AEW Dynamite Sees Increase In Viewership, NXT Rebounds (5/27)
Viewership data is in for this week’s battle in the WWE NXT vs. AEW Dynamite Wednesday Night War.
AEW won the night in total viewers and in the key 18-49 demo, but both shows were up. Here is the breakdown of the live and same-night DVR viewership, courtesy of ShowbuzzDaily:
WWE NXT Viewership
NXT on the USA Network averaged 731,000 viewers, up from last week’s 592,000 In the 18-49 demo, they drew a 0.19 rating, up from 0.13 last week.
The episode featured Matt Riddle vs. Timothy Thatcher with Kurt Angle as the special guest referee in a Cage Fight, Drake Maverick vs. Kushida vs. Jake Atlas in a Triple Threat to determine the Group A winner of Interim NXT Cruiserweight Championship Tournament, and Charlotte Flair & Chelsea Green vs. Io Shirai & Rhea Ripley.
AEW Dynamite Viewership
AEW Dynamite on TNT was watched by 827,000 viewers, up from the 701,000 viewers last week. In the 18-49 demo, Dynamite pulled in a 0.32 rating, up from the 0.26 rating that the show did last week.
AEW Dynamite featured bouts such as Matt Hardy and The Young Bucks vs. Private Party and Joey Janela, A Battle Royal will take place to determine the first contender for the AEW TNT Championship, and a pep rally for The Inner Circle that led to a brawl with Mike Tyson.