By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite television show produced 1.148 million viewers for TNT, according to Brandon Thursday of Wrestlenomics.com. The viewership count was up from the 1.025 million viewership count from last week.
Powell’s POV: Dynamite drew a .44 in the 18-49 demographic, up from the .40 drawn in the same demo last week. Last year’s Fyter Fest Night One produced 748,000 viewers on July 1, Fyter Fest Night Two had 715,000 on July 8, and the July 15 Fight For The Fallen delivered 788,000 viewers. Each of those 2020 shows ran opposite NXT on USA Network.
I’ve been critical of Aew in the past but they have been on a roll as of late. The show has had a better flow. Now with the signing of Daniel Bryan and the strong rumor on CM Punk, I think you’re going to see continued interest.
It’s also fascinating that Darby Allin seems to be their biggest draw, and that these past two weeks have popped like this in the ratings without a single match involving the EVPs. My guess is that Darby feels authentic while the other 4 are clearly just goofing around to feed their own egos.
I’m still not a fan of things like Allin getting thrown Razor’s Edge style into the ring steps only to pop up less than 30 seconds later like nothing happened, but it seems like maybe their audience is buying into the younger/lesser known guys more than the guys who took all the credit for starting the company.