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TV RATINGS

WWE Raw on USA Network
Mon, Dec. 9, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm
1,386,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.43

Reported earlier by Programming Insider.

Lowest P2+ since Sep. 23, 2024 and lowest P18-49 since Oct. 28, 2024.

Competition note: Raw was #3 on cable for the night in P18-49, with Monday Night Football and its pre-game show in ESPN in the #1 and #2 slots, respectively. The Cowboys vs. Bengals game aired across ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2, as well as a special Simpsons telecast of the game streaming on Disney+ and ESPN+. Across the three traditional TV networks, the game averaged 18,645,000 million viewers.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (1,709,000): -19%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (1,575,000): -12%

• Current 2024-Q4 P2+ average (1,521,000) vs. 2023-Q4 (1,462,000): +4%

• Current Dec 2024 P2+ average (1,548,000) vs. Dec 2023 (1,315,000): +18%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.54): -20%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.50): -14%

• Current 2024-Q4 P18-49 average (0.47) vs. 2023-Q4 (0.45): +4%

• Current Dec 2024 P18-49 average (0.48) vs. Dec 2023 (0.40): +20%

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

• P2+: 1386k (-10%)

• P18-49: 577k (-12%)

• F18-49: 157k (-25%)

• M18-49: 417k (-6%)

• Non-P18-49: 809k (-10%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

Monday, December 9, 2024
Wichita, KS at Intrust Bank Arena
Estimated tickets distributed: 6,412

Market-to-market comparisons (Wichita, KS):

• 2021-10-22 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 4,580 (+40% vs. 6,412)

• 2022-06-13 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 4,005 (+60%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2023-06-12 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 6,210 (+3%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2023-11-04 (Sat) – AEW Collision: 3,026 (+112%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q4 WWE Raw average: (9,417) vs. 2023-Q4 (8,841): +7%

DIGITAL

As of 10:04 am, Dec 11

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

• 1.) 560,138 – The New Day double down on ejecting Big E

• 2.) 453,092 – Seth “Freakin'” Rollins calls CM Punk a fraud

• 3.) 384,914 – The Judgment Day lay out Damian Priest and Gunther

• 4.) 364,033 – Adam Pearce adds Damian Priest to World Heavyweight Title Match

• 5.) 351,493 – Paul Ellering returns to help Final Testament & Miz beat Wyatt Sicks

• 6.) 341,253 – Ludwig Kaiser slaps Bron Breakker

• 7.) 296,107 – Drew McIntyre plans to eliminate Sami Zayn and Jey Uso

RECEPTION

As of 10:07 am, Dec 11

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 4.69 (31 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (8.7): -46%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.98): -33%

• Current 2024-Q4 average (6.37) vs. 2023-Q4 (7.65): -17%

Match ratings:

• 4.95 (41 votes) – Raquel Rodriguez vs. Rhea Ripley

• 4.78 (48 votes) – The Final Testament (Akam, Karrion Kross & Rezar) & The Miz vs. The Wyatt Sicks (Dexter Lumis, Erick Rowan, Joe Gacy & Uncle Howdy)

• 4.58 (37 votes) – Liv Morgan vs. Dakota Kai

• 3.83 (39 votes) – Lyra Valkyria vs. Ivy Nile and Zelina Vega

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

brandon@wrestlenomics.com

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TV RATINGS

AEW Collision on TNT
Sat, Dec. 7, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm
278,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.07

Confirmed by Wrestlenomics via a Nielsen source.

Lowest P2+ and P18-49 in Collision’s normal time slot since Oct. 5, 2024.

Competition note: Collision was head-to-head with WWE’s NXT Deadline airing on Peacock.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (Preemption: 144,000): +93%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (344,000): -19%

• Current 2024-Q4 P2+ average (322,000) vs. 2023-Q4 (442,000): -27%

• Current Dec 2024 P2+ average (278,000) vs. Dec 2023 (463,000): -40%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (Preemption: 0.03): +133%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.11): -36%

• Current 2024-Q4 P18-49 average (0.09) vs. 2023-Q4 (0.13): -31%

• Current Dec 2024 P18-49 average (0.07) vs. Dec 2023 (0.15): -53%

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

• P2+: 278k (-18%)

• P18-49: 93k (-27%)

• F18-49: 35k (-5%)

• M18-49: 58k (-36%)

• P18-34: 28k (-15%)

• F18-34: 13k (+0%)

• M18-34: 15k (-19%)

• P35-49: 65k (-26%)

• F35-49: 22k (-10%)

• M35-49: 43k (-33%)

• Non-P18-49: 185k (-10%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

Saturday, December 7, 2024
Columbus, OH at Greater Columbus Convention Center (GalaxyCon)
Estimated tickets distributed: Ticket map not available

This event was originally scheduled to take place at Nationwide Arena in Columbus until being moved to the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

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

• 2021-09-26 (Sun) – WWE Extreme Rules: 9,455

• 2022-02-28 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 7,321

• 2022-06-03 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 6,409

• 2022-08-03 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 5,427

• 2022-12-26 (Mon) – WWE Live: 6,459

• 2023-04-21 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 9,809

• 2023-08-09 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 4,231

• 2023-11-10 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 7,805

• 2024-04-22 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 9,385

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q4 AEW Collision average: (2,184) vs. 2023-Q4 (3,436): -36%

DIGITAL

As of 4:04 pm, Dec 10

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

• 1.) 244,302 – AEW World Champ, Jon Moxley, & Death Riders send a message!

• 2.) 98,189 – FTR steps up to the AEW World Champion, Jon Moxley, & The Death Riders!

• 3.) 92,616 – AEW Continental Classic Blue League: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Kyle Fletcher!

• 4.) 86,282 – Continental Classic Blue League: Mark Briscoe vs Daniel Garcia (TNT Champ)!

• 5.) 73,878 – AEW Continental Classic Gold League: Darby Allin vs Komander!

• 6.) 40,419 – Mina Shirakawa battles Emi Sakura!

• 7.) 34,999 – International Women’s Cup Qualifier Semis: Willow vs Serena Deeb!

• 8.) 14,893 – The Beast Mortos ROLLS before next week’s Continental Classic Match!

RECEPTION

As of 4:31 pm, Dec 10

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 8.57 (69 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (7.21): +19%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.92): +24%

• Current 2024-Q4 average (7.01) vs. 2023-Q4 (7.48): -6%

Match ratings:

• 7.85 (166 votes) – Kazuchika Okada vs. Kyle Fletcher

• 7.69 (142 votes) – Daniel Garcia vs. Mark Briscoe

• 7.31 (161 votes) – Darby Allin vs. Komander

• 6.03 (119 votes) – Willow Nightingale vs. Serena Deeb

• 5.89 (112 votes) – Mina Shirakawa vs. Emi Sakura

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – The Beast Mortos vs. Aaron Solo

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 Rampage on TNT
Fri, Dec. 6, 2024: 10:00 to 11:00 pm
177,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.04

Reported earlier by Programming Insider, not yet confirmed by Wrestlenomics.

Lowest P18-49 in the history of Rampage in its normal time slot.

Lowest P2+ since Nov. 1, 2024

Rampage ranked #25 in cable primetime for the night in P18-49.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (Preemption: 126,000): +40%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (224,000): -21%

• Current 2024-Q4 P2+ average (218,000) vs. 2023-Q4 (335,000): -35%

• Current Dec 2024 P2+ average (177,000) vs. Dec 2023 (337,000): -48%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (Preemption: 0.03): +33%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.07): -43%

• Current 2024-Q4 P18-49 average (0.07) vs. 2023-Q4 (0.11): -36%

• Current Dec 2024 P18-49 average (0.04) vs. Dec 2023 (0.10): -60%

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

• P2+: 177k (-16%)

• P18-49: 54k (-35%)

• F18-49: 27k (-18%)

• M18-49: 34k (-39%)

• Non-P18-49: 123k (+3%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

Taped at Fishers Event Center with AEW Dynamite on Dec. 4, 2024.

DIGITAL

As of 5:03 pm, Dec 9

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

• 1.) 97,479 – Chris Jericho, ROH Champion, is confronted by Matt Cardona?!

• 2.) 92,946 – AEW Continental Classic Gold League: Ricochet vs Komander!

• 3.) 80,862 – AEW Continental Classic Blue League: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Mark Briscoe!

• 4.) 52,033 – AEW Continental Classic Blue League: Daniel Garcia (TNT Champ) vs Beast Mortos!| 12/6/24 AEW Rampage

• 5.) 41,342 – The Vendetta, Taya Valkyrie & Deonna Purrazzo, in ACTION!

• 6.) 14,111 – The AEW Continental Classic Rampages On!

RECEPTION

As of 5:34 pm, Dec 9

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 8.02 (65 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (6.79): +18%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (5.82): +38%

• Current 2024-Q4 average (6.07) vs. 2023-Q4 (6.44): -6%

Match ratings:

• 7.52 (126 votes) – Komander vs. Ricochet

• 7.49 (139 votes) – Mark Briscoe vs. Kazuchika Okada

• 6.60 (118 votes) – The Beast Mortos vs. Daniel Garcia

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – The Vendetta (Deonna Purrazzo & Taya Valkyrie) vs. Ella Elizabeth & Freya States

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, Dec. 6, 2024: 8:00 to 10:00 pm
1,494,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.44

Reported earlier by Programming Insider, not yet confirmed by Wrestlenomics.

Smackdown ranked #1 for the night on cable for P18-49.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (1,341,000): +11%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (1,422,000): +5%

• Current 2024-Q4 P2+ average (1,458,000) vs. 2023-Q4 (2,149,000): -32%

• Current Dec 2024 P2+ average (1,494,000) vs. Dec 2023 (2,026,000): -26%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.40): +10%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.41): +7%

• Current 2024-Q4 P18-49 average (0.43) vs. 2023-Q4 (0.56): -23%

• Current Dec 2024 P18-49 average (0.44) vs. Dec 2023 (0.52): -15%

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

• P2+: 1494k (+4%)

• P18-49: 590k (+2%)

• F18-49: 154k (-26%)

• M18-49: 431k (+12%)

• Non-P18-49: 904k (+6%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

Friday, December 6, 2024
Minneapolis, MN at Target Center
Estimated tickets distributed: 8,033

Market-to-market comparisons (Minneapolis, MN):

• 2021-07-30 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 8,563 (-6% vs. 8,033) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2021-11-12 (Fri) – AEW Rampage: 5,905 (+36%)

• 2021-11-13 (Sat) – AEW Full Gear: 10,442 (-23%)

• 2022-06-17 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 6,306 (+27%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2022-08-10 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 5,562 (+44%)

• 2023-08-07 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 9,498 (-15%)

• 2023-11-29 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 4,648 (+73%)

• 2024-12-07 (Sat) – WWE Deadline: 2,000 (+302%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q4 WWE Smackdown average: (9,950) vs. 2023-Q4 (10,370): -4%

DIGITAL

As of 5:04 pm, Dec 9

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

• 1.) 660,537 – The Bloodline begin SmackDown with carnage

• 2.) 583,572 – The Bloodline attack Shinsuke Nakamura, LA Knight and Andrade

• 3.) 409,330 – Kevin Owens attacks Cody Rhodes after Rhodes’ match

• 4.) 362,972 – DIY’s ruse to win the WWE Tag Team Title works

• 5.) 358,716 – Bianca Belair takes her anger out on Piper Niven

• 6.) 268,063 – The Street Profits get taken out backstage

• 7.) 262,567 – Chad Gable challenges Cody Rhodes

RECEPTION

As of 5:32 pm, Dec 9

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 7.53 (58 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (7.1): +6%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (7.15): +5%

• Current 2024-Q4 average (6.91) vs. 2023-Q4 (6.89): +0%

Match ratings:

• 7.20 (81 votes) – Cody Rhodes vs. Chad Gable

• 7.05 (79 votes) – Bianca Belair vs. Piper Niven

• 6.45 (72 votes) – #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa) vs. The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) (c)

• 4.78 (64 votes) – Tiffany Stratton vs. Elektra Lopez and Naomi

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 Dynamite on TBS
Wed, Dec. 4, 2024: 8:00 to 10:06 pm
586,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.17

Confirmed by Wrestlenomics via a Nielsen source.

Competition note: Dynamite ranked approximately #7 for the night on cable in P18-49. Two college basketball games airing in primetime on ESPN, all three hours of Fox News’s primetime lineup, and The Challenge on MTV ranked ahead of Dynamite.

P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (536,000): +9%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (591,000): -1%

• Current 2024-Q4 P2+ average (614,000) vs. 2023-Q4 (828,000): -26%

• Current Dec 2024 P2+ average (586,000) vs. Dec 2023 (823,000): -29%

P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (0.15): +13%

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

• Current 2024-Q4 P18-49 average (0.19) vs. 2023-Q4 (0.28): -32%

• Current Dec 2024 P18-49 average (0.17) vs. Dec 2023 (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+: 586k (-0%)

• P18-49: 230k (-5%)

• F18-49: 66k (-8%)

• M18-49: 164k (-3%)

• P18-34: 70k (+9%)

• F18-34: 28k (+27%)

• M18-34: 42k (+0%)

• P35-49: 160k (-13%)

• F35-49: 38k (-31%)

• M35-49: 122k (-5%)

• Non-P18-49: 356k (+1%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Indianapolis, IN at Fishers Event Center
Estimated tickets distributed: 2,804

Market-to-market comparisons (Indianapolis, IN):

• 2021-11-10 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 4,843 (-42% vs. 2,804) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2021-11-15 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 5,814 (-52%)

• 2022-02-14 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 5,080 (-45%)

• 2022-11-11 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 9,119 (-69%)

• 2022-11-30 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 3,572 (-22%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2023-09-06 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 3,006 (-7%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2023-10-07 (Sat) – WWE Fastlane: 13,022 (-78%)

• 2024-04-17 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 3,012 (-7%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2024-06-24 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 11,316 (-75%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q4 AEW Dynamite average: (3,186) vs. 2023-Q4 (4,481): -29%

RECEPTION

As of 5:49 pm, Dec 5

Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 7.92 (51 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (7.44): +6%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.99): +13%

• Current 2024-Q4 average (7.00) vs. 2023-Q4 (7.46): -6%

Match ratings:

• 7.62 (70 votes) – Brody King vs. Claudio Castagnoli

• 7.44 (81 votes) – Kyle Fletcher vs. Shelton Benjamin

• 7.19 (71 votes) – PAC vs. Jay White

• 5.47 (39 votes) – Anna Jay vs. Penelope Ford

• 4.15 (45 votes) – Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly vs. Action Andretti and Brian Cage and Dante Martin and Darius Martin and Evil Uno and Lance Archer and Lio Rush and Mark Davis and Rocky Romero and The Butcher

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Max Caster vs. Swerve Strickland

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

brandon@wrestlenomics.com