The second episode of All Elite Wrestling declined in ratings from its debut but still remained over 1 million viewers. In comparison, NXT on USA at the same time was down in ratings to 790,000 viewers. NXT drew 890,000 viewers last week in its first show going to two hours to compete with AEW on […]
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Friday night SmackDown debut on Fox draws 3.87M viewers, 8 share in A18-49 demo
The debut of Friday Night SmackDown on Fox drew 3.87 million viewers according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. It also drew a 1.4 rating and an 8 share in the A18-49 demo. Although the threshold for the debut may have been 4.5 million viewers (see below), the telecast was the highest rated in the A18-49 […]
‘Dynamite’ ratings for AEW’s debut on TNT
The debut of All Elite Wrestling’s “Dynamite” drew 1.4 million viewers and was second in overall cable ratings for Wednesday night according to Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. NXT on the USA Network drew 890,000 viewers in its first head-to-head with the upstart rival. The series premier of All Elite Wrestling drew a 0.68 rating in […]
The cat-like Will Osperay doesn’t back down
The Aerial Assassin is an appropriate nickname for Will Osperay. He is one of the most acrobatic and exciting workers in any wrestling ring. His recent twitter feud with WWE superstar Seth Rollins has gained more eyes for the UK star. As New Japan begins its G-1 Tournament with the first stop in the United […]
AEW finds television home at Turner
The upstart wrestling promotion, All-Elite Wrestling, has found a television home with Time Warner. The announcement was made official when AEW appeared at the Turner upfronts on Wednesday. AEW signed a deal with WarnerMedia that will give the promotion which has its first show Memorial Day weekend, a weekly television show on TNT primetime beginning […]