AEW Dynamite Ratings Dip Slights, Still Top Five On Cable

It’s Thursday and you know what that means… ratings for Wednesday night AEW Dynamite are out. This week’s show was jam-packed with loads of fun matches and segments throughout. Let’s see how it did as Tony Khan continues to pull out all the stops.

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The April 13th, 2022 edition of AEW Dynamite was live from New Orleans. This week’s show was viewed by 977,000 people and did .37  in the 18-49 demo which is about 486,000 people. The demo is down along with the viewership from a week ago. Dynamite has been viewed by 900,000 people or more in 15 of the past 16 weeks. The demo number was down but this week’s AEW Dynamite ranked 3rd according to Showbuzzdaily.com ahead of the late-night NBA game.

AEW Dynamite last night on TBS:

977,000 viewers
P18-49: 0.37 (486,000)

Down slightly from recent weeks but lowest demo since Mar 2.

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The show was solid though not as good as the previous weeks. It still had a loaded card though. AEW Dynamite began what was dubbed “Championship Week” with four of the five major titles being defended on three of the next four days.

AEW Dynamite opened with a bang as CM Punk took on Penta Oscuro. This was a highly entertaining match as Punk inches closer to fighting for the World Championship. We then got another excellent tag team match that saw Jurassic Express defend the AEW World Tag Team Titles against reDRagon. Jungle Boy is a star in this business and when he gets a singles push it will be worth the wait. The champs retained, but FTR came out and they are moreover now than they have ever been. It appears FTR wants to add more gold to their collection.

AEW continues to do everything right with Wardlow. The story they are telling with him and MJF is great. For the second time this year, Shawn Dean got a victory over MJF after Wardlow forced a count-out as he blocked the ring being held back by security guards. We saw a solid trios match between the Jericho Appreciation Society and Eddie Kingston along with Santana and Ortiz. Marina Shafir was in action while Ricky Starks got a hero’s welcome in New Orleans as he teamed with Powerhouse Hobbs against Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland.

Finally, we got a great interview from Blackpool Combat Club as the main event saw Minoru Suzuki taking on Samoa Joe for the ROH Television Title. That was a great match that saw Joe win the title and the debut of a new stable that was a bit underwhelming.

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

• 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
• Dec. 22 1,020,000/ .37
• Dec. 29 975,000/.37
• Jan. 5 1,010,000/.43
• Jan, 12 969,000/.39
• Jan. 19 1,032,000/.44
• Jan. 26 1,100,00/ .41
• Feb. 2 954,000/.35
• Feb. 9 1,129,000/.41
• Feb. 16 869,000/.31
• Feb. 23 1,010,000/.40
• Mar. 2 966,000/.35
• Mar. 9. 945,000/ .40
• Mar. 16 993,000/ .38
• Mar. 23 1,040,000/ .41
• Mar. 30 979,000/.38
• Apr. 6 989,000/.38

What are your thoughts on the show?