AEW on TNT narrowly edged out NXT on USA in the Wednesday night ratings war. AEW drew 851,000 to NXT 845,000 in overall viewership according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily.
The win for AEW represents the end to a two-week winning streak by NXT in terms of overall viewership. When looking at some of the target demos, its clear that the preferences lean toward AEW for younger audiences while the older prefer the WWE product.
| AEW | Overall | A18-49 | A18-49 # | M18-49 | P25-54 | P50+ |
| Week 1 | 1,409,000 | 0.68 | 878,000 | 0.92 | 0.74 | 0.34 |
| Week 2 | 1,018,000 | 0.60 | 594,000 | 0.66 | 0.52 | 0.30 |
| Week 3 | 1,014,000 | 0.63 | 574,000 | 0.65 | 0.50 | 0.33 |
| Week 4 | 963,000 | 0.45 | 586,000 | 0.62 | 0.46 | 0.25 |
| Week 5 | 759,000 | 0.33 | 433,000 | 0.48 | 0.38 | 0.25 |
| Week 6 | 822,000 | 0.35 | 450,000 | 0.46 | 0.38 | 0.28 |
| Week 7 | 957,000 | 0.43 | 554,000 | 0.55 | 0.45 | 0.29 |
| Week 8 | 893,000 | 0.39 | 0.52 | 0.42 | 0.29 | |
| Week 9 | 668,000 | 0.26 | 337,000 | 0.33 | 0.40 | |
| Week 10 | 851,000 | 0.32 | 0.41 | 0.35 | 0.31 |
| NXT | Overall | A18-49 | M18-49 | P25-54 | P50+ |
| Week 1 | 1,179,000 | 0.43 | 0.56 | 0.48 | 0.47 |
| Week 2 | 1,006,000 | 0.32 | 0.40 | 0.37 | 0.48 |
| Week 3 | 891,000 | 0.32 | 0.41 | 0.36 | 0.36 |
| Week 4 | 790,000 | 0.22 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.40 |
| Week 5 | 712,000 | 0.20 | 0.27 | 0.24 | 0.35 |
| Week 6 | 698,000 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.26 | 0.33 |
| Week 7 | 580,000 | 0.18 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.29 |
| Week 8 | 813,000 | 0.30 | 0.38 | 0.34 | 0.34 |
| Week 9 | 750,000 | 0.25 | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.35 |
| Week 10 | 916,000 | 0.30 | 0.39 | 0.35 | 0.40 |
| Week 11 | 810,000 | 0.24 | 0.31 | 0.52 | |
| Week 12 | 845,000 | 0.29 | 0.36 | 0.32 | 0.38 |
Payout Perspective:
The good news is that the momentum seems to be continuing for both shows despite going head to head. AEW came back from posting just 668,000 viewers last week which may have been due to the Wednesday before the Thanksgiving holiday.
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