The Ratings Thread - a lot of people watched wrestling on Super Tuesday, sort of

[GKJ]

Very backwards that the old guys bring in the younger demos

 

[Jussi]

Tuesday night's episode of WWE NXT averaged 737,000 viewers on the USA Network, up 17.9 percent from last week. It's the largest audience total for the show since October 26, 2021, which was last year's Halloween Havoc.

In the 18-49 demo, NXT finished 14th on the cable charts with a 0.15 rating. That's up 15.4 percent from last week. The charts were dominated by MLB playoff coverage on TBS and FS1, and there was also tough sports competition from the opening night of the NHL season on ESPN.

NXT's ratings were even or up from last week in every demo. The largest increase was with males 12-34, which were up 66.7 percent to a 0.10 rating. The show also had a 13.9 percent increase in its biggest demo, people over 50. NXT's 0.41 rating in that category was its second largest in almost two years.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Quarter hours were rough for Dynamite this week.

First hour was relatively stable with Cole vs MJF being the peak.

Second hour just bled viewers with the main event dropping below 700k.

No idea what to take from it outside of maybe viewers are tired of Trios matches and also are not interested in Saraya's stable.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Quarter hours were rough for Dynamite this week.

First hour was relatively stable with Cole vs MJF being the peak.

Second hour just bled viewers with the main event dropping below 700k.

No idea what to take from it outside of maybe viewers are tired of Trios matches and also are not interested in Saraya's stable.

It is simpler: nobody cares about the Young Bucks, they are one-note spot monkeys who lost a lot of their appea in the last 2 years and are dragging Omega and Hangman down. The Elite vs BCC feud is very meh. All of the guys in the BCC and Omega should all be singles and pushed as stars. Take is also very good, focus on him vs Omega.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

I mean I thought it was a great episode of Dynamite...I am not going to sit here and say it sucks after the fact because other people happened to not watch.

 

[Emperoreddy]

NXT pulled it's best rating since it moved to USA solely off the back of Seth

 

[Emperoreddy]

It is simpler: nobody cares about the Young Bucks, they are one-note spot monkeys who lost a lot of their appea in the last 2 years and are dragging Omega and Hangman down. The Elite vs BCC feud is very meh. All of the guys in the BCC and Omega should all be singles and pushed as stars. Take is also very good, focus on him vs Omega.

Dynamite pulled a much better rating last night with The Elite no where to be found, so yeah you might be right.

Punk definitely draws viewers better then the Bucks

 

[yahhockey]

Sometimes there is a debut bump then a drop to what eventually becomes the normal rating (just ask Rampage). It will take time before we know where Collision may settle or if it can maintain around the 800k mark.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Dynamite peaked close to a million with the concession stand brawl.

Double J confirmed draw

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Dynamite pulled a much better rating last night with The Elite no where to be found, so yeah you might be right.

Punk definitely draws viewers better then the Bucks

I mean Punk wasn't promoted for the show at all and The Elite were on the show in a pre tape. I think people just selectively look for things to support their opinion when it comes to the ratings when in reality AEW had a great Dynamite followed up by a hot debut of Collision and a strong episode in a previous week is more likely to boost ratings the next week then anything else.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I mean Punk wasn't promoted for the show at all and The Elite were on the show in a pre tape. I think people just selectively look for things to support their opinion when it comes to the ratings when in reality AEW had a great Dynamite followed up by a hot debut of Collision and a strong episode in a previous week is more likely to boost ratings the next week then anything else.

You can go back through the quarterlys for weeks. Trios matches see the lowest ratings and so has the BCC/Elite feud.

Punk segments also historically draw more.

It seems more you are upset that the trios match last week you enjoyed caused a boat load of viewers to tune out, while the two shows that were more Punk centric did way better.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

You can go back through the quarterlys for weeks. Trios matches see the lowest ratings and so has the BCC/Elite feud.

Punk segments also historically draw more.

It seems more you are upset that the trios match last week you enjoyed caused a boat load of viewers to tune out, while the two shows that were more Punk centric did way better.

No I don't particularly care. Like I said neither Punk nor the Bucks were promoted to even be on this weeks show, so I somewhat doubt him doing a surprise run in for 2 minutes boosted ratings in any significant way. There is a lot more then a couple weeks of evidence to support my claim that the ratings reflect the quality of the previous week more so then anything else you listed though. It was also the go home show before a massive PPV.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Quarterlys show the word of mouth alone on Punk brought in an extra 40K

MJF and Cole did an excellent job retaining viewers. So did Mark Brisco (was actually the peak of the show).

Pretty nasty drop for the OC match. Could be the folks that were into the MJF/Cole stuff aren't into OC, or most likely because those casual 100K worth of fans just don't know who all the New Japan folks in that match were and tuned out.

 

[Grackle Party]

Massive drop for Collision week 2. Down from 800k to 500k. Saturdays are going to be rough for them.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I'm honestly surprised by that.

It's not going to be pretty once college football gets going.

I assume it's still good enough for Warner

 

[Emperoreddy]

RAW pulled a big number. Obvious take away is Pharoah is a draw

 

[GKJ]

Dynamite had a 3-year low in the demo. Not what you want coming off a PPV.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Curious about the quarterlys. I am going to guess the show started well and fell off a cliff come main event time because no one wants to see The Painmaker

 

[Emperoreddy]

So I was wrong. The main event actually gained some viewers back and had a big boost in the overrun (though might be channel changers)

Show lost viewers every quarter except for the final one.

The Trios match with OC had the biggest drop in the first hour.

Second hour had another big drop after the Jungle Boy promo and all the stuff before the main event.

 

[yahhockey]

Massive drop for Collision week 2. Down from 800k to 500k. Saturdays are going to be rough for them.

I'm not saying you purposely posted a lower number but for clarity it was 595k. Yes it was in the 500s but 595 and 500 are significantly different when the original number was only 816k,

 

[Grackle Party]

I'm not saying you purposely posted a lower number but for clarity it was 595k. Yes it was in the 500s but 595 and 500 are significantly different when the original number was only 816k,

Wasn’t on purpose just lazy. I would have rounded up if I was paying closer attention

 

[GKJ]

 

[The Burdened]

man summer 2021 feels like 10-years ago for AEW. Felt like they were gonna take over the world. sad that they botched that momentum.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Ouch. We knew Saturday was not a great TV night, but... ouch!

 

[GKJ]

Ouch. We knew Saturday was not a great TV night, but... ouch!

Yeah, wait for college football to start, too.