A New Wrestling War Begins: AEW Dynamite BEATS WWE Raw in the Ratings for the First Time in the in the 18-49 Demo (one of the most important metrics)

[Anth0ny]

Coming off what is being called one of the greatest wrestling PPVs of all time in All Out 2021, the September 8, 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite has topped Monday Night Raw for the very first time.





And before anyone asks, the 18-49 Demographic is the most important figure in TV ratings and discussion. TV shows are deemed successful, or not successful, based on that figure primarily, not total viewership.

This doesn't come as much of a surprise for many wrestling fans. WWE programming is worse than ever, while AEW is absolutely red hot with the recent arrivals of superstars like Bryan Danielson and CM Punk.

That said, WWE is literally an institution. They are kleenex. They are Nintendo. WWE is synonymous with pro wrestling, and has been on Monday nights for nearly 30 years.

AEW just topped them after less than 2 years on TV.

Expect WWE to respond to this with a big announcement for next week's Raw. That's how they generally operate.

 

[Blah]

BAY-BAY

 

[Deleted member 13707]

I know I did my part.

They didn't beat overall viewers, but AEW itself is now the Demo God.

 

[Sander VF]

The one with Minoru Suzuki

KAZE NI NARE

 

[Lashley]

holy shit

 

[Saturday]

as usual, Riho draws in the numbers

 

[sir_crocodile]

The one with Minoru Suzuki

KAZE NI NARE

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if they hadn't cut off kaze ni nare early it would have been even higher

 

[MadLaughter]

Well goddamn deserved.

 

[ShabbadooJr]

It wasn't a great show last night, especially on commentary. But it did move storylines forward. Next weeks card is looking good though.

 

[Musubi]

Fantastic news. Somebody needs to make WWE step up their game.

 

[Deleted member 87246]

Very impressive.

 

[ShabbadooJr]

Fantastic news. Somebody needs to make WWE step up their game.

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Until Vince steps down, it's not going to get better. Only much much worse.

 

[Hasseigaku]

There's like a 90% chance they're gonna try to get some old-timer back on in order to get a bump.

How big of a check would they have to cut for the Rock to make an appearance.

 

[BWoog]

Well goddamn deserved.

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Why didn't Vince want wrestlers to wrestle?

 

[Nocturnowl]

Insiderz and sheetz say that Raw is about to counter with some rematches and rollups

 

[CountAntonio]

Pulling for AEW.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

How anyone could watch WWE when AEW is right here is beyond me.

 

[Joker Code]

Let's Go! I hope they build on this. AEW has so much potential.

 

[KomandaHeck]

Somebody make one of these but with Khan, Omega and Punk beating down Vince.

 

[Bacalao]

AEW has HOOK.

WWE does not have HOOK.

This result was inevitable.

 

[SpaceSong]

as usual, Riho draws in the numbers

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THAT'S RIGHT

HIT THE MUSIC

 

[I Wanna Be The Guy]

CM Punk made me watch AEW for the first time when he debuted. Everything else made me keep watching.

AEW has restored my love for wrestling.

 

[JaseMath]

I hope AEW hones in on the story aspect of wrestling. WWE has set this expectation of payoffs and resolutions week-over-week without any real buildup.

 

[Tom Nook]

BOOM!

 

[Strike]

Good.

 

[Bacalao]

BOOM!

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[sir_crocodile]

Why didn't Vince want wrestlers to wrestle?

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they're not wrestlers, they're sports entertainers

 

[NinjaScooter]

AEW is not perfect, but its an ACTUAL pro wrestling show that doesn't treat its viewers like idiots (Vince McMahon seemingly thinks his viewers are too dumb to comprehend that people might have last names). It reminds me of the wrestling shows I loved to watch as a kid. WWE is like, some strange, overly produced, poorly written, micro managed shitty attempt at some sort of action movie meets legitimate sports production.

 

[Saturday]

THAT'S RIGHT

HIT THE MUSIC

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[I Wanna Be The Guy]

I hope everyone just starts jumping ship. KO possibly next.

 

[Violence Jack]

 

[Deleted member 34788]

God damn, what a milestone


Keep at it you absolute mad bastards

 

[d-rek]

Hopefully they can sustain it. It's pretty crazy that AEW had one of their biggest PPVs and debuted 2 of the biggest wrestlers but didn't beat their record. There's definitely a ceiling for wrestling ratings.

 

[bonch00ski]

AEW coming off what many called one of the best PPVs of recent memory, threw the kitchen sink against a regular ass RAW show and squeaked by with 3k in the key demo. And lost by 500k overall to a Raw with Lashley and MVP in a tag match against AJ & Omos

Things will be back to normal next week, or until TK signs another star.

 

[GalaxyDive]

#5years

 

[BWoog]

AEW is not perfect, but its an ACTUAL pro wrestling show that doesn't treat its viewers like idiots (Vince McMahon seemingly thinks his viewers are too dumb to comprehend that people might have last names). It reminds me of the wrestling shows I loved to watch as a kid. WWE is like, some strange, overly produced, poorly written, micro managed shitty attempt at some sort of action movie meets legitimate sports production.

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Lucha Underground found the best of both worlds.

 

[BFIB]

Time for Stephanie and Vince to put themselves on TV again. Vince will probably get his lifelong dream of an incest angle with Prichard back in the fold.

 

[Jmdajr]

GOOD

 

[Kensation]

AEW coming off what many called one of the best PPVs of recent memory, threw the kitchen sink against a regular ass RAW show and squeaked by with 3k in the key demo. And lost by 500k overall to a Raw with Lashley and MVP in a tag match against AJ & Omos

Things will be back to normal next week, or until TK signs another star.

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Bruce Prichard?

 

[Gaiaknight]

good wwe needs to get there head out of there ass the wrestling world needs all companies doing good its whats best for wrestling that being said dont know how i feel about WWE being compared to NIntendo even though i know where your coming from one is 1000x better than the other lol.

 

[Kurtikeya]

Don't really follow the ratings, but has Smackdown always done that well? Or is it a case of it being on Fox?

 

[Nelo Ice]

So odds on next week's Raw being a legends night? lol.

 

[Jmdajr]

Don't really follow the ratings, but has Smackdown always done that well? Or is it a case of it being on Fox?

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No. But now it's free over the air.

 

[Gaiaknight]

Don't really follow the ratings, but has Smackdown always done that well? Or is it a case of it being on Fox?

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smackdown is superiour to raw has been that way for a little while now thats why it has all the big names on it

 

[Soapbox Killer]

I would love to be a fly on the wall at the next writers confab for the wwe

 

[CountAntonio]

Why didn't Vince want wrestlers to wrestle?

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"Sports Entertainment"

Pretty clear Vince just wants huge, buff, handsome Rock clones to be the face of his company without realizing the Rock had incredible charisma and some great wrestlers to go up against.

 

[sir_crocodile]

Don't really follow the ratings, but has Smackdown always done that well? Or is it a case of it being on Fox?

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Because it's on Fox now. Actually well under what Fox were hoping from it too.

 

[Violence Jack]

Bruce Prichard?

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Oh great. Era's resident AEW troll is back.

Y'all ignore that dude.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

AEW coming off what many called one of the best PPVs of recent memory, threw the kitchen sink against a regular ass RAW show and squeaked by with 3k in the key demo. And lost by 500k overall to a Raw with Lashley and MVP in a tag match against AJ & Omos

Things will be back to normal next week, or until TK signs another star.

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You watch WWE?

 

[dunkzilla]