For the first time ever, we have full quarter-hour breakdowns of the “Wednesday Night War” between NXT and AEW.
Courtesy of Brandon Thurston from Wrestlenomics, a full breakdown of viewership for the August 12 episodes of Dynamite and NXT including when during the respective shows people in the key 18-49 demographic tuned out.
The biggest disparity comes in the fourth quarter-hour segment where AEW has 809,000 total viewers while NXT only has 564,000. In the key demographic, AEW has 440,000 viewers and NXT only had 174,000 viewers in the key demo.
The best overall quarter-hour for AEW was the sixth quarter-hour (between 9:15 and 9:30 p.m. ET) where they had 461,000 viewers in the key demographic and 862,000 viewers overall. NXT, on the other hand, peaked in the first quarter-hour what's 720,000 viewers overall and 230,000 viewers in the key demographic.
Quarter-hours for AEW & NXT, Aug 12
— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) August 15, 2020
P2+ AEW / NXT
Q1 775k / 720k
Q2 776 / 607
Q3 779 / 604
Q4 809 / 564
Q5 817 / 591
Q6 862 / 609
Q7 739 / 637
Q8 783 / 621
P18-49 AEW / NXT
Q1 403k / 230k
Q2 409 / 213
Q3 408 / 217
Q4 440 / 174
Q5 437 / 195
Q6 461 / 191
Q7 384 / 220
Q8 398 / 205 pic.twitter.com/5v52M7YBF3
You can follow along with ratings information for all major pro wrestling shows in Fightful’s resources section.
