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Ratings Breakdown For This Week’s AEW Fight For The Fallen
As previously reported, AEW had an increase in ratings and viewership for Fight for the Fallen, which featured several title matches. The show had 976,000 viewers and a 0.33 rating in the key 18-49 demographic. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has a more detailed look at the numbers, including each individual quarter-hour. The show had a 0.23 in 18-34.
Dynamite had been at #1 for the past five weeks, but that ended this time thanks to the New York Yankees vs. New York Mets game on ESPN, which had 2,120,000 viewers and a 0.50. However, AEW did manage to beat ABC and NBC, which aired reruns. The second hour beat FOX.
The show was #9 in women 18-49, #2 in men 18-49, #2 in 18-34, #4 in women 12-34 and #3 in men 12-34. Compared to last week, it was up 7.3% in viewers, up 3.1% in 18-49 and up 22.7% in 18-34. Compared to last year, however, it was down 11.9% in viewers, down 26.5% in 18-49 and down 16.1% in 18-34.
AEW had 91,000 viewers in men 18-34 (up 46.8%), 71,000 in women 18-34 (up 14.5%), 199,000 in men 35-49 (down 5.2%) and 76,000 in women 35-49 (down 14.6%). The audience was 66.4% male in 18-49. It had an 0.13 in 12-17 (up 30%), 0.23 in 18-34 (up 22.7%), 0.43 in 35-49 (down 8%) and 0.41 in 50+ (up 10.8%).
The best quarters for men were two, five and eight. For women 18-34, the peak was Q5, while women 35-49 peaked in Q3. Q2 was also the peak in total viewers. Q5 was the peak in 18-49.
Q1: Jon Moxley vs. Rush – 1,023,000 viewers, 418,000 in 18-49
Q2: End of Moxley vs. Rush/Chris Jericho challenges Moxley/Dante Martin promo – 1,094,000 viewers (up 71,000), 463,000 in 18-49 (up 45,000)
Q3: Ricky Starks vs. Danhausen/Ricky Starks vs. HOOK/Powerhouse Hobbs turn/Acclaimed promo – 1,046,000 viewers (down 48,000), 454,000 in 18-49 (down 9,000)
Q4: Sammy Guevara vs. Dante Martin/Daniel Garcia promo/Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt, Satnam Singh & Best Friends segment – 995,000 viewers (down 51,000), 430,000 in 18-49 (down 24,000)
Q5: Jungle Boy & Christian Cage segment/Young Bucks, Hangman Page & Dark Order segment/Swerve Strickland vs. Tony Nese & Mark Sterling – 1,008,000 viewers (up 13,000), 464,000 in 18-49 (up 34,000)
Q6: End of Strickland vs. Nese & Sterling/House of Black promo/Thunder Rosa vs. Miyu Yamashita – 892,000 viewers (down 116,000), 423,000 in 18-49 (down 41,000)
Q7: End of Rosa vs. Yamashita – 847,000 viewers (down 45,000), 408,000 in 18-49 (down 15,000)
Q8: Bryan Danielson vs. Daniel Garcia – 902,000 viewers (up 55,000), 432,000 in 18-49 (up 24,000)