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TV RATINGS

AEW Dynamite on TBS
Wed, May. 1, 2024: 8:00 to 10:11 pm

703,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.24

AEW Rampage on TNT – PREEMPTED
Wed, May. 1, 2024: 10:00 to 10:56 pm

431,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.15

Reported earlier by Programming Insider.

Competition note: Dynamite ranked #6 for the day among cable originals in P18-49 and Rampage ranked #11, according to SpoilerTV.

Dynamite – P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (683,000): +3%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (754,000): -7%

• Current 2024-Q2 P2+ average (744,000) vs. 2023-Q2 (855,000): -13%

• Current May 2024 P2+ average (703,000) vs. May 2023 (847,000): -17%

Dynamite – P18-49 comparisons:

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

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.26): -8%

• 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%

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

• P2+: 703k (-7%)

• P18-49: 317k (-2%)

• F18-49: 100k (-17%)

• M18-49: 209k (-4%)

• Non-P18-49: 386k (-9%)

Rampage – P2+ comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (Preemption: 293,000): +47%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (281,000): +53%

• 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%

Rampage – P18-49 comparisons:

• This episode vs. last week (Preemption: 0.09): +67%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.08): +88%

• 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%

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

• P2+: 431k (+39%)

• P18-49: 198k (+61%)

• F18-49: 80k (+50%)

• M18-49: 111k (+63%)

• Non-P18-49: 233k (+26%)

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LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

AEW Dynamite
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Winnipeg, MB at Canada Life Centre
Estimated tickets distributed:4,316

Market-to-market comparisons (Winnipeg, MB):

• 2022-09-30 (Fri) – WWE Smackdown: 9,154 (-53% vs. 4,316)

• 2023-03-15 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 7,361 (-41%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE

• 2023-08-14 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 9,802 (-56%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2024-Q2 AEW Dynamite average: (3,303) vs. 2023-Q2 (5,106): -35%

DIGITAL

As of 5:04 pm, May 2

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

• 1.) 509,458 – Kenny Omega RETURNS! The Best Bout Machine addresses the Elite!

• 2.) 152,224 – Who will face AEW World Champion, Swerve Strickland, at Double or Nothing?

• 3.) 123,636 – TNT Champion, Adam Copeland, faces House of Black’s Buddy Matthews!

• 4.) 105,711 – Learning Tree vs Wrestler! FTW Champ Chris Jericho faces Katsuyori Shibata!

• 5.) 100,697 – After the dissolution of Best Friends, what’s next for Orange Cassidy?

• 6.) 65,448 – AEW CEO & GM, Tony Khan is at home, so The Elite take over?

• 7.) 64,945 – The King of Television returns! Samoa Joe vs Private Party’s Isiah Kassidy!

• 8.) 59,067 – “The Professor” Serena Deeb takes on Mariah May!

As of 5:04 pm, May 2

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

• 1.) 85,601 – The NEW TBS Champion, Willow Nightingale’s 1st defense vs Skye Blue!

• 2.) 39,860 – Unified Trios Champ, Jay White, faces Dante Martin 1-on-1!

• 3.) 34,607 – Kyle O’Reilly & Rocky Romero square off on AEW Rampage!

RECEPTION

As of 5:39 pm, May 2

Dynamite – Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 6.95 (117 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (7.17): -3%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.53): +6%

• Current 2024-Q2 average (6.62) vs. 2023-Q2 (7.60): -13%

Dynamite – Match ratings:

• 6.68 (138 votes) – Katsuyori Shibata vs. Chris Jericho (c)

• 6.51 (108 votes) – Serena Deeb vs. Mariah May

• 6.47 (107 votes) – Brian Cage vs. Claudio Castagnoli

• 5.64 (127 votes) – Buddy Matthews vs. Adam Copeland (c)

• Ineligible (<5 mins) – Isiah Kassidy vs. Samoa Joe

As of 5:39 pm, May 2

Rampage – Event rating:

• Cagematch.net voter rating: 6.91 (45 votes)

• This episode vs. last week (7.19): -4%

• This episode vs. trailing four weeks (6.03): +15%

• Current 2024-Q2 average (6.32) vs. 2023-Q2 (6.21): +2%

Rampage – Match ratings:

• 7.27 (76 votes) – Skye Blue vs. Willow Nightingale (c)

• 6.67 (48 votes) – Rocky Romero vs. Kyle O’Reilly

• 6.04 (52 votes) – Dante Martin vs. Jay White

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