Ratings for the Wednesday, July 15th, 2020 addition of AEW Dynamite and WWE NXT were released Thursday. According to a report by Showbuzz Daily, AEW finishing 5th overall for the night, WWE NXT finished 49th.
AEW drew 788,000 viewers way up from last week’s 715,000 viewers. They finished 7th overall last week. Dynamite was live this week at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville Florida with the special Fight For The Fallen episode.
Fight For The Fallen featured two championship matches, no belts changed hands. The main event was Jon Moxley vs Brian Cage.
NXT drew 631,000 viewers way down from last week’s 759,000 viewers. It finished 49th overall, down from last week’s 24th overall. The show featured NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai taking on Tegan Nox with Shirai winning.
The total combined wrestling audience for both shows was down to 1.419 million viewers. It was at 1.474 million viewers last week. It looks like NXT lost a lot of its audience to NASCAR and UFC.
Based on the ratings, only one news program was in the top 5 shows. News accounted for only 6 shows in the top 15 this week. MTV’s Challenge: Total Madness was first for the night. NASCAR programming took spots 3, 8, and 11.
Demographic breakdown:
Viewers 18-49 – AEW: 0.29 / NXT: 0.14
Female viewers 18-49 – AEW: 0.18
Male viewers 18-49 – AEW: 0.40
Viewers 18-34 – AEW: 0.16
Female viewers 12-34 – AEW: 0.10
Male viewers 12-34 – AEW: 0.20
Viewers 25-54 – AEW: 0.35
Viewers 50+ – AEW: 0.30
See all the TV rating history for 2020 with our Wednesday Night War: AEW vs. NXT TV Ratings Tracker.