By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite television show averaged 969,000 viewers for TBS, according to Showbuzzdaily.com. The viewership count was up from the 929,000 viewership total from last week.
Powell’s POV: Dynamite finished second in the 18-49 demo in Wednesday’s cable ratings with a 0.40 rating, up from last week’s 0.35 in the same demo. Monday’s WWE Raw finished with a 0.42 rating on USA Network. AEW avoided NBA competition last night. The NHL playoff game topped the cable ratings with a 0.75 rating with 2.363 million viewers. The June 4, 2021 edition of Dynamite on TNT delivered 426,000 viewers and a 0.19 rating in the 18-49 demographic for the Double or Nothing fallout show that aired on a Friday night due to TNT’s coverage of the NBA playoffs.
I thought for sure they would finally hit one million again for this episode. I guess that’s a thing of the past.
They were over 1 million until MJF’s promo. Q2 was when the promo started and was a 1.069 million. Q3 was when it ended and dropped to 900k, the lowest rated quarter hour of the night.
ICYMI, here’s what Brandon Thurston wrote: The 6 most-viewed minutes in P18-49 were during the MJF promo, and 5 of the top 11 in total viewership. Viewership fell during the ad break that followed.
And AEW still has not posted that segment on their youtube page. That’s odd to me not putting the most buzz-worthy part of their broadcast up for repeat viewings. Obviously you can find it elsewhere on youtube complete with the non-televised part. It’s not uncommon for AEW to post those additional bits also. Will there be any mention of MJF on the Rampage broadcast? We’ll see.
If you’re trying to convince everyone that this is a shoot, then you don’t run the footage on the company YouTube page. They also pulled MJF’s merch, presumably for the same reason. Barring another twist to the story, this all being done to sell people on the idea that this is a legit situation and not a storyline.