As we reported yesterday, the viewership numbers for AEW Dynamite and NXT were significantly closer than they had been in recent weeks. Dynamite managed to scrape by with a win with 754,000 viewers compared to NXT’s 720,000. The ratings in the key 18-49 demographic were also closer than in previous weeks, with Dynamite dropping to a 0.29 against NXT’s 0.21.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has a more detailed look at teh ratings, although not all of the numbers were available at press time.
One note is that while Dynamite aired completely on most cable systems and FITE TV, other live streaming services in the US had failures of 30 minutes to almost an hour for its east coast showing. This led to NXT having larger demo numbers than normal in the first three quarters, but things evened out more by the end. There were no issues for the West Coast airing of Dynamite. Dynamite did well in 35-49 viewers early, but poorly in 18-34. Then 18-34 picked up into the third quarter. This would suggest that the 18-34 audience is largely a streaming audience. AEW then did well in the third quarter, with the progression of the Shaq and Cody Rhodes angle, then dropped off from there, losing viewers through the night.