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TV RATINGS

AEW Dynamite on TBS
Wed, Jan. 15, 2025: 8:00 to 10:07 pm
679,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.18

Confirmed by Wrestlenomics via a Nielsen source.

Viewership data does not include viewing on Max, which began simulcasting Dynamite on January 1, 2025. 

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (615,000): +10%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (600,000): +13%

• Current 2025-Q1 P2+ average (627,000) vs. 2024-Q1 (810,000): -23%

• Current Jan 2025 P2+ average (627,000) vs. Jan 2024 (829,000): -24%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.17): +6%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.18): +0%

• Current 2025-Q1 P18-49 average (0.17) vs. 2024-Q1 (0.28): -39%

• Current Jan 2025 P18-49 average (0.17) vs. Jan 2024 (0.28): -39%

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

• P2+: 679k (+13%)

• P18-49: 243k (+3%)

• F18-49: 81k (+7%)

• M18-49: 162k (-1%)

• P18-34: 87k (+24%)

• F18-34: 26k (+0%)

• M18-34: 61k (+39%)

• P35-49: 156k (-1%)

• F35-49: 55k (+17%)

• M35-49: 101k (-9%)

• Non-P18-49: 436k (+17%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Cincinnati, OH at The Andrew J Brady Music Center
Estimated tickets distributed: 1,570

Market-to-market comparisons (Cincinnati, OH):

• 2021-09-08 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 6,800 (-77% vs. 1,570) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2021-09-27 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 5,473 (-71%)

• 2022-01-31 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 5,562 (-72%)

• 2022-10-18 (Tue) – AEW Dynamite: 4,740 (-67%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2023-01-16 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 7,608 (-79%)

• 2023-06-17 (Sat) – WWE Supershow: 6,291 (-75%)

• 2023-09-13 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 2,667 (-41%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2024-04-26 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 13,110 (-88%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2025-Q1 AEW Dynamite average: (2,485) vs. 2024-Q1 (4,138): -40%

DIGITAL

As of 5:02 pm, Jan 16

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

• 1.) 302,220 – Could Powerhouse Hobbs dethrone the AEW World Champion, Jon Moxley?

• 2.) 189,072 – Kenny Omega returns to in-ring action vs Callis Family’s Brian Cage!

• 3.) 163,441 – A red hot Swerve Strickland attempts to get revenge on Ricochet

• 4.) 118,322 – Samoa Joe returns & HOOK finally goes toe to toe with Christian Cage!

• 5.) 43,176 – Hurt Syndicate battles AEW Tag Team Champions Private Party & Mark Briscoe!

• 6.) 27,256 – Outlaws never die! Dustin Rhodes gives Jeff Jarrett some sage advice.

• 7.) 4,607 – Mox and Hobbs Battle for the AEW World Title at MAXIMUM CARNAGE!

RECEPTION

As of 5:09 pm, Jan 16

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 6.66 (79 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (7.79): -15%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (7.87): -15%

• Current 2025-Q1 average (7.09) vs. 2024-Q1 (7.67): -8%

Match ratings:

• 7.21 (116 votes) – Kenny Omega vs. Brian Cage

• 6.79 (93 votes) – Harley Cameron and Jamie Hayter and Julia Hart and Kris Statlander and Megan Bayne and Willow Nightingale vs. Toni Storm

• 6.78 (96 votes) – Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Jon Moxley (c)

• 5.88 (83 votes) – Mark Briscoe & Private Party (Quen & Zay) vs. The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley, MVP & Shelton Benjamin)

• 4.71 (77 votes) – Christian Cage vs. Hook

This report was produced with the assistance of programming scripts created by me.

brandon@wrestlenomics.com

Wrestlenomics is not affiliated with or licensed by Nielsen.

TV RATINGS

WWE NXT on CW
Tue, Jan. 14, 2025: 8:00 to 10:00 pm
779,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.17

Confirmed by Wrestlenomics, according to a Nielsen source.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (798,000): -2%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (714,000): +9%

• Current 2025-Q1 P2+ average (788,000) vs. 2024-Q1 (643,000): +23%

• Current Jan 2025 P2+ average (788,000) vs. Jan 2024 (693,000): +14%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.21): -19%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.16): +6%

• Current 2025-Q1 P18-49 average (0.19) vs. 2024-Q1 (0.18): +6%

• Current Jan 2025 P18-49 average (0.19) vs. Jan 2024 (0.20): -5%

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

• P2+: 779k (+9%)

• P18-49: 224k (+11%)

• Non-P18-49: 555k (+10%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

DIGITAL

As of 5:02 pm, Jan 15

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

• 1.) 87,562 – Fallon Henley costs Stephanie Vaquer a championship opportunity

• 2.) 82,998 – Eddy Thorpe drops Oba Femi with a brutal sneak attack

• 3.) 75,626 – Oba Femi claims his throne as NXT Champion

RECEPTION

As of 5:33 pm, Jan 15

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 6.53 (16 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (7.2): -9%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.54): -0%

• Current 2025-Q1 average (6.87) vs. 2024-Q1 (6.80): +1%

Match ratings:

• 7.52 (28 votes) – Out The Mud (Bronco Nima & Lucien Price) vs. Axiom & Nathan Frazer (c)

• 6.28 (24 votes) – The Unholy Union (Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn) vs. Meta-Four (Jakara Jackson & Lash Legend)

• 5.17 (28 votes) – Stephanie Vaquer vs. Shotzi

• 4.85 (25 votes) – Cora Jade vs. Kelani Jordan

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Dante Chen vs. Ethan Page

This report was produced with the assistance of programming scripts created by me.

brandon@wrestlenomics.com

Wrestlenomics is not affiliated with or licensed by Nielsen.

TV RATINGS

AEW Collision on TNT
Sat, Jan. 11, 2025: 8:00 to 10:00 pm
337,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.09

Confirmed by Wrestlenomics via a Nielsen source.

The replay of NXT on CW was watched by 279,000 viewers and averaged a 0.04 P18-49 rating, according to Programming Insider.

Collision ranked #7 for the night on cable in primetime in P18-49.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (345,000): -2%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (409,000): -18%

• Current 2025-Q1 P2+ average (341,000) vs. 2024-Q1 (414,000): -18%

• Current Jan 2025 P2+ average (341,000) vs. Jan 2024 (386,000): -12%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.09): +0%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.13): -31%

• Current 2025-Q1 P18-49 average (0.09) vs. 2024-Q1 (0.12): -25%

• Current Jan 2025 P18-49 average (0.09) vs. Jan 2024 (0.10): -10%

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

• P2+: 337k (+8%)

• P18-49: 117k (-4%)

• F18-49: 37k (-4%)

• M18-49: 80k (-4%)

• P18-34: 31k (-33%)

• F18-34: 18k (+50%)

• M18-34: 13k (-40%)

• P35-49: 86k (+40%)

• F35-49: 19k (+41%)

• M35-49: 67k (+33%)

• Non-P18-49: 220k (+8%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

Saturday, January 11, 2025
Athens, GA at Akins Ford Arena
Estimated tickets distributed: 2,159

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2025-Q1 AEW Collision average: (2,550) vs. 2024-Q1 (3,020): -16%

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

DIGITAL

As of 10:03 am, Jan 14

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

• 1.) 371,367 – Could Rated FTR’s Cope chop down the Red Wood, Big Bill?

• 2.) 144,112 – Chris Jericho, ROH World Champion, takes on Rated FTR’s Dax Harwood!

• 3.) 86,704 – “The Bastard” Pac battles ROH World TV Champion Komander!

• 4.) 63,527 – Mentor vs Student! Daniel Garcia, TNT Champion, battles Katsuyori Shibata!

• 5.) 63,185 – Hot Girl Graps! Harley Cameron faces AEW Women’s World Champ, Mariah May!

• 6.) 59,447 – Could the Outrunners get revenge against Castagnoli & Yuta?

• 7.) 52,069 – Brody King looks UNSTOPPABLE!

• 8.) 46,202 – Is Christopher Daniels ready for Hangman Adam Page?

RECEPTION

As of 10:49 am, Jan 14

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 6.43 (66 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (5.81): +11%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (7.42): -13%

• Current 2025-Q1 average (6.12) vs. 2024-Q1 (7.23): -15%

Match ratings:

• 7.33 (103 votes) – Katsuyori Shibata vs. Daniel Garcia (c)

• 6.83 (93 votes) – PAC vs. Komander

• 6.55 (98 votes) – Cope vs. Big Bill

• 5.75 (86 votes) – Harley Cameron vs. Mariah May

• 5.41 (79 votes) – Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta) vs. The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd)

• 3.17 (92 votes) – Dax Harwood vs. Chris Jericho

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Brody King vs. Trevor Blackwell

This report was produced with the assistance of programming scripts created by me.

brandon@wrestlenomics.com

Wrestlenomics is not affiliated with or licensed by Nielsen.

TV RATINGS

WWE Smackdown on USA Network
Fri, Jan. 10, 2025: 8:00 to 10:00 pm
1,436,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.40

Reported earlier by Programming Insider, not yet confirmed by Wrestlenomics

Smackdown was #2 on cable for the night in P18-49 as it went head-to-head with the Ohio State vs. Texas College Football Playoff game that aired on ESPN (19,598,000 viewers and a 4.95 P18-49 rating) and ESPN2 (an additional 819,000 viewers and 0.26 P18-49 rating).

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (1,528,000): -6%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (1,455,000): -1%

• Current 2025-Q1 P2+ average (1,482,000) vs. 2024-Q1 (2,398,000): -38%

• Current Jan 2025 P2+ average (1,482,000) vs. Jan 2024 (2,433,000): -39%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.45): -11%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.42): -5%

• Current 2025-Q1 P18-49 average (0.43) vs. 2024-Q1 (0.67): -36%

• Current Jan 2025 P18-49 average (0.43) vs. Jan 2024 (0.66): -35%

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

• P2+: 1436k (-3%)

• P18-49: 536k (-7%)

• F18-49: 194k (+11%)

• M18-49: 343k (-7%)

• Non-P18-49: 900k (+0%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

Friday, January 10, 2025
Portland, OR at Moda Center
Estimated tickets distributed: 9,239

Market-to-market comparisons (Portland, OR):

• 2022-09-12 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 7,993 (+16% vs. 9,239)

• 2023-01-06 (Fri) – AEW Rampage: 5,083 (+82%)

• 2023-04-07 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 10,116 (-9%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2023-11-08 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 4,413 (+109%)

• 2024-01-08 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 10,294 (-10%)

• 2024-05-16 (Thu) – AEW Collision: 2,852 (+224%)

• 2024-09-16 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 10,013 (-8%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2025-Q1 WWE Smackdown average: (10,022) vs. 2024-Q1 (11,183): -10%

DIGITAL

As of 6:03 pm, Jan 13

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

• 1.) 1,201,588 – Jimmy Uso helps Cody Rhodes against a Bloodline beatdown

• 2.) 885,845 – Tiffany Stratton is interrupted during championship celebration

• 3.) 347,561 – Kevin Owens says Cody Rhodes is a hypocrite

• 4.) 305,811 – Bayley becomes No. 1 Contender to WWE Women’s Title

• 5.) 276,425 – Title bout between Shinsuke Nakamura & LA Knight brings chaos

• 6.) 223,356 – Cody Rhodes and Jimmy Uso take on The New Bloodline

• 7.) 203,306 – Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens go crashing through a table

RECEPTION

As of 6:37 pm, Jan 13

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 5.63 (82 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (7.5): -25%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.06): -7%

• Current 2025-Q1 average (6.56) vs. 2024-Q1 (6.31): +4%

Match ratings:

• 7.09 (115 votes) – Bianca Belair vs. Bayley vs. Naomi vs. Nia Jax

• 6.53 (92 votes) – A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory & Grayson Waller) vs. The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin)

• 5.88 (89 votes) – Cody Rhodes & Jimmy Uso vs. Jacob Fatu & Tama Tonga

• 5.67 (93 votes) – LA Knight vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (c)

• 5.17 (89 votes) – Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson) vs. Los Garza (Angel & Berto)

• 4.89 (101 votes) – Michin vs. Chelsea Green (c)

This report was produced with the assistance of programming scripts created by me.

brandon@wrestlenomics.com