Quarter Hour Viewership For 8/19 NXT And 8/22 AEW Dynamite

A look at how each segment of the August 19 episode of NXT and August 22 episode of AEW performed.

Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics provided the quarter-hour viewership numbers overall and in the 18-49 demographic for the most recent episodes of NXT and AEW.

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The shows were unopposed with AEW running on Saturday due to the NBA Playoffs.

NXT posted the following viewership gains and losses for August 19:

Q1 (Johnny Gargano vs. Ridge Holland): 921,000 viewers, 306,000 in 18-49
Q2 (Gargano vs. Holland finish, Dakota Kai vs. Jessi Kamea, Tegan Nox promo): 871,000 viewers (-50,000), 318,000 in 18-49 (+12,000)
Q3 (Legado del Fantasma vs. Breezango & Isaiah "Swerve" Scott): 848,000 viewers (-23,000), 325,000 in 18-49 (+7,000)
Q4 (Legado del Fantasma vs. Breezango & Scott finish, Undisputed Era - Pat McAfee promo start): 873,000 (+25,000), 340,000 in 18-49 (+15,000)
Q5 (Undisputed Era - Pat McAfee promo, Mercedes Martinez & Aliyah vs. Rhea Ripley & Shotzi Blackheart): 847,000 (-26,000), 324,000 in 18-49 (-16,000)
Q6 (Martinez & Aliyah vs. Ripley & Blackheart finish): 779,000 (-68,000), 279,000 in 18-49 (-45,000)
Q7 (Karrion Kross vs. Keith Lee video, Finn Balor vs. Velveteen Dream): 842,000 (+63,000), 289,000 in 18-49 (+10,000)
Q8 (Balor vs. Dream finish): 863,000 (+21,000), 309,000 in 18-49 (+20,000)

AEW posted the following viewership gains and losses for August 22:

Q1 (FTR vs. Private Party): 1,002,000 viewers, 575,000 in 18-49
Q2 (Jon Moxley and MJF promos, eight-man tag): 724,000 viewers (-278,000), 416,000 in 18-49 (-159,000)
Q3 (eight-man tag finish, Britt Baker segment, Chris Jericho & Orange Cassidy segment): 791,000 viewers (+67,000), 444,000 in 18-49 (+28,000)
Q4 (Jericho & Cassidy segment end, Dark Order vs. The Elite): 767,000 (-24,000), 423,000 in 18-49 (-21,000)
Q5 (The Elite vs. Dark Order finish, FTR & Hangman Page segment): 712,000 (-55,000), 386,000 in 18-49 (-37,000)
Q6 (Darby Allin vs. Will Hobbs, Matt Hardy & Sammy Guevara segment, Thunder Rosa): 666,000 (-46,000), 361,000 in 18-49 (-25,000)
Q7 (Ivelisse & Diamante vs. Brandi Rhodes & Allie): 640,000 (-26,000), 288,000 in 18-49 (-73,000)
Q8 (Brodie Lee vs. Cody): 738,000 (+98,000), 356,000 in 18-49 (+68,000)

Thurston also points out that AEW benefitted from having the NBA playoff game as the lead-in as it drew 1,601,000 viewers and a demo of 0.62.

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