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Impact Wrestling Thursday on AXS TV at 8 pm, was watched by 153,000 viewers on average, including about 32,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.02 P18-49 rating.
This was Impact’s highest total viewership since January 27, 2022, 18 months ago.
New Japan Pro Wrestling on AXS at 10 pm, was watched by 62,000 viewers on average, including about 11,000 aged 18 to 49, for a 0.01 P18-49 rating.
This week’s Impact was up 38% compared to last week’s total viewership of 111,000. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 14% from last week’s 0.03 rating.
This week’s New Japan was down 2% compared to last week’s total viewership of 63,000. Among viewers 18 to 49, viewership was down 21% from last week’s 0.01 rating.
The New Japan episode featured last year’s G1 Climax final match, Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay.
Viewer counts in thousands for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 28 days in parentheses:
Impact:
P2+: 153 (+32%)
P18-49: 32 (+12%)
Non-P18-49: 121 (+42%)
New Japan:
P2+: 62 (+4%)
P18-49: 11 (+16%)
Non-P18-49: 51 (+6%)
This ratings report was written with the assistance of automated programs created by me, then manually edited.
Note: I choose to use P2+ rather than P18-49 for Impact and New Japan below, rather than P18-49 for similar charts for other programs, because the sample determining P18-49 is so small it probably represents volatility that’s not meaningful.
Brandon Thurston has written about wrestling business since 2015. He operates and owns Wrestlenomics.