AEW Dynamite Holiday Bash Breaks Million Mark

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. After a great Winter Is Coming event, what was in store for the AEW Fans in Greensboro.

AEW Dynamite: Holiday Bash

AEW Dynamite Holiday Bash was held in Greensboro, NC on Wednesday night December 22nd. After no debuts last week at Winter Is Coming, Adam Cole stated he had a gift for the Young Bucks this week for Christmas. We will get to that in a bit.

AEW Dynamite last night on TNT:

1,020,000 viewers
P18-49: 480,000 (0.37 rating)

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— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) December 23, 2021

AEW Dynamite was viewed by 1,020,000 people. This is up from a week ago.  In addition, the show did a .37 in the 18-49 demo which was about 480,000 people. These were the best viewership numbers Dynamite has had in a long time. The show was ranked number two on cable only behind the Army-Missouri Bowl Game according to Showbuzzdaily.com. This show was the highest 19-49 since November 17th.

This was an excellent show from start to finish that was perfectly paced. Like the previous week, AEW did not cram too much into the show, which sometimes they like to do. Adam Cole and Orange Cassidy kicked off the show in a solid match. During the match, Kyle O’Reilly debuted in AEW. After the match, O’Reilly and Cole acknowledged their past together. Young Bucks came down and were non too pleased. The former Undisputed Era is back in action next week.

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In addition, we saw Ruby Soho and Nyla Rose compete in the semifinals of the TBS Championship Tournament. Plus in the main event, Sting returned to Greensboro for the first time since 1988 teaming with Darby Allin and CM Punk to take on MJF and FTR. That was a fun trios match. Also, AEW showed a tribute to Owen Hart for the upcoming Owen Hart Cup. Not to mention, AEW set up Danielson-Page II for the debut on TBS.

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

• 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
• Dec. 8 872,000/.33
• Dec. 15 948,000/ .33

What are your thoughts on the show?