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TV RATINGS
Reported earlier by Programming Insider.
Dynamite ranked #6 for the night on cable in P18-49. The NBA playoff game on TNT between the Pacers and Knicks was #1 with 1.89 in P18-49 and 5,726,000 total viewers. The Oilers vs. Stars NHL playoff game on ESPN was #2 with 0.45 and 1,460,000 viewers. The simulcast of the Pacers-Knicks game on TruTV was #3 and the pre-game on TNT was #4. Jesse Watters on Fox News was #5.
P2+ comparisons:
- This episode vs. last week (682,000): -16%
- This episode vs. trailing four weeks (615,000): -7%
- Current 2025-Q2 P2+ average (614,000) vs. 2024-Q2 (712,000): -14%
- Current May 2025 P2+ average (629,000) vs. May 2024 (717,000): -12%
P18-49 comparisons:
- This episode vs. last week (0.17): -12%
- This episode vs. trailing four weeks (0.16): -6%
- Current 2025-Q2 P18-49 average (0.16) vs. 2024-Q2 (0.24): -33%
- Current May 2025 P18-49 average (0.16) vs. May 2024 (0.24): -33%
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+: 575k (-9%)
- P18-49: 201k (-6%)
- F18-49: 73k (+1%)
- M18-49: 121k (-8%)
- Non-P18-49: 374k (-10%)
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LIVE EVENTS
Data from WrestleTix
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Rio Rancho, NM at Rio Rancho Events Center
Estimated tickets distributed: 3,120
Market-to-market comparisons (Rio Rancho, NM):
- 2021-10-16 (Sat) – WWE Supershow: 4,235 (-26% vs. 3,120)
- 2023-04-15 (Sat) – WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event: 6,246 (-50%)
- 2024-01-14 (Sun) – WWE Supershow: 5,213 (-40%)
Year-over-year comparison for this event type:
Current 2025-Q2 AEW Dynamite average: (3,261) vs. 2024-Q2 (3,643): -10%
YOUTUBE
Videos tracked since 11 PM Wed May 21 2025 as of 5 PM Thu May 22 2025 U.S. Eastern Time.
RECEPTION
As of 5:05 pm, May 22
Event rating:
- Cagematch.net voter rating: 7.56 (47 votes)
- This episode vs. last week (7.52): +1%
- This episode vs. trailing four weeks (7.95): -5%
- Current 2025-Q2 average (7.76) vs. 2024-Q2 (7.19): +8%
Match ratings:
- 7.57 (66 votes) – Swerve Strickland & The Opps (Powerhouse Hobbs & Samoa Joe) vs. Jon Moxley & The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson)
- 6.22 (45 votes) – Julia Hart vs. Mina Shirakawa
- 6.08 (47 votes) – Ricochet vs. Anthony Bowens
This report was produced with the assistance of programming scripts created and maintained by me.
Brandon Thurston has written about wrestling business since 2015. He operates and owns Wrestlenomics.