AEW Dynamite’s live Blood & Guts go-home edition, which aired on Wednesday, drew 825,000 viewers on TBS, according to Nielsen via Wrestlenomics. This viewership is slightly down by 3.50% from the previous week’s episode, which garnered 855,000 viewers.
In terms of the key 18-49 demographic, this week’s Dynamite maintained a 0.29 rating, the same as last week. The 0.29 rating in the key demographic translates to approximately 385,000 viewers from the 18-49 age group. This represents a slight increase of 1.32% compared to last week’s 380,000 viewers within the same demographic.
Unfortunately, Wednesday’s Dynamite had the fifth-lowest total audience of the year thus far. Additionally, it tied with three other episodes as the fourth-lowest key demo rating. Both viewership and the key demo rating for this week’s episode fell below the 2022 averages. Dynamite’s viewership decreased by 3.50% from the previous week, while the 18-49 key demo rating remained the same.
When comparing this week’s episode to the same week in 2022, Dynamite’s viewership was down by 12.42%, and the key demo rating saw a decrease of 9.37%. It is worth noting that the 2022 episode was the Fyter Fest Night 1 show.
The Blood & Guts go-home edition of AEW Dynamite featured various advertised matches and segments. Some of the highlights included Komander vs. Chris Jericho, AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy and Darby Allin vs. Sammy Guevara and Daniel Garcia in a Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament quarterfinals match, Skye Blue vs. Ruby Soho in a semifinals match for the Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament, AEW World Champion MJF and Adam Cole vs. ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champion Brian Cage and Big Bill in a Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament semifinals match, Nick Wayne’s debut against Swerve Strickland, and the reveal of the final Blood & Guts participants, which served as the show-closing segment.
Looking at the overall viewership trend for AEW Dynamite in 2023, here is a breakdown of the viewership and key demo ratings for each episode:
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The average viewership for AEW Dynamite in 2022 was 955,711 viewers per episode, with an average 18-49 key demographic rating of 0.34 per episode. In 2021, the show averaged 891,810 viewers per episode, with the same 0.34 key demo rating. The 2020 average viewership was 810,755 viewers per episode, while in 2019, it was 903,333 viewers per episode.
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