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NOW AVAILABLE - FREE FOR ALL! Part 2 of the
@JonMoxley
interview with Wade Keller, a sequel to his Jericho interview with all new topics, nearly 2.5 hours! (with bonus 1992 Keller interview snippet w/Paul Heymam predicting Steve Austin greatness!)
We're obtained a new key ratings detail on Friday:
#AEW
#Rampage
beat
#WWESmackdown
in head-to-head 30 minutes in the most coveted 18-49 demo - 328,000 to 285,000. Rampage led with Punk match, Smackdown featured Becky-Sasha and Lesnar. More details here:
Last Friday's
#AEW
Rampage drew 578,000 total viewers, above 502K prior week. Smackdown drew 866,000 on FS1. AEW and
#WWE
tied in 18-49 demo (0.24), 18-34 male demo (0.20). AEW *beat* WWE in 18-49 male demo 0.34 to 0.32
AEW Dynamite tops 1 million live and same night viewers last night (1.025M). Tops Raw's 18-49 male demo. Also 0.40 adult 18-49 demo. More at later.
#AEWDynamite
WWE just now: "Congratulations to AEW on a successful premiere. The real winners of last night's head-to-head telecasts of NXT on USA and AEW on TNT are the fans, who can expect Wednesday nights to be a competitive and wild ride as this is a marathon, not a one-night sprint.”
AEW Dynamite last night averaged 902,000 viewers, up from 832,000 last week and in line with 903,000 two weeks ago. Demo was 0.33, up from 0.30. More at later
#aew
#AEWDynamite
Kamala has died at age 70, a headlining gimmick heel act in multiple territories throughout the 1980s and in the WWF in early 1990s, feuded with Undertaker...
The
@peacockTV
feed flaking out right now is not acceptable. A lot of anticipation for this very moment at the start of Men's MITB. This is not the reason you want to be trending on Twitter.
#WWEMITB
#peacock
NXT wins the night with 795,000 vs. AEW Dynamite 683,000 live & same-night-DVR viewers. More details soon at . NXT also wins adult and young male demographics for first time across the board.
AEW Dynamite, billed as a special "extended encore with never-before-seen action" from Wednesday's premiere is replaying on TNT now, head to head with Smackdown on FS1.
AEW Rampage grew to 1.414 million after three days of DVR viewership. We'll have more at soon to put that in perspective.
#AEW
#AEWDynamite
#AEWRampage
Another ratings note I just received: AEW was up 111,000 in total live+3 day viewership last week compared to the prior 10 week average. They were up 126,000 in live+same night viewership. So most viewers *were* "new", not just people shifting from delayed viewing to same-night.
AEW Dynamite grows to 552,000 live and same night viewers on last Friday's late night slot on
@AEWonTNT
, up from 487k and 462k prior to weeks. More at later.
#AEW
#AEWDynamite
AEW Dynamite draws 1.219 million viewers, huge increase over prior levels. Finished no. 2 overall among all cable shows in 18-49 demographic. More at later.
"Last Week Tonight" on HBO just "buried WWE" for Saudi Arabia association, according to friends who watched it. Host John Oliver waved hand in front of his face and said "You can't see human rights violations." Details at later tonight.
This is where
@wwe
could score some goodwill points by acknowledging this on the broadcast and also on social media, apologizing for it and updating viewers on what's going on.
Viewership News:
#NXT
on USA drew 659K last night (up from 551K last week), highest since Dec. 23 ...
#AEWDynamite
drew 854K last night (up from 762K last week), highest since Dec. 30. More at soon.
AEW has to do something about their PPV lengths. I get the idea you want to give fans their money's worth, but that strategy has diminishing returns. I enter Mox/Danielson into evidence.
#AEWRevolution
Check out the top pro wrestling podcast this week - PWTorch editor Wade Keller on the
@steveaustinBSR
podcast reviewing
#Summerslam
&
#NXTTakeOver
. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts here:
IF Vince McMahon ever watches AEW (he won't). IF he does though, he'll kick himself for missing on this character with Miro. It's intense, layered, and main event.
#AEWFullGear
NXT on USA drew 1.179 million viewers, nearly doubling the viewership for that time period one year ago. Suits that followed did 955,000, down 10K from the prior week (so NXT's lead-in didn't help). TNT's movie opposite NXT drew 671,000 viewers. More at .
AEW back on top with 947,000 viewers live and same-night-DVR, NXT distant second with 712,000 viewers. Last week against an NXT Awards show, they gained sample viewers. This week those viewers returned.
#AEW
#NXT
@KennyOmegamanX
Another benefit of wearing a mask in public is you don't show up to work days later and give your colleagues a potentially deadly disease that they might spread to an especially vulnerable family member days later before you yourself have symptoms.
True TV simulcast of Dynamite drew 122,000, so live/same-night-DVR viewership was a smaller drop-off overall. 1.140 million in total viewers is more accurate comparison to 1.409, it appears.
Last night's AEW Dynamite drew 1.003 million viewers. In the 18-49 demo, it drew a 0.32 rating. First episode to top 1 million live and same night viewers since October. More at later.
QUESTION OF THE DAY: Now that we have Viking Raiders, what other two NFL team nicknames put together would make a great WWE tag team name?
#Raw
#RawDesMoines
I have confirmed Hangman Page is legitimately injured. That match stoppage wasn't planned. We're talking live now on the Wade Keller Post-show about this...
#AEWDynamite
AEW Dynamite last night drew 871,000 live and same night viewers, down from 883,000 last week. The 18-49 demo drew 0.33, down from 0.35 last week. No "back on the road with fans" bump. Ominous for WWE's hopes of a surge? More at soon.
#AEW
#AEWDynamite
AEW drew 662,000 viewers and 0.25 in 18-49 last night, NXT drew 641,000 and 0.16. Looks like news channels pulled away a lot of viewers. More at later.
I'd say that delivered, yes? Wow. Just an epic ending to an already top tier show. Plus, big business every direction you look with a loaded roster.
#AEWAllOut
The May 28 Friday Night Dynamite had huge 3 day viewership jump to 817K , up from 526K live and same night viewership. That's only 181K below prior weeks 3 day total. That's indictive of viewers watching at more convenient time over the weekend on DVR.
The top two pro wrestling podcasts in iTunes episode charts today are both
@jonmoxley
interviews, first with Chris Jericho and then part one with
@thewadekeller
. Listen to Moxley (a/k/a Dean Ambrose) discuss, Lesnar, Austin, WWE schedule, Shield, more:
AEW Dynamite drew 1.273 million, above last week's 1.175 million, below 1.319 million two weeks ago. Raw edges Dynamite in 18-49 demo (0.49 to 0.48). AEW edged Raw in 18-49 male demo (0.67 to 0.65). Raw edged AEW in 18-34 male demo (0.40 to 0.38). Close battle.
AEW Dynamite last night drew 936,000 viewers (down from 1,090,000 last week) and 0.66 cable rating (down from 0.72 last week). More at later.
#AEWDynamite
#AEW
Part two of the blockbuster 2.5 hour JON MOXLEY INTERVIEW is now available exclusively for PWTorch VIP members w/no edits for R-rated content, plus zero ads/plugs. List of topics covered is attached. Go VIP now to listen exclusively to second part today:
Overall, a really great night at the office for
#WWE
. Matches, moments, logical booking, and a hot crowd the entire way. You're up night two ...
#WrestleMania
Holy smokes. Walter was of course great, but Dragunov really drove the ship with tremendous selling throughout and timely, believable fire ups. Really good stuff.
#NXTTakeOver
That's a strange way to end that match and the show. If Cody is going to pin Brock Lesnar, he needs to get the full benefit in doing so. Him running to the back with the camera lingering on Lesnar as the show fades to black tosses cold water on a signature win.
#WWEBacklash
The presentation of Roman Reigns is flat out tremendous. Whenever he appears, it matters. A lot. He acts like it and the crowd responds, too.
#RoyalRumble
I'm not sure this was the time for Corey Graves to use the term "technical masterpiece" about anything after this technology breakdown by
@peacock
&
@wwe
A smart match between Punk and Darby. Well paced, not overly ambitious, but calculated. Punk looked crisp enough for having been out seven years. Overall, a definite success.
#AEWAllOut
Bianca Belair wins and is the new Raw Women's Championship. Just a great match. All the way around. Pace, presentation, execution. Excellent.
#WrestleMania
We are looking for someone who would like to help cover Impact Wrestling for PWTorch both in terms of written reports and possibly podcast co-hosting. Let Wade know if you're interested. Email rather than reply here on Twitter, please... kellerwade
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