AEW Rampage Viewership Up For Last Friday’s Taped Episode

Last week’s AEW Rampage episode was able to draw a total of 499,000 viewers, while this past Friday’s episode of AEW Rampage was able to draw a total of 503,000 viewers, Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics reports.

This total is up 0.8% from last week’s Rampage, which drew a 0.18 rating in the 18-49 key demo and up 4.14% from the Fast National ratings that was released last Saturday, which was 483,000 viewers. Last Friday night’s 0.18 rating is even from last week’s AEW Rampage, which also drew a 0.18 rating in the key 18-49 demo. This past Friday’s 0.18 rating in the key 18-49 demographic represents around 237,000 total viewers that watched AEW Rampage this past Friday, which is down 1.66% from last week’s 241,000 total viewers in the 18-49 key demo, with a 0.18 rating.

Last Friday night’s taped episode of AEW Rampage from the UBS Arena in Long Island, New York featured AEW World Tag Team Champions The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix) defending the AEW World Tag Team Titles against FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood), Fuego Del Sol going up against Hook in Singles action, Nyla Rose, The Bunny and Penelope Ford taking on Ruby Soho, Tay Conti and Anna Jay in Women’s Division Trios action and Adam Cole battling Wheeler Yuta in Singles action, which was the main event.

This past Friday night’s episode of AEW Rampage ranked #13 for the night on the Cable Top 150, with a 0.18 rating in the 18-49 key demo, which is up from last week’s #16 ranking. This past Friday night’s AEW Rampage episode ranked #66 in viewership for the night on cable, which is up from last week’s #67 ranking.

This past Friday night’s taped episode of AEW Rampage drew the fourth-lowest viewership in the show’s history. The key demo rating of last Friday night’s episode of Rampage is tied with last week and the previous two weeks prior to that for the second-lowest key demo rating in show history. The number of 18-49 total viewers of last Friday night’s episode of Rampage drew the second-lowest in show history.

You can check out the tweets below:

WWE Smackdown on Fox, Friday 8-10pm:
2,142,000 total viewers
P18-49: 0.50 rating (649,000)

AEW Rampage on TNT, 10-11pm, was watched by
P18-49:
503,000 total viewers
P18-49: 0.18 rating (237,000)

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— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) December 13, 2021

For the second week in a row this was Smackdown's lowest 18-49 since the return to touring in July, -3% from last week. But P2+ was up 6%.

Rampage was essentially even with last week (+1% in P2+, -2% P18-49).

— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) December 13, 2021

Fast affiliates/nationals for Smackdown's total viewership (2.172 million) were actually slightly higher than finals (2.142 million), which is rare.

Rampage finals were higher than fast nationals by a normal difference (+4% P2+), +7% P18-49).

— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) December 13, 2021

Smackdown tied three ways for #2 with Shark Tank and Blue Bloods, all with a 0.50 P18-49 rating. SWAT on CBS won the day.

Rampage ranked #13 among cable originals, according to Showbuzz Daily, #24 overall.

? Full report: https://t.co/1SscdBCpr8

— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) December 14, 2021