AEW-WWE tie in ratings

For the first time ever in the head-to-head wrestling wars, we have a tie.  NXT on the USA Network and AEW Dynamite on TNT both drew 787,000 overall viewers at the same time.

The viewership for both telecasts were down from last week.  AEW did edge out NXT in the younger demos scoring 0.28 in the adult 18-49 demo.  NXT drew 0.24 in the same demo.  It also held an advantage in the males in the 18-49 age group holding a 0.40 versus 0.34 advantage.

 

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	409,000	0.41	0.35	0.31
Week 11	787,000	0.28		0.40	0.32	0.29

 

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
Week 13	787,000	0.24	0.34	0.27	0.38

*Data from Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily

Payout Perspective:

A disappointing week for both telecasts in that the ratings retracted from the previous week’s gains.  Still, we are seeing an equal amount of people tuning in to both telecasts with the younger demo gravitating toward AEW while the older set going with WWE’s NXT.