By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite television show produced 878,000 viewers for TNT, according to Showbuzzdaily.com. The viewership count was down from the 941,000 viewership total from last week’s show.
Powell’s POV: Dynamite delivered a 0.33 rating and finished sixth in the 18-49 demographic in the cable ratings, which is down from last week’s 0.40 in the same demo. Monday’s WWE Raw finished with a 0.47 rating in the key demo. I’m surprised that Dynamite’s numbers declined without World Series competition.
One thing to remember is that this and the previous week’s Dynamite numbers reflect the fact that Dynamite is no longer in prime-time in the Mountain and Pacific timezones. Dynamite starting at 5PM on the west coast really hurts the numbers.
Live + same day DVR still counts, just like before. If the start time on the west coast caused the ratings drop, that just means AEW fans can’t figure out how to set their DVR.
I lost interest in AEW. You can’t sell me where the crowd thinks everything is the greatest thing they’ve evr seen. I don’t watch WWE. At most I’ll watch a couple of AEW matches a week. Like most adults, I’m happy to be one of the 3 million + who watches FOX News nightly. The best era of pro wrestling is long gone.