Ratings Breakdown For AEW Winter Is Coming

As previously reported, AEW Winter is Coming not only performed better than last year, but it also did better than the inaugural edition in 2020. The show had 950,000 viewers and a 0.33 rating (428,000 viewers) in 18-49. It also had a 0.24 in 18-34. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has an updated look at the numbers, including for each individual quarter hour.

Dynamite actually was ahead of RAW this week in a couple of measures, including teenage boys and men 18-34, but RAW was still far ahead in men 35-49 and men 18-49 (313,000 RAW to 300,000 Dynamite). Dynamite also performed better than ABC and FOX on network TV.

Overall, Dynamite was #3 for the night behind the NBA on ESPN. The game between the New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls had 1,241,000 viewers and a 0.45 rating. AEW was #6 in women 18-49, #3 in men 18-49, #3 in 18-34, #3 in women 12-34 and #2 in men 12-34.

It performed better than last week (which was affected by a technical issue from Spectrum), although the percentages were not provided. Compared to last year, the show was up 0.4% in viewers, up 7.5% in 18-49 and up 26.1% in 18-34. Winter is Coming had 117,000 viewers in men 18-34, 52,000 in women 18-34, 183,000 in men 35-49 and 76,000 in women 35-49. The audience was 70.1% male in 18-49. The show did an 0.17 in 12-17, 0.24 in 18-34, 0.42 in 35-49 and 0.41 in 50+.

Q1: The Elite vs. Death Triangle – 1,044,000 viewers, 457,000 in 18-49
Q2: End of Elite vs. Death Triangle/MJF promo – 997,000 viewers (down 47,000), 441,000 in 18-49 (down 16,000)
Q3: The Acclaimed, Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett segment/JAS promo/Jack Perry vs. Brian Cage – 968,000 viewers (down 29,000), 433,000 in 18-49 (down 8,000)
Q4: End of Perry vs. Cage/BCC promo/Swerve Strickland promo/The House of Black vs. The Factory – 926,000 viewers (down 42,000), 416,000 in 18-49 (down 17,000)
Q5: Britt Baker promo/Chris Jericho vs. Action Andretti – 981,000 viewers (up 55,000), 450,000 in 18-49 (up 34,000)
Q6: Ricky Starks promo/Tay Melo vs. Ruby Soho – 903,000 viewers (down 78,000), 406,000 in 18-49 (down 44,000)
Q7: End of Soho vs. Melo/Hangman Page promo/Best Friends promo/MJF vs. Ricky Starks – 913,000 viewers (up 10,000), 410,000 in 18-49 (up 4,000)
Q8: End of MJF vs. Starks – 891,000 viewers (down 22,000), 411,000 in 18-49 (up 1,000)