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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2021 10:34:31 GMT -5
I just can’t wrap my head around all this doom and gloom with AEW drawing 700,000 live viewers on a Wednesday night, and being a Top 10 show on cable. If that’s a “bad” night, then Dynamite’s not getting canceled any time soon. That’s all we should want. I don’t get what the expectations are...it’s a wrestling show. It’s never gonna be the number one show. It might beat WWE’s stuff at some point, but WWE has a damn near 40 year head start on it, and has a network TV presence. Certainly, getting higher ratings than RAW and SmackDown shouldn’t be the metric of success for AEW Dynamite within the first 5 years of its existence. To me, ratings only matter to the extent that they will keep a show that I really enjoy on the air. And right now, that’s exactly where they’re at. No one is saying they’re going out of business or anything. It’s a ratings thread, so obviously people are going to analyze the drops and wonder what is causing that. It’s just part of the fun of discussing the product. Oh, I agree, I'm not trying to defend AEW against an objective ratings drop, or to criticize people for analyzing why the drop may have occurred. Personally, I think it's that this episode was really fillery on paper, and people aren't quite invested in Cody/QT as a feud just yet. I just am sort of openly wondering what certain people consider "success" for AEW, because, while no one may have outright said that AEW is going out of business, there is an attitude amongst some that it's failing because it isn't appealing to these white whale "casual fans" and/or isn't becoming this mainstream crossover phenomenon. The show drew 700,000 live viewers and was Top 10 on a Wednesday night, and you'd think the world was ending based on the general reaction here and on other wrestling forums. I guess I just can't subscribe to this notion that "wrestling company is enjoyed by wrestling fans" seems to be a criticism to some these days.
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Post by smokinvokoun86 on Apr 2, 2021 10:37:27 GMT -5
And once again NXT Women division beats AEWs, if we use the data as proof, people care more about Io than Shida. Honestly, that would probably be the case even if Shida weren't booked as badly as she generally has been, but the booking has done a lot of damage. Like, Nyla has floated in limbo more often than she's been on TV; the Bunny hasn't had a match on Dynamite since a ratings disaster in the summer, and has not been established in any way as a threat before this week; Shida is off TV constantly, and her angles tend to hinge on grin-and-bear-it tropes (like Anna Jay giving a "look how far I've come" speech when she'd had, like, two Dynamite wins and nine matches total since losing to Shida in a squash; Ford pinning Shida in a tag match to get a title challenge - done in desperation or not, it was not good TV; the Abadon angle that had a rough start that seemed to taint the storyline for a number of people; Mizunami debuting on Dynamite in a #1 contender's match; Shida having non-title matches while declaring that she is waiting for a challenger, basically burying her opponents as uncompetitive wrestlers who wouldn't even step up when they had the chance; Shida anticlimactically saying, "Yeah, sure, you just had to ask" to Nyla Rose wanting a title match despite months of not interacting with Nyla's demand for a match, most of which happened off Dynamite; a title match with Big Swole that got so little promotion it bordered on parody). Yeah, Shida was the champion during a period where she had to carry green wrestlers from a skeleton roster, but the degree to which that rarely managed to be good television has probably added up. Yeah I don’t blame Shida for it. They didn’t really do her many favors with the booking of her title run. She’s a great champion and had great matches, but she’s only been on tv more recently and she hasn’t really had any truly great long term feuds, except with Nyla and that one wasn’t all that great. Plus it’s probably time for her to drop the title soon, Double or Nothing at the latest. Give her the accomplishment of being the first year long champion and let someone else take it.
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Post by smokinvokoun86 on Apr 2, 2021 10:42:26 GMT -5
No one is saying they’re going out of business or anything. It’s a ratings thread, so obviously people are going to analyze the drops and wonder what is causing that. It’s just part of the fun of discussing the product. Oh, I agree, I'm not trying to defend AEW against an objective ratings drop, or to criticize people for analyzing why the drop may have occurred. Personally, I think it's that this episode was really fillery on paper, and people aren't quite invested in Cody/QT as a feud just yet. I just am sort of openly wondering what certain people consider "success" for AEW, because, while no one may have outright said that AEW is going out of business, there is an attitude amongst some that it's failing because it isn't appealing to these white whale "casual fans" and/or isn't becoming this mainstream crossover phenomenon. The show drew 700,000 live viewers and was Top 10 on a Wednesday night, and you'd think the world was ending based on the general reaction here and on other wrestling forums. I guess I just can't subscribe to this notion that "wrestling company is enjoyed by wrestling fans" seems to be a criticism to some these days. It’s kind of sad when the show two days ago was almost universally praised and everyone loved it. Then it wasn’t the massive ratings hit, so now everything is all wrong. The ratings not being where it should be is not a statement of quality. If quality was all that it took to be a hit. Then Firefly would have had a 10 year run as the highest rated show. And no one would watch reality shows because they mostly suck. Heck, Raw and Smackdown outdraw AEW and NXT. Are you going to tell me Raw and Smackdown are better shows because they are higher in ratings?
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Apr 2, 2021 10:48:42 GMT -5
The thing I've seen with AEW at least is they tend to learn from mistakes. Bryan Alvarez said last night that he's only discussed ratings with Tony Khan once and when he asked him about a poor number, Tony told him that he put on a weak card that people weren't interested in. And that's the mindset you gotta have. When they've put on poor ratings shows before (the infamous Dark Order angle or the Jericho/Cassidy face off that lost a ton of people), they switched gears pretty quickly. I'm sure they won't dramatically change course with their booking plans but they may try to beef up the cards in the next month or so at least.
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Post by Hypnosis on Apr 2, 2021 11:08:20 GMT -5
Honestly, that would probably be the case even if Shida weren't booked as badly as she generally has been, but the booking has done a lot of damage. Like, Nyla has floated in limbo more often than she's been on TV; the Bunny hasn't had a match on Dynamite since a ratings disaster in the summer, and has not been established in any way as a threat before this week; Shida is off TV constantly, and her angles tend to hinge on grin-and-bear-it tropes (like Anna Jay giving a "look how far I've come" speech when she'd had, like, two Dynamite wins and nine matches total since losing to Shida in a squash; Ford pinning Shida in a tag match to get a title challenge - done in desperation or not, it was not good TV; the Abadon angle that had a rough start that seemed to taint the storyline for a number of people; Mizunami debuting on Dynamite in a #1 contender's match; Shida having non-title matches while declaring that she is waiting for a challenger, basically burying her opponents as uncompetitive wrestlers who wouldn't even step up when they had the chance; Shida anticlimactically saying, "Yeah, sure, you just had to ask" to Nyla Rose wanting a title match despite months of not interacting with Nyla's demand for a match, most of which happened off Dynamite; a title match with Big Swole that got so little promotion it bordered on parody). Yeah, Shida was the champion during a period where she had to carry green wrestlers from a skeleton roster, but the degree to which that rarely managed to be good television has probably added up. Yeah I don’t blame Shida for it. They didn’t really do her many favors with the booking of her title run. She’s a great champion and had great matches, but she’s only been on tv more recently and she hasn’t really had any truly great long term feuds, except with Nyla and that one wasn’t all that great. Plus it’s probably time for her to drop the title soon, Double or Nothing at the latest. Give her the accomplishment of being the first year long champion and let someone else take it. People could also be tired of Shida and Nyla wrestling each other so many times as well, and Nyla's character could use a new direction.
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Post by smokinvokoun86 on Apr 2, 2021 11:13:01 GMT -5
Yeah I don’t blame Shida for it. They didn’t really do her many favors with the booking of her title run. She’s a great champion and had great matches, but she’s only been on tv more recently and she hasn’t really had any truly great long term feuds, except with Nyla and that one wasn’t all that great. Plus it’s probably time for her to drop the title soon, Double or Nothing at the latest. Give her the accomplishment of being the first year long champion and let someone else take it. People could also be tired of Shida and Nyla wrestling each other so many times as well, and Nyla's character could use a new direction. Yeah, that could also be true.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Apr 2, 2021 11:23:23 GMT -5
Yeah I don’t blame Shida for it. They didn’t really do her many favors with the booking of her title run. She’s a great champion and had great matches, but she’s only been on tv more recently and she hasn’t really had any truly great long term feuds, except with Nyla and that one wasn’t all that great. Plus it’s probably time for her to drop the title soon, Double or Nothing at the latest. Give her the accomplishment of being the first year long champion and let someone else take it. People could also be tired of Shida and Nyla wrestling each other so many times as well, and Nyla's character could use a new direction. Very likely. Like, dear goodness, Nyla Rose needs a feud that is not a title feud. I was really excited for her getting mixed up in the Brandi/Velvet thing just because it was something else and it was actually deflating that she went as far as she did in the title shot tournament. Like, when a top contender having three very good matches with a title shot at stake feels like a step backward, there is a problem. She's also suffered big-time from being the only heel who can really take a loss to elevate someone right now, hence her taking big losses to Mizunami and Conti back-to-back and feeling like she exists for other people to have an accomplishment. Dark and Elevation are teasing Velvet, Swole, and maybe King as the next item on Nyla's agenda, and while I am here for it, they'll have to do some work to give it some heat.
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Post by lucas_lee on Apr 2, 2021 11:52:01 GMT -5
I just can’t wrap my head around all this doom and gloom with AEW drawing 700,000 live viewers on a Wednesday night, and being a Top 10 show on cable. If that’s a “bad” night, then Dynamite’s not getting canceled any time soon. That’s all we should want. I don’t get what the expectations are...it’s a wrestling show. It’s never gonna be the number one show. It might beat WWE’s stuff at some point, but WWE has a damn near 40 year head start on it, and has a network TV presence. Certainly, getting higher ratings than RAW and SmackDown shouldn’t be the metric of success for AEW Dynamite within the first 5 years of its existence. To me, ratings only matter to the extent that they will keep a show that I really enjoy on the air. And right now, that’s exactly where they’re at. And AEW has all the makings to turn this around and get plenty of viewership just in the next two weeks alone. The Challenge which is the number one demo getter is ending its season, and NXT's moving to Tuesday which puts 600,000 Average Viewership completely on the table. If AEW gets a quarter of those fans watching regularly with their already core fanbase, this is all a moot point. AEW might never get number one in cable, there's potential for it to happen given they're always top 10, there's potential for them to start trying to get to a million after April 13th, but people forget this is the show TNT thought was going to get 400k viewers, and they would have been happy with that. It has on average doubled their expectation, which has given AEW two more upcoming TV programs, and an immediate extension (Where when that comes up will probably only lead to even more cash for AEW's side). I don't think Tony Khan is sweating the ratings, I doubt TNT is either. If you're supposed to be sweating in the top 10 of cable every week. then idk you're gonna look like Shane McMahon after a light sprint real damn fast... The ratings analysis should be fun, interesting, it shouldn't turn into "Revolution killed the product to fans" or "Kenny Omega as champion isn't working" imo. We are nowhere near that right now, and probably never will be as far as the actual business standpoint is concerned. I think fans have every right to be concerned and criticize the product, but fans tuning out and in every week in flux when AEW's been proven to already have a very strong foothold in TNT's future for years to come and potentially more, I think in the grand scheme will not matter, especially if we see a huge increase in two weeks, it'll all really be moot. But we'll see. But you do that gloom and doom analysis when you're on the nxt ratings topic. Can't have it both ways homie.
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Post by lucas_lee on Apr 2, 2021 11:55:16 GMT -5
People could also be tired of Shida and Nyla wrestling each other so many times as well, and Nyla's character could use a new direction. Very likely. Like, dear goodness, Nyla Rose needs a feud that is not a title feud. I was really excited for her getting mixed up in the Brandi/Velvet thing just because it was something else and it was actually deflating that she went as far as she did in the title shot tournament. Like, when a top contender having three very good matches with a title shot at stake feels like a step backward, there is a problem. She's also suffered big-time from being the only heel who can really take a loss to elevate someone right now, hence her taking big losses to Mizunami and Conti back-to-back and feeling like she exists for other people to have an accomplishment. Dark and Elevation are teasing Velvet, Swole, and maybe King as the next item on Nyla's agenda, and while I am here for it, they'll have to do some work to give it some heat. Yeah I think them doing this feud already has led fans to some burnout on Shida. I dunno if a Nyla Rose reign will do any better.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2021 12:04:09 GMT -5
And AEW has all the makings to turn this around and get plenty of viewership just in the next two weeks alone. The Challenge which is the number one demo getter is ending its season, and NXT's moving to Tuesday which puts 600,000 Average Viewership completely on the table. If AEW gets a quarter of those fans watching regularly with their already core fanbase, this is all a moot point. AEW might never get number one in cable, there's potential for it to happen given they're always top 10, there's potential for them to start trying to get to a million after April 13th, but people forget this is the show TNT thought was going to get 400k viewers, and they would have been happy with that. It has on average doubled their expectation, which has given AEW two more upcoming TV programs, and an immediate extension (Where when that comes up will probably only lead to even more cash for AEW's side). I don't think Tony Khan is sweating the ratings, I doubt TNT is either. If you're supposed to be sweating in the top 10 of cable every week. then idk you're gonna look like Shane McMahon after a light sprint real damn fast... The ratings analysis should be fun, interesting, it shouldn't turn into "Revolution killed the product to fans" or "Kenny Omega as champion isn't working" imo. We are nowhere near that right now, and probably never will be as far as the actual business standpoint is concerned. I think fans have every right to be concerned and criticize the product, but fans tuning out and in every week in flux when AEW's been proven to already have a very strong foothold in TNT's future for years to come and potentially more, I think in the grand scheme will not matter, especially if we see a huge increase in two weeks, it'll all really be moot. But we'll see. But you do that gloom and doom analysis when you're on the nxt ratings topic. Can't have it both ways homie. I don’t know if that’s to me since I made the “doom and gloom” comment, or to cjb, but I’ll just say that I rarely if ever post in the NXT thread, and my opinion on NXT is that it’s a pretty good show, too, but it never really had much of a chance in this “ratings war” because so much of its viewer base was in the habit of watching it on the Network. 2 hours of live television viewership is a big ask of people in 2021. NXT and AEW are both a lot more popular and successful than the live TV ratings reflect. Neither is especially popular and successful outside of the wrestling fanbase. But, again, I think that wrestling companies should strive to be popular with wrestling fans.
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Post by lucas_lee on Apr 2, 2021 12:07:43 GMT -5
But you do that gloom and doom analysis when you're on the nxt ratings topic. Can't have it both ways homie. I don’t know if that’s to me since I made the “doom and gloom” comment, or to cjb, but I’ll just say that I rarely if ever post in the NXT thread, and my opinion on NXT is that it’s a pretty good show, too, but it never really had much of a chance in this “ratings war” because so much of its viewer base was in the habit of watching it on the Network. 2 hours of live television viewership is a big ask of people in 2021. NXT and AEW are both a lot more popular and successful than the live TV ratings reflect. Neither is especially popular and successful outside of the wrestling fanbase. But, again, I think that wrestling companies should strive to be popular with wrestling fans. Its to him. He usually is on the NxT rating topic to discuss how nxT is making a mistake going against AEW and such. You've honestly never have done that
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Post by Garyspivey on Apr 2, 2021 12:53:16 GMT -5
I am really curious to see what happens in the next 2 weeks with challenge ending soon and nxt moving. That’s over 1.5 million viewers up for grabs
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Post by kidkamikaze10 on Apr 2, 2021 13:44:16 GMT -5
Q1: 844K/396K (Kaz vs Christian) Q2: 745K/375K (End of Kaz/Christian, Jade Cargill, beginning of QT vs Cody) Q3: 696K/333K (QT vs Cody, Sky & Page promo, Cargill attacking Red Velvet) Q4: 673K/343K (Moxley promo, Bononi vs Moxley, Team Taz promo, Inner Circle beatdown on Pinnacle) Q5: 632K/311K (Don Callis confronts Matt Jackson, beginning of Lucha Bros & Laredo Kid vs Good Brothers & Kenny Omega) Q6: 683K/332K (Lucha Bros & Loredo Kid vs Good Brothers & Kenny Omega, Britt Baker promo) Q7: 611K/308K (Rose & Bunny vs Conti & Shida) Q8: 717K/332K (Arcade Anarchy) Um... I don't want to straight up blame Christian, but that was about as old school as you can get with an AEW match. The type of match wrestlers love, and THOSE fans tend to look for. And it lost almost 100k viewers? I mean, it could also be the QT stuff, but like... That says something about what modern fans are looking for. Especially compared to the lights out match and arcade anarchy.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Apr 2, 2021 14:07:45 GMT -5
And AEW has all the makings to turn this around and get plenty of viewership just in the next two weeks alone. The Challenge which is the number one demo getter is ending its season, and NXT's moving to Tuesday which puts 600,000 Average Viewership completely on the table. If AEW gets a quarter of those fans watching regularly with their already core fanbase, this is all a moot point. AEW might never get number one in cable, there's potential for it to happen given they're always top 10, there's potential for them to start trying to get to a million after April 13th, but people forget this is the show TNT thought was going to get 400k viewers, and they would have been happy with that. It has on average doubled their expectation, which has given AEW two more upcoming TV programs, and an immediate extension (Where when that comes up will probably only lead to even more cash for AEW's side). I don't think Tony Khan is sweating the ratings, I doubt TNT is either. If you're supposed to be sweating in the top 10 of cable every week. then idk you're gonna look like Shane McMahon after a light sprint real damn fast... The ratings analysis should be fun, interesting, it shouldn't turn into "Revolution killed the product to fans" or "Kenny Omega as champion isn't working" imo. We are nowhere near that right now, and probably never will be as far as the actual business standpoint is concerned. I think fans have every right to be concerned and criticize the product, but fans tuning out and in every week in flux when AEW's been proven to already have a very strong foothold in TNT's future for years to come and potentially more, I think in the grand scheme will not matter, especially if we see a huge increase in two weeks, it'll all really be moot. But we'll see. But you do that gloom and doom analysis when you're on the nxt ratings topic. Can't have it both ways homie. I didn't really doom and gloom in the NXT ratings thread, I mainly only said "It'd do better on Tuesdays" and well... wish granted I would hope. But also NXT did relatively much worse than AEW has ever done and it was much more interesting to monitor for a time simply because WWE treated it and continues to treat it like a red headed stepchild
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Apr 2, 2021 14:11:51 GMT -5
Q1: 844K/396K (Kaz vs Christian) Q2: 745K/375K (End of Kaz/Christian, Jade Cargill, beginning of QT vs Cody) Q3: 696K/333K (QT vs Cody, Sky & Page promo, Cargill attacking Red Velvet) Q4: 673K/343K (Moxley promo, Bononi vs Moxley, Team Taz promo, Inner Circle beatdown on Pinnacle) Q5: 632K/311K (Don Callis confronts Matt Jackson, beginning of Lucha Bros & Laredo Kid vs Good Brothers & Kenny Omega) Q6: 683K/332K (Lucha Bros & Loredo Kid vs Good Brothers & Kenny Omega, Britt Baker promo) Q7: 611K/308K (Rose & Bunny vs Conti & Shida) Q8: 717K/332K (Arcade Anarchy) Well the show started with almost 850k viewers, you can't say they still don't have interest and Christian definitely got people interested. I think it's just the way the show was structured and how the shows have been advertised match wise vs NXT firing towards a really huge night Was nice to see Arcade Anarchy get over 100k in the viewership department and Inner Circle/Pinnacle bring the demo up big, but you could factor in these things being surprises could have hurt the viewership in real time. It's something to learn from obviously. AEW's good at adapting, and they see that the fans clearly are there it's just a matter of keeping them throughout the two hours, which for any live program can be easier said than done these days. In two weeks here's hoping both AEW and NXT can have a much more consistent viewership.
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Post by markymark on Apr 2, 2021 14:38:27 GMT -5
Q1: 844K/396K (Kaz vs Christian) Q2: 745K/375K (End of Kaz/Christian, Jade Cargill, beginning of QT vs Cody) Q3: 696K/333K (QT vs Cody, Sky & Page promo, Cargill attacking Red Velvet) Q4: 673K/343K (Moxley promo, Bononi vs Moxley, Team Taz promo, Inner Circle beatdown on Pinnacle) Q5: 632K/311K (Don Callis confronts Matt Jackson, beginning of Lucha Bros & Laredo Kid vs Good Brothers & Kenny Omega) Q6: 683K/332K (Lucha Bros & Loredo Kid vs Good Brothers & Kenny Omega, Britt Baker promo) Q7: 611K/308K (Rose & Bunny vs Conti & Shida) Q8: 717K/332K (Arcade Anarchy) Well the show started with almost 850k viewers, you can't say they still don't have interest and Christian definitely got people interested. I think it's just the way the show was structured and how the shows have been advertised match wise vs NXT firing towards a really huge night Was nice to see Arcade Anarchy get over 100k in the viewership department and Inner Circle/Pinnacle bring the demo up big, but you could factor in these things being surprises could have hurt the viewership in real time. It's something to learn from obviously. AEW's good at adapting, and they see that the fans clearly are there it's just a matter of keeping them throughout the two hours, which for any live program can be easier said than done these days. In two weeks here's hoping both AEW and NXT can have a much more consistent viewership. This was NXT in comparison NXT (Overall/18-49) Q1: 678K/255K (Strong vs Grimes) Q2: 631K/247K (Kross video, Ciampa video, Escobar promo) Q3: 646K/266K (Breeze vs Escobar, Post match for triple threat tag match) Q4: 675K/287K (Gonzalez confronts Io, The Way tag match) Q5: 688K/275K (Stark vs Gonzalez, Gonzalez confronts Io #2, Dunne and KUSHIDA confrontation) Q6: 665K/283K (Cole vs O’Reilly video, Li vs Kacy & Kayden) Q7: 638K/263K (Gonzalez confronts Io #3, Ciampa interview, Balor interview) Q8: 596K/248K (North American Battle Royale) Overrun: +103K overall and +39K in key demo (considered “below average” numbers for an NXT overrun) Notice how the NXT women match gave NXT the edge, and once again beat AEW women division. Jerry Lynn is the true MVP for AEW for giving them win and how he laid out the Arcade Anarchy match
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Post by Dub H on Apr 2, 2021 14:57:21 GMT -5
It seems the biggest drop was for the mox match which is surprising.The New Elite vs Lucha Trio gained somr back But still thats a very weird drop
No surprise people werent interest on QT vs Cody even if I like the story.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Apr 2, 2021 15:09:43 GMT -5
Well the show started with almost 850k viewers, you can't say they still don't have interest and Christian definitely got people interested. I think it's just the way the show was structured and how the shows have been advertised match wise vs NXT firing towards a really huge night Was nice to see Arcade Anarchy get over 100k in the viewership department and Inner Circle/Pinnacle bring the demo up big, but you could factor in these things being surprises could have hurt the viewership in real time. It's something to learn from obviously. AEW's good at adapting, and they see that the fans clearly are there it's just a matter of keeping them throughout the two hours, which for any live program can be easier said than done these days. In two weeks here's hoping both AEW and NXT can have a much more consistent viewership. This was NXT in comparison NXT (Overall/18-49) Q1: 678K/255K (Strong vs Grimes) Q2: 631K/247K (Kross video, Ciampa video, Escobar promo) Q3: 646K/266K (Breeze vs Escobar, Post match for triple threat tag match) Q4: 675K/287K (Gonzalez confronts Io, The Way tag match) Q5: 688K/275K (Stark vs Gonzalez, Gonzalez confronts Io #2, Dunne and KUSHIDA confrontation) Q6: 665K/283K (Cole vs O’Reilly video, Li vs Kacy & Kayden) Q7: 638K/263K (Gonzalez confronts Io #3, Ciampa interview, Balor interview) Q8: 596K/248K (North American Battle Royale) Overrun: +103K overall and +39K in key demo (considered “below average” numbers for an NXT overrun) Notice how the NXT women match gave NXT the edge, and once again beat AEW women division. Jerry Lynn is the true MVP for AEW for giving them win and how he laid out the Arcade Anarchy match Also notably NXT didn't really take a ton of viewers away from AEW. There isn't a lot of crossover with these audiences, which is really gonna make things interesting when we see the Tuesday move and both shows unopposed. There's gonna basically be 600k average free game wrestling fans now on Wednesday AEW can try and get on any given week, and if they even got 200k of that on average it'd be huge
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Post by deezy on Apr 2, 2021 16:13:59 GMT -5
Seems like Q1 is always one of AEW's strongest Quarters. They probably would of gotten the same number regardless of which match was first.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Apr 2, 2021 16:47:48 GMT -5
Seems like Q1 is always one of AEW's strongest Quarters. They probably would of gotten the same number regardless of which match was first. AEW starts strong and gains back at the end, it's really a matter of structuring shows so fans dont change the channel to NXT or otherwise after next week. I would not be shocked if AEW comes out firing on their first unopposed show.
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