AEW Rampage Did 1.1 Million Viewers, 0.52 Rating For CM Punk Debut

CM Punk’s highly anticipated return to pro wrestling helped AEW draw massive viewership for Friday’s AEW Rampage: The First Dance special.

AEW Rampage: The First Dance averaged 1,129,000 viewers and drew a 0.52 rating in the A18-49 demographic. The data comes courtesy of Brandon Thurston Wrestlenomics.

Some additional key metrics:

• Viewership for The First Dance was up 53% from the previous week’s premiere. The demo rating was up a staggering 75%.

• The 0.52 demo rating is the most-watched AEW broadcast in history aside from the AEW Dynamite premiere in October 2019.

• The opening quarter hour of Rampage featuring CM Punk’s debut was watched by 1,341,000 viewers and did a 0.65 rating (A18-49).

CM Punk makes his first AEW Dynamite appearance this Wednesday night on TNT.