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Ratings Breakdown For This Week’s AEW Fight For The Fallen

July 29, 2022 | Posted by Joseph Lee
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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)