By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite television show averaged 711,000 viewers for TBS, according to Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics.com. The viewership count was up from the 703,000 viewership total from last week’s show.
Powell’s POV: Dynamite finished with a 0.24 rating in 18-49 demo, equal to last week’s 0.24 rating in the same demo. Tuesday’s NXT finished with 659,000 viewers and a 0.19 rating on USA Network. One year ago, the May 10, 2023 edition of Dynamite on TBS delivered 877,000 viewers and a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
The 10 weeks before Sting retired: 825k average and only 1 week under 800k.
The 10 weeks after Sting retired: 755k average, 3 weeks over 800k (800, 801, 819, the biggest of those being the week they showed a star from the other company, and the last 3 weeks averaging 699k.
They’re now appealing entirely to the workrate marks and dirtsheets and it’s killing the company.
Tony Clown actually thinks he’s going to get a massive rights fee increase with crappy ratings like this. They’ll be down in the 600’s before summer
Sure didn’t take them long to kill any momentum they could have gained by using Punk on their show to embarrass themselves.