AEW Dynamite Viewership Dips, 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.

Ladder Match Highlights AEW Dynamite 

The April 27th, 2022 edition of AEW Dynamite was live from Philadelphia, PA. This week’s show was viewed by 921,000 people and did .33 in the 18-49 demo which is about 424,000 people. Both the viewership and demo dropped again this week. This was the lowest 18-49 number for Dynamite since February 16th. AEW Dynamite has been viewed by 900,000 people or more in 17 of the past 18 weeks. This week’s AEW Dynamite ranked 4th according to Showbuzzdaily.com behind the NBA playoff games.

AEW Dynamite last night on TBS:
921,000 viewers
P18-49: 0.33 (424,000)

Dynamite’s lowest demo since February 16. Slightly lower than last week in total viewership.

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The show was solid as Tony Khan and company upped their level with Double or Nothing approaching the end of May. AEW Dynamite’s main event was the ladder match for the TNT Championship between Sammy Guevara versus Scorpio Sky. It was a great way to bookend the show. Though again AEW is deciding to play hot potato with the TNT Championship. Hopefully, Sky has a longer title reign than his first one. These guys pulled out some crazy spots. It is worth watching.

The show opened with an Owen Hart Tournament Qualifier between Dax and Cash of FTR. And of course, this match had callbacks to Bret Hart and Owen Hart from Wrestlemania X. Basically it was a tribute match to the Hart Family. This was an awesome old-school wrestling match. CM Punk was commentary and after the match, it was announced he will take on Adam Page for the AEW World Title at Double or Nothing.

The story being told between Wardlow and MJF has been fantastic. But anything MJF does is great. The match between Lance Archer and Wardlow was good, especially the finish of the powerbomb symphony. MJF teased Big Cass coming next week to take on the Wardog. Also, the Blackpool Combat Club was in action and man Wheeler Yuta got a great pop.

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In other action, we saw Hikaru Shida and Serena Deeb end their feud with a Philly Street Fight. Rey Fenix returned to join Death Triangle as they take on the House of Black. Plus the ongoing story between the Young Bucks and the Undisputed Elite of Adam Cole and reDRagon.

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

• 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
• Apr. 13 977,000/ .37
• Apr. 20 930,000/ .37

What are your thoughts on the show?