I believe the term is ouch. The Wednesday Night Wars have certainly been an interesting situation for a lot of wrestling fans as WWE finally has some big time competition for a change. That would be in the form of AEW Dynamite, which has gone head to head with NXT for over a year now. While that might not be the biggest showdown in the world, Dynamite now has something they can brag about and it is a pretty impressive feat.
One of the most important details about measuring the audience of a wrestling show is the demographic. In short, what is more important than the total number of people watching is the amount of people who watched in certain groups. That is the number that matters more to advertisers who determine the amount of money the shows can draw, and Dynamite has done something pretty big.
According to Dave Meltzer, last week’s edition of AEW Dynamite out drew this week’s edition of Monday Night Raw in the key 18-49 demographic in all three hours for the first time ever. This was not predicted to happen until next summer at the earliest. This comes as Monday Night Raw drew the lowest audience in the history of the show, drawing an average of 1.52 million viewers over the three hour broadcast, according to Showbuzz Daily.
AEW last week beat all three hours of Raw last night in key demo, set its record in VPH and was first in both that and youngest skewing sports audience of the week. We had pegged that next summer at the earliest and only with WWE not turning it around or else no chance.
— Dave Meltzer (@davemeltzerWON) December 15, 2020
That’s a heck of a feat. Check out what happened last week to get that audience:
Opinion: I’m not sure what else you can say about something like this. At the end of the day, AEW Dynamite just beat WWE’s Monday Night Raw in the numbers that matter the most. Yes there was a huge Monday Night Football game and the shows aren’t the same length and all that jazz, but Dynamite won over the flagship wrestling show of the biggest wrestling company in the world. That’s a big deal, no matter how you look at it.
What does this mean for AEW? How long can they keep it up? Let us know in the comments below.
Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his- Amazon author page with 30 wrestling books. Get the latest and greatest in professional wrestling news by signing up for our daily email newsletter. Just look below for “GET EXCLUSIVE UPDATES” to sign up. Thank you for reading!
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