Oh. So THAT’S why the derp squad didn’t report the ratings 2 minutes after they were reported.

SmackDown down on the week, year, and 2 years. Oof.

Damn, only 1 million more than Dynamite and only over 3 times the viewership of Rampage. SmackDown’s sinking.

1.98 million for RAW, the HHH era continues to succeed

Disappointing number. They should have gotten a million less to win the night.

According to Dave, The Last Jedi lead-in was responsible for Rampage doing bigger numbers. Just a reminder that AEW isn’t as popular as the stuff in the back catalogue around it.

Did you guys see the big return last night?

According to the ratings, the answer is “no.”

NXT’s climb has been surprising. The show is very AEW-like in terms of action and storylines. If they got some big name stars it could change the game there. Marathon not a sprint and all that.

I’m still down for CM Punk becoming the top heel.

For the first time ever, streaming beat cable in terms over total number of people and how they consumed their media.

Media consumption is definitely changing, but the mediums changing affects content and content affects how the mediums change. Wrestling could be at the forefront of this shift, or it could be helping cable to remain more viable. “People watch streaming” isn’t the magic hand-waving a lot of people use it as. It’s another version of “there’s something better on.”

2.618 million for Smackdown

But, but I thought Fan said he was a draw...
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431k in 18-49 in 2022 on a Friday night is not too bad, all things consi…wait…that’s the entire viewership?!?

Rip.

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

xrod in SHAMBLES still trying desperately to get some heat back via nonsensical GOTCHAS. Oof.

2.005 mil for Raw. They went up against pre-season football.

Not just the Raw ratings crushing, Johnny Wrestling KILLING it on Youtube!

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Ouch.

With Big Bang Theory being a bigger draw and having more cultural value, I would not be surprise to see AEW moved to late night time slots in coming weeks. Well, Rampage is already there. But I don’t know why a company hemorrhaging money would keep Dynamite on when they can just dig into the archives and put something better/more popular on.

I’m interested to see the effect Clash at the Castle has on WWE’s business (if any) in the UK. They’re on a platform with way less access than AEW, but a real belter of a show could get WWE closer to having its cake (more money for the exclusive deal) and eating it too (still being the most watched product anyway).

678k for NXT.

1.049 for Dynamite. Another win for AEW.

AEW Dynamite - 1.05 million

On their podcast Meltzer told Alvarez if Dynamite keeps up hot shows like he felt last night was then RAW could be in trouble come fall.

Dave said the Punk/Mox angle has to be one of the top angles of the year already because everyone is talking about it.

Raw has been around for 29 years. Dynamite has only been around for 3. So if you multiply Dynamite’s rating by 10, you basically get 10.49 million. I don’t necessarily like that AEW are kicking WWE’s ass, but the numbers don’t lie.

:rofl:

Remember when Chris Jericho said Dynamite would be beating Raw? That was like a year ago.

A champion shitting the bed is not a great angle. People are talking about how bad it is, or muttering up spineless defenses for it. This was Fingerpoke of Doom stuff. The ratings are barely up for a unification match between World Champions. They’re behind 1 MILLION viewers against a 3 hr dinosaur that airs on a tougher night of television. And attention does not equate to approval. How many people do you think were impressed by Dynamite this week?

He’s such a stooge. Here’s a prediction for next week: the ratings will be down to 970k or something. And all the shills will come out and defend this like it’s a good thing and a sign of growth.

Alvarez did ask Dave to clarify if he meant in terms of total viewers because Alvarez said he can't see that ever happening and Dave clarified he meant in 'the demo', not number of viewers

They have been about to overtake Raw for 150 episodes :cool:

WWE is paid as much for one episode of Raw as AEW is paid for like 4 months of Dynamite. Talk to me when AEW wins that metric :rofl:

Their fanatics defend it with AEW being cheaper, which they turn into a win. Ignoring that ad slots need to be bought on the shows, I guess.

They put their two biggest start on t.v in a desperate attempt to beat TNA's 2012 ratings

Well the demo is an archaic metric in today’s culture, especially on cable. If advertisers want to reach 18 yr olds, they will use other methods. And AEW’s 18-49 are closer to 49. So to call that a win is to be living in a different universe.

Why does he think WWE has gone after younger viewers than that on purpose? Why didn’t WWE get a raging hot deal for being consistently #1 prior to this most recent round of negotiations? He doesn’t have a fucking clue how television works, and he doesn’t have a clue how to even apply common sense to the ratings situation. He gets lost in them having any context whatsoever.

Raw is also killing them in every single demo right now. Every. Single. Demo. They’ve broken away. The 18-49 numbers for Raw this past week were 0.57, 0.55 and 0.53 (out of prime time). AEW got 0.34 on a fucking Wednesday.

It’s not even fucking close.

I can’t remember what TNA was getting in 2012. Did they succeed? I’m guessing no.

Different times, right? Yeah, of the millions of people with cable in their homes, more watched wrestling then.

Is AEW still doing horrible with women? I’m willing to bet yes.

Imagine thinking advertisers care more about fat white guys who only spend money on pizza and wrestling than women in 2022. It’s almost as if Dave is out of touch.

Not nearly as bad as you and xrod.

good to see THIS is still going on!