Last week’s AEW Dynamite episode was able to draw a total of 1.175 million viewers, while Wednesday’s Grand Slam episode of Dynamite was able to draw a total of 1.273 million viewers, Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics and Showbuzz Daily reports.
This total is up 8.34% from last week’s episode of Dynamite, which drew a rating of 0.48 in the 18-49 key demo. This past Wednesday’s rating of 0.48 is up 9.09% from last week’s rating of 0.44 in the key 18-49 demo. The 0.48 rating in the 18-49 key demographic represents around 627,000 total viewers that watched last Wednesday Grand Slam’s Dynamite from that demographic. This is up 9.23% from last week’s 574,000 total viewers in the 18-49 key demo.
Last Wednesday’s Grand Slam episode of AEW Dynamite featured AEW World Champion Kenny Omega vs. Bryan Danielson, CM Punk in an in-ring interview segment, Cody Rhodes vs. Malakai Black, MJF (Maxwell Jacob Friedman) vs. Brian Pillman Jr., Sting and Darby Allin vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) and AEW Women’s World Champion Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. defending against Ruby Soho, which was the main event.
The viewership number of last Wednesday night’s Grand Slam episode of Dynamite, which drew the third-highest audience in show history and the second-highest audience of the year and tied with the August 25 episode of Dynamite for the third-best key demo rating in show history, was up 52.5% from the same week in 2020, which, at the time, competed against the NXT brand, while the 18-49 key demo rating was up 50% from the same week in 2020.
Last Wednesday night’s Dynamite topped the night on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.48 rating in the 18-49 key demo, while Dynamite ranked #22 in viewership for the night on cable. This is the fifth week that Dynamite has ranked #1 on the Cable Top 150, while the viewership is up from last week’s #26 ranking. This past Wednesday night’s Grand Slam Dynamite falls short of beating last Monday’s RAW in the 18-49 key demo as Dynamite drew a rating of 0.48 in the 18-49 demo, while RAW drew a rating of 0.49 also in the 18-49 demo.
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