This week’s AEW Dynamite viewership saw a large drop as it ran on Saturday night for the second straight week.
According to Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics, AEW Dynamite brought in 575,000 viewers, which is down from the 727,000 viewers the show brought in last week, which also aired on a Saturday (October 16) due to being pre-empted. This week’s show also drew a 0.22 rating (288,000 viewers) in the 18-49 demographic, which is down from the 0.28 demo (366,000 viewers) the show drew last week.
It’s worth noting that another “head-to-head” battle between AEW and WWE took place this week, as FOX aired an encore broadcast of the 10/22 episode of SmackDown on FOX. The SmackDown replay brought in 632,000 viewers with 0.16 rating (212,000 viewers) in the 18-49 demo.
This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite was highlighted by two World Title Eliminator matches (Bryan Danielson vs. Dustin Rhodes and Eddie Kingston vs. Lance Archer), an AEW TBS Women’s Championship Tournament match between Penelope Ford and Ruby Soho, and the third match between Cody Rhodes and Malakai Black. Full results from the 10/23 show can be viewed at this link.
AEW Dynamite will return to its normal broadcast day and time this week.
Year-To-Date AEW Dynamite viewership totals
- Year High — September 22: 1,273,000 viewers
- Year Low — June 4: 462,000 viewers
- Current Week — October 23: 575,000 viewers
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