Team match)