AEW Dynamite Ratings Rise Slightly

It’s Thursday and you know what that means… ratings for Wednesday night Dynamite are out. Tony Kahn is pulling out all the stops to close the new year for AEW Dynamite.

AEW Dynamite: It Was Like Bret Hart In Canada

AEW returned to the New York area coming from the new UBS Arena in Long Island, the home of MJF. The December 8th episode of AEW Dynamite was 872,000 viewed by people. This is up from a week ago.  In addition, the show did a .33  in the 18-49 demo which was about  430,000 people. This week’s Dynamite was ranked 5th on cable according to Showbuzz Daily. This was behind two NBA games on ESPN, MTV the Challenge, and the Real Housewives.

AEW Dynamite last night on TNT:
872,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.33 (about 430,000 viewers)

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— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) December 9, 2021

This was a very good Dynamite that moved storylines along especially the MJF-CM Punk storyline. If you missed the beginning of Dynamite go back and watch it. It was the best 30 minutes of pro wrestling in a long time. CM Punk comes out and works as a heel dissing the area, the people for their love of MJF, the New York Islanders. And challenged MJF to a number one contender’s match. MJF came out to a hero’s welcome after a video package to a Bret Hart ovation as he got in Canada even though Bret was a heel. MJF mocked Punk.

This led to the Dynamite Diamond Battle Royal where MJF and Dante Martin, who turned on Team Taz, are the final two who will fight for the ring. In addition, there was some good tag team wrestling and the return of Trent. Plus Bryan Danielson knocked out local boy John Silver as he will challenge Hangman Adam Page at Winter is Coming on December 15th for the title.

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Plus we found out Cody Rhodes is challenging Sammy Guevara on Christmas Day for the TNT Title as Cody continues to tease the fans about turning heel.

Here’s a look at the AEW Dynamite viewership and ratings in the 18-49 demo over the past year:

• Nov. 25: 710,000 / .26
• Dec. 2: 913,000 / .42
• Dec. 9: 995,000 / .45
• Dec. 16: 806,000 / .32
• Dec. 23: 775,000 / .32
• Dec. 30: 977,000 / .40
• Jan. 6, 2021: 662,000 / .25
• Jan. 13: 762,000 / .30
• Jan. 20: 854,000 / .36
• Jan. 27: 734,000 / .29
• Feb. 3: 844,000 / .32
• Feb. 10: 741,000 / .29
• Feb. 17: 747,000 / .31
• Feb. 24: 831,000 / .35
• Mar. 3: 934,000 / .33
• Mar. 10: 743,000 / .32
• Mar. 17: 768,000 / .28
• Mar. 24: 757,000 / .30
• Mar. 31: 700,000 / .26
• Apr. 7: 688,000 / .28
• Apr. 14: 1,219,000 / .44
• Apr. 21: 1,104,000 / .37
• Apr. 28: 889,000 / .33
• May 5: 1,090,000 / .42
• May 12: 936,000 / .31
• May 19: 821,000 / .28
• May 28: 526,000 / .20
• June 4: 462,000 / .19
• June 11: 487,000 / .19
• June 18: 551,000 / .20
• June 26: 649,000 / .21
• June 30: 883,000 / .35
• July 7: 871,000 / .33
• July 14: 1,025,000 / .40
• July 21: 1,148,000 / .44
• July 28: 1,108,000 / .45
• Aug. 4: 1,102,000 / .46
• Aug. 11: 979,000 / .35
• Aug. 18: 975,000/ .35
• Aug. 25: 1,172,000/ .48
• Sept. 1: 1,047,000/ .38
• Sept. 8: 1,319,000/ .53
• Sept. 15 1,175,000/ .44
• Sept. 22 1,273,000/ .48
• Sept. 29 1,152,000/ .45
• Oct. 6 1,053,000/ .37
• Oct. 16 727,000/ .28
• Oct. 23 575,000/ .22
• Oct. 27 941,000/ .40
• Nov. 3 878,000 /.32
• Nov. 10 913,000/ .34
• Nov. 17 984,000/ .37
• Nov. 24 898,000/ .31
• Dec. 1 861,000/ .31

What are your thoughts on the show?