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AEW Dynamite Audience Down From Blood & Guts Show, Big Drop In Key Demo (Photo Credit: AEW) Wednesday’s live edition of AEW Dynamite drew 936,000 viewers on TNT, according to Nielsen via PWTorch. It should be noted that this was the fifth Dynamite episode to air unopposed after WWE NXT made its move to Tuesday nights. You can click here for the ratings report on Tuesday’s NXT show, which drew 697,000 viewers with a 0.17 rating in the 18-49 demographic. Dynamite featured Jon Moxley retaining...

– Showbuzz Daily has the overnight numbers for this week’s edition of WWE NXT. While this week’s show featured two major, highly anticipated title matches, it was not enough to draw additional interest for last night’s USA Network broadcast. Viewership fell below just under 700,000 viewers this week, and ratings were slightly down as well. Tuesday’s edition of NXT ultimately drew an average overnight audience of 697,000 viewers. That’s down from last week’s audience of 761,000 vie...

AEW star Matt Hardy believes people who think pro wrestling is waning in popularity are clueless. While responding to Dave Meltzer, who pointed out that WWE RAW, AEW Dynamite and WWE SmackDown were all No. 1 on either cable or network TV this past week [in the 18-49 demo], Hardy tweeted that pro wrestling is still “very healthy & extremely profitable.” It’s shocking how unaware people are of the TV landscape. TV wise, wrestling is very healthy & extremely profitable, especially considerin...

– Showbuzz Daily has the overnight ratings for Sunday’s WWE programming on A&E. First up, the latest Biography special on WWE Hall of Famer Booker T finished with an overnight audience of 595,000 viewers. That’s another decrease from last weekend’s overnight audience of 790,000 viewers for the Macho Man Randy Savage special. Viewership has gradually decreased for each episode since the show’s debut featuring Stone Cold Steve Austin. In the P18-49 key ratings demo, numbers were also d...

WWE RAW Ratings Steady, Viewership Slightly Down For WrestleMania Backlash Go-Home Show May 11, 2021 | Posted by Blake Lovell Showbuzz Daily has the ratings for this week’s edition of Monday Night Raw, which was the go-home show for WWE WrestleMania Backlash on Sunday. This week’s show drew an average audience of 1.817 million viewers on the USA Network broadcast, which is down slightly from the viewership of 1.872 million viewers for last week’s episode. For the hourly breakdown,...

(Photo Credit: WWE) The fourth “Biography: WWE Legends” documentary on A&E, focusing on WWE Hall of Famer Booker T, drew 595,000 viewers on Sunday night at 8pm ET, according to Showbuzz Daily. The two-hour doc drew a 0.24 rating in the key 18-49 demographic, and ranked #17 for the night on the Cable Top 150. This is down from last week’s Biography documentary, on WWE Hall of Famer Randy Savage, which drew 790,000 viewers. That special ranked #7 on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.31 rating in t...

WrestleMania Backlash Go-Home RAW Viewership Down Slightly From Last Week (Photo Credit: WWE) Monday’s live WrestleMania Backlash go-home edition of WWE RAW, featuring the final build for Sunday’s pay-per-view with WWE Champion Bobby Lashley vs. Drew McIntyre in the non-title main event, drew an average of 1.820 million viewers on the USA Network, according to Showbuzz Daily. This is down 2.8% from last week’s 1.872 million viewers. For this week’s show, the first hour drew 1.912 millio...

WWE SmackDown Scores Best Audience In Months For Throwback Episode (Photo Credit: WWE) Friday’s live special Throwback edition of WWE SmackDown, a retro theme with a big 10-man main event, drew an average of 2.282 million viewers on FOX, according to Showbuzz Daily. This final number is up from the overnight viewership that was released on Saturday morning, which was an average of 2.157 million viewers. This number is also up from last week’s final SmackDown viewership of 2.018 million view...

Photo Credit: AEW During a back-and-forth with Jim Cornette, Matt Hardy used some recent TV ratings as evidence that people are very much tuning into AEW. Cornette has not been shy about his dislike for AEW’s product, often criticizing the promotion on his podcast and through social media. “Your principles will always be tested by people who care more about fame than integrity or money instead of what’s right,” Cornette wrote to Hardy earlier this week. “Cash in & be a w***e, or stand...

(Photo Credit: Vice) Thursday’s season three premiere of Dark Side of the Ring drew 272,000 viewers at 9pm ET on Vice TV, according to Showbuzz Daily. The episode ranked #74 for the night on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.09 rating in the 18-49 key demographic, and #101 for the night in viewership. The season three premiere featured told the story of Brian Pillman. The Nick Gage episode will air next Thursday night on Vice TV. You can see both parts of the Pillman episode below under our viewersh...