AEW Dynamite on TNT scored its highest-rating for 2021 as Shaquille O’Neal made his wrestling debut on the telecast. It drew 934,000 viewers and 0.49 in the M18-49 demo per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. NXT on USA faired well drawing 692,000 viewers and landing in the top 20 in cable.
AEW ended up 6th overall in cable on Wednesday as it drew 0.33 in the A18-49 demo, 0.17 in F18-49, 0.18 in A18-34, 0.08 in F12-34, 0.22 in M12-34, 0.40 in A25-54 and 0.38 in over 50.
NXT ended up 19th overall drawing 0.20 in the A18-49 demo, 0.16 F18-49, 0.24 M18-49, 0.08A18-34 & F12-34, 0.10 M12-34, 0.25 A25-54 and 0.32 in the over 50 category.
AEW scored big with this telecast as it started off big with the O’Neal wrestling match right off of the top of the telecast. It also included big promotion of its quarterly PPV this March.
(Pics via AEW)
Payout Perspective:
With rumors that NXT will be moving to Tuesday, its good news for wrestling fans. Both telecasts put on great wrestling and to spread them out over two games would be a win for fans. AEW has asserted itself with great wrestling and an influx of new stars. The only problem, as you can see, is the old guard of ex-WWE wrestlers dominating a lot of the top storylines. The formula is basically how TNT succeeded with WCW in the 1990s.
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