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TV RATINGS

AEW Dynamite on TBS
Wed, Apr. 9, 2025: 8:00 to 10:08 pm
659,000 viewers (P2+)
P18-49 rating: 0.17

Confirmed by Wrestlenomics.

Among cable primetime telecasts in P18-49, Dynamite ranked #5, or #6 if you count the late NBA game that started just after 10 pm. Fox News’s primetime lineup took the slots between the NBA games on ESPN and Dynamite. Lakers vs. Mavericks on ESPN was #1 with 2,261,000 viewers and a 0.73 P18-49 rating.

P2+ comparisons:

This episode vs. last week (594,000): +11%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (636,000): +4%
Current 2025-Q2 P2+ average (626,000) vs. 2024-Q2 (712,000): -12%
Current Apr 2025 P2+ average (626,000) vs. Apr 2024 (754,000): -17%

P18-49 comparisons:

This episode vs. last week (0.16): +6%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.17): +0%
Current 2025-Q2 P18-49 average (0.16) vs. 2024-Q2 (0.24): -33%
Current Apr 2025 P18-49 average (0.16) vs. Apr 2024 (0.26): -38%

Viewer counts for this week’s episode with the difference versus the median of the last 4 non-preemption episodes in parentheses. Some viewer counts may be based on the national rating for that demo:

P2+: 659k (+2%)
P18-49: 230k (+2%)
F18-49: 70k (+6%)
M18-49: 160k (-1%)
P18-34: 98k (+27%)
F18-34: 34k (-3%)
M18-34: 64k (+56%)
P35-49: 132k (-15%)
F35-49: 36k (+4%)
M35-49: 96k (-19%)
Non-P18-49: 429k (+6%)

Data Subscribers have access to the Wrestlenomics Viewership Spreadsheet.

LIVE EVENTS

Data from WrestleTix

Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Baltimore, MD at Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena
Estimated tickets distributed: 3,005

Market-to-market comparisons (Baltimore, MD):

2021-12-29 (Wed) – WWE Supershow: 5,042 (-40%)
2022-05-04 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 4,535 (-34%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE
2022-11-02 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 2,732 (+10%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE
2023-05-03 (Wed) – AEW Dynamite: 4,694 (-36%) ← SAME EVENT TYPE
2023-07-03 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 10,343 (-71%)
2023-12-26 (Tue) – Live Holiday Tour: 5,849 (-49%)
2024-08-05 (Mon) – WWE Raw: 11,168 (-73%)
2024-12-28 (Sat) – Live Holiday Tour: 8,099 (-63%)

Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2025-Q2 AEW Dynamite average: (2,824) vs. 2024-Q2 (3,643): -22%

DIGITAL

As of 5:02 pm, Apr 10

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

1.) 283,040 – Did the AEW World Tag Champs, The Hurt Syndicate, welcome MJF?
2.) 261,098 – The Young Bucks are BACK, but are they working with the Death Riders?
3.) 139,287 – The Opps’ Samoa Joe + HOOK step up to The Death Riders’ Claudio + Yuta!
4.) 124,116 – Chris Jericho is NOT angry with his pupils, he’s just disappointed.
5.) 83,049 – 8-man tag CHAOS! Team Ricochet vs Team Ospreay compete for $400k!
6.) 70,708 – Swerve Strickland is on a warpath, and PAC is the first in his sights!
7.) 45,088 – Thunder Rosa & Kris Statlander battle for a spot in the Owen Cup Semis!
8.) 33,610 – MVP gives some words of advice to MJF on how business is done.

RECEPTION

As of 5:24 pm, Apr 10

Event rating:

Cagematch.net voter rating: 6.28 (68 votes)
This episode vs. last week (6.98): -10%
This episode vs. trailing four weeks (7.58): -17%
Current 2025-Q2 average (6.63) vs. 2024-Q2 (7.18): -8%

Match ratings:

7.63 (83 votes) – Kevin Knight, Mark Briscoe, Mike Bailey & Will Ospreay vs. CRU (Action Andretti & Lio Rush), Ricochet & The Beast Mortos
6.76 (66 votes) – Kris Statlander vs. Thunder Rosa
6.06 (61 votes) – Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta) vs. The Opps (Hook & Samoa Joe)
4.57 (83 votes) – Katsuyori Shibata vs. Jon Moxley
Ineligible (<5 mins) – Swerve Strickland vs. PAC