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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