Impact Wrestling Thursday on AXS TV, was watched by 81,000 viewers on average, measuring 16,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.01 P18-49 rating.
New Japan Pro Wrestling at 10 pm on AXS, featuring the Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega match from Wrestle Kingdom, was watched by 81,000 viewers on average, measuring 19,000 viewers aged 18 to 49, for a 0.01 P18-49 rating.
This is the first time New Japan’s viewership has ever equaled Impact’s on the same night. New Japan has never before exceeded or equaled Impact in P18-49 either, as it did Thursday night.
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This was New Japan’s highest total viewership since March 24, 2022 (Golden Series in Hokkaido Part 3) and its highest P18-49 viewership since June 2, 2022 (Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito from Dontaku).
Compared to last week, Impact was down 20% in total viewership.
Compared to last week, New Japan was up 72% in total viewership.
Viewer counts in thousands, calculated from national ratings, for this week’s episode with difference versus the median of the last 28 days in parentheses:
Impact:
P2+: 81 (-7%)
P18-49: 16 (-11%)
Non-P18-49: 65 (-8%)
Median age: 63.8 (+2%)
New Japan:
P2+: 81 (+69%)
P18-49: 19 (+322%)
Non-P18-49: 62 (+49%)
Median age: 64.6 (-1%)
This report was written with the assistance of automated programs created by me, then manually edited.
This report was written with the assistance of automated programs created by me, then manually edited.
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Brandon Thurston
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