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TV RATINGS

AEW Rampage on TNT
Fri, May. 24, 2024: 6:00 to 7:00 pm
(PREEMPTED AIRING)

222,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.08

Reported earlier by SportsMediaWatch.

THIS PREEMPTED AIRING WAS THE LOWEST TOTAL VIEWERSHIP FOR RAMPAGE IN THE SHOW’S HISTORY. THERE ARE TWO EPISODES WITH A LOWER P18-49 RATING.

AEW Countdown to Double or Nothing, immediately after Rampage, averaged 218,000 viewers and a 0.06 P18-49 rating.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (Preemption: 392,000): -43%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (431,000): -48%

• Current 2024-Q2 P2+ average (331,000) vs. 2023-Q2 (407,000): -19%

• Current May 2024 P2+ average (431,000) vs. May 2023 (436,000): -1%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (Preemption: 0.13): -38%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.15): -47%

• Current 2024-Q2 P18-49 average (0.10) vs. 2023-Q2 (0.12): -17%

• Current May 2024 P18-49 average (0.15) vs. May 2023 (0.11): +36%

Viewer counts for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 4 non-preemption episodes in parentheses:

• P2+: 222k (-31%)

• P18-49: 106k (-14%)

• Non-P18-49: 116k (-42%)

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LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

Taped at Mechanics Bank Arena with AEW Dynamite on May. 22, 2024.

DIGITAL

As of 8:04 pm, May 28

Most-viewed YouTube videos on AEW’s official channel:

• 1.) 189,735 – “For The World” Champion, The Learning Tree Chris Jericho, is taught a lesson!

• 2.) 100,929 – TBS Champ Nightingale & Statlander face Anna Jay & the debuting Alex Windsor!

• 3.) 86,126 – “Toro Blanco” RUSH & Private Party’s Isiah Kassidy CLASH!

• 4.) 76,639 – This week’s AEW

• 5.) 67,256 – The KING of Television is BACK! Samoa Joe returns to in-ring ACTION!

• 6.) 59,527 – The Bastard PAC & Rocky Romero go toe-to-toe on Rampage!

RECEPTION

As of 8:05 pm, May 28

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 6.21 (32 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (5.12): +21%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.23): -0%

• Current 2024-Q2 average (6.05) vs. 2023-Q2 (6.21): -2%

Match ratings:

• 6.32 (43 votes) – Kris Statlander & Willow Nightingale vs. Alex Windsor & Anna Jay

• 6.13 (44 votes) – Rocky Romero vs. PAC

• 5.88 (47 votes) – Rush vs. Isiah Kassidy

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Dom Kubrick vs. Samoa Joe

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TV RATINGS

WWE Smackdown on Fox
Fri, May. 24, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm

2,147,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.56

Reported earlier by SportsMediaWatch.

LOWEST P2+ SINCE MAY. 10, 2024

LOWEST P18-49 SINCE DEC. 29, 2023

Competition note: Mavericks vs. Timberwolves on TNT in primetime averaged 6,138,000 viewers and a 1.99 P18-49 rating. The Panthers vs. Rangers, also in primetime opposing Smackdown, averaged 2,123,000 viewers and a .0.66 P18-49 rating on ESPN.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (2,186,000): -2%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (2,151,000): -0%

• Current 2024-Q2 P2+ average (2,273,000) vs. 2023-Q2 (2,309,000): -2%

• Current May 2024 P2+ average (2,152,000) vs. May 2023 (2,124,000): +1%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.59): -5%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.60): -7%

• Current 2024-Q2 P18-49 average (0.64) vs. 2023-Q2 (0.61): +5%

• Current May 2024 P18-49 average (0.59) vs. May 2023 (0.53): +11%

Viewer counts for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 4 non-preemption episodes in parentheses:

• P2+: 2147k (+0%)

• P18-49: 739k (-5%)

• Non-P18-49: 1408k (+3%)

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LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

WWE Smackdown
Friday, May 24, 2024
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at Jeddah Super Dome
Estimated tickets distributed: Unavailable

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q2 WWE Smackdown average: (12,548) vs. 2023-Q2 (10,204): +23%

No market-to-market comparisons available for this city.

DIGITAL

As of 7:04 pm, May 28

Most-viewed YouTube videos on WWE’s official channel:

• 1.) Randy Orton vs. Tama Tonga – King of the Ring Semifinals – FULL MATCH: SmackDown, May 24, 2024: 804,041

• 2.) 467,590 – Cody Rhodes humiliates Logan Paul with brass knuckles search

• 3.) “You’re recruiting dangerous people” – Paul Heyman warns Solo Sikoa: SmackDown, May 24, 2024: 416,716

• 4.) 255,763 – Bianca Belair vs. Nia Jax – Queen of the Ring Semifinals

• 5.) SmackDown, May 24, 2024 – LA Knight & The Street Profits vs. A-Town Down Under & Carmelo Hayes: 192,230

• 6.) SmackDown, May 24, 2024 – Carmelo Hayes brings chaos to “The Grayson Waller Effect” with LA Knight: 151,846

• 7.) 150,781 – Bayley vs. Chelsea Green

• 8.) 148,618 – Piper Niven hits Bayley with a post-match attack

RECEPTION

As of 8:00 pm, May 28

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 5.92 (76 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (5.82): +2%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (5.97): -1%

• Current 2024-Q2 average (6.15) vs. 2023-Q2 (6.88): -11%

Match ratings:

• 6.33 (85 votes) – Nia Jax vs. Bianca Belair

• 5.89 (74 votes) – LA Knight & The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) vs. A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory & Grayson Waller) & Carmelo Hayes

• 5.64 (83 votes) – Tama Tonga vs. Randy Orton

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Bayley vs. Chelsea Green

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TV RATINGS

AEW Dynamite on TBS
Wed, May. 22, 2024: 8:00 to 10:03 pm

713,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.24

Competition note: Dynamite ranked #6 for the night in P18-49 on cable. The Mavericks-Timberwolves NBA conference final game averaged 6,818,000 viewers and a 2.40 P18-49 rating on TNT. The NHL conference final game between the Rangers and Panthers averaged 1,984,000 and a 0.61 P18-49 rating.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (672,000): +6%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (692,000): +3%

• Current 2024-Q2 P2+ average (727,000) vs. 2023-Q2 (855,000): -15%

• Current May 2024 P2+ average (700,000) vs. May 2023 (847,000): -17%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.23): +4%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.24): +0%

• Current 2024-Q2 P18-49 average (0.25) vs. 2023-Q2 (0.29): -14%

• Current May 2024 P18-49 average (0.24) vs. May 2023 (0.30): -20%

Viewer counts for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 4 non-preemption episodes in parentheses:

• P2+: 713k (+3%)

• P18-49: 319k (+4%)

• F18-49: 122k (+12%)

• M18-49: 197k (-2%)

• P18-34: 126k (+27%)

• F18-34: 64k (+68%)

• M18-34: 62k (+13%)

• P35-49: 193k (-9%)

• F35-49: 58k (-10%)

• M35-49: 135k (-8%)

• Non-P18-49: 394k (+3%)

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LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

AEW Dynamite
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Bakersfield, CA at Mechanics Bank Arena
Estimated tickets distributed: 2,292

Market-to-market comparisons (Bakersfield, CA):

• 2021-10-10 (Sun) – WWE Supershow: 3,284 (-30% vs. 2,292)

• 2022-09-17 (Sat) – WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event: 3,747 (-39%)

• 2023-09-30 (Sat) – WWE No Mercy: 4,954 (-54%)

• 2024-03-03 (Sun) – WWE Road to Wrestlemania: 5,254 (-56%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q2 AEW Dynamite average: (3,499) vs. 2023-Q2 (5,106): -31%

DIGITAL

As of 5:07 pm, May 23

Most-viewed YouTube videos on AEW’s official channel:

• 1.) 207,263 – IT’S PERSONAL! AEW Champion, Swerve Strickland faces The Prodigy Nick Wayne!

• 2.) 192,532 – RAINING BLOOD! Kyle O’Reilly faces House of Black’s Malakai Black!

• 3.) 185,818 – Before Anarchy in the Arena, Bryan Danielson faces the MASSIVE Satnam Singh!

• 4.) 137,756 – AEW Women’s Champ Storm & May face the Outcasts’ Saraya & Cameron!

• 5.) 104,418 – Ospreay & Cassidy team face Beretta & AEW International Champ Strong!

• 6.) 94,043 – Who will face the Unified Trios Champs, Bang Bang Gang, at Double or Nothing?

• 7.) 64,843 – HOOK vs Shibata vs Keith for a shot at the “For The World” title!

• 8.) 62,808 – Before his title eliminator at Double or Nothing, Takeshita takes on Sydal!

RECEPTION

As of 5:21 pm, May 23

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 7.27 (102 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (7.85): -7%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (7.26): +0%

• Current 2024-Q2 average (6.92) vs. 2023-Q2 (7.61): -9%

Match ratings:

• 7.49 (98 votes) – Malakai Black vs. Kyle O’Reilly

• 7.21 (109 votes) – Roderick Strong & Trent Beretta vs. Orange Cassidy & Will Ospreay

• 6.41 (87 votes) – Nick Wayne vs. Swerve Strickland

• 5.50 (83 votes) – The Outcasts (Harley Cameron & Saraya) vs. Mariah May & Toni Storm

• 4.60 (84 votes) – Bryan Keith vs. Hook vs. Katsuyori Shibata

• 3.80 (84 votes) – Bryan Danielson vs. Satnam Singh

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Matt Sydal vs. Konosuke Takeshita

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TV RATINGS

WWE NXT on USA Network
Tue, May. 21, 2024: 8:00 to 10:06 pm

654,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.17

Competition note: NXT was head-to-head with the Pacers vs. Celtics NBA Eastern Conference Final game, which was simulcast on ESPN and ESPN2, averaging a combined 6,433,000 viewers and a 2.06 P18-49 rating.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (567,000): +15%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (613,000): +7%

• Current 2024-Q2 P2+ average (627,000) vs. 2023-Q2 (600,000): +4%

• Current May 2024 P2+ average (627,000) vs. May 2023 (584,000): +7%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.18): -6%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.18): -6%

• Current 2024-Q2 P18-49 average (0.18) vs. 2023-Q2 (0.16): +12%

• Current May 2024 P18-49 average (0.18) vs. May 2023 (0.16): +12%

Viewer counts for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 4 non-preemption episodes in parentheses:

• P2+: 654k (+7%)

• P18-49: 224k (-10%)

• Non-P18-49: 430k (+12%)

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LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

Taped at WWE Performance Center on May. 14, 2024. No live event data available.

DIGITAL

As of 4:05 pm, May 22

Most-viewed YouTube videos on WWE’s official channel:

• 1.) 64,351 – Lola Vice shakes off Shayna Baszler in post-match attack

• 2.) 63,623 – FULL SEGMENT

• 3.) 50,773 – Wes Lee and Joe Coffey simultaneously pin Josh Briggs

• 4.) 48,393 – Women’s North American Title Qualifying Matches

• 5.) 47,645 – The O.C. destroy Nathan Frazer & Axiom after NXT Tag Title Match

• 6.) 39,360 – Full NXT Highlights

RECEPTION

As of 4:59 pm, May 22

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 6.81 (15 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (6.7): +2%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.95): -2%

• Current 2024-Q2 average (7.09) vs. 2023-Q2 (7.06): +0%

Match ratings:

• 6.83 (11 votes) – Josh Briggs vs. Joe Coffey and Wes Lee

• 6.82 (10 votes) – Karmen Petrovic & Natalya vs. Lola Vice & Shayna Baszler

• 6.71 (13 votes) – The D’Angelo Family (Channing Lorenzo & Luca Crusifino) vs. Axiom & Nathan Frazer (c)

• 6.21 (13 votes) – Thea Hail vs. Fallon Henley

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Jaida Parker vs. Brinley Reece

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Dante Chen vs. Lexis King

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