Viewership data for Week 7 of the NXT vs. AEW ‘Wednesday Night War’ is out.
After a razor-thin victory last week (only 9,000 viewers), AEW’s margin of victory over NXT expanded this week to over 200,000.
Here is the breakdown of the live and same-night DVR viewership, courtesy of ShowbuzzDaily:
WWE NXT Viewership
NXT on the USA Network averaged 750,000 viewers, which is down 7.7% from the 813,000 viewers that the show drew last week on the USA Network. In the 18-49 demos, the show drew 0.25, down from 0.30 from last week.
NXT was the 22nd most-watched show on cable for the night.
This week’s NXT TV featured Lio Rush defending the Cruiserweight Championship against Angel Garza, Finn Balor brawling with Matt Riddle to set up their match at NXT Takeover WarGames, Keith Lee vs. Roderick Strong and Mia Yim vs. Io Shirai in a wild Ladder Match.
AEW Dynamite Viewership
AEW Dynamite on TNT averaged 957,000 viewers, up 16.4% from 822,000 last week. In the 18-49 demo Dynamite pulled in a 0.43, up from the 0.35 last week.
AEW was the 5th most-watched show on cable for the night.
Dynamite saw SCU defend the AEW World Tag Team Championships against Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara, Jon Moxley in action, MJF explaining why he turned on Cody Rhodes, the debut of Wardlow, The Young Bucks brawling with Santana & Ortiz, the return of Luchasaurus and much more.