Dave Meltzer is reporting in the new edition Wrestling Observer Newsletter an interesting note about the viewership battle between NXT and AEW Dynamite.
It appears viewers are very active with their remotes when Dynamite goes over to commercial. Dynamite continues to beat NXT, now in their seventh straight week:
“When AEW goes to a commercial, that NXT viewership goes up. When AEW’s show ends, NXT gets a huge bump, of somewhere between 100,000 and 200,000 viewers. But when NXT goes to a commercial break, there is very little of their audience that goes to AEW. This seems to indicate most WWE regular fans will not watch AEW, but a percentage of the AEW audience will switch to NXT. But most of the switching takes place during commercial breaks and after the show, and not during periods when AEW is on the air.”
There’s also an update on Canadian viewership:
“Neither AEW, NXT or Smackdown cracked the top ten for their nights in sports. The No. 10 spot on both 11/13 (AEW) and 11/8 (Smackdown, NXT since NXT airs on Fridays in Canada) were less than 112,000. AEW was expected to not do well this week in Canada since both the Toronto Maple Leafs and Raptors, both monster draws, were going head-to-head. AEW in Canada numbers vary not so much based on what is on the show but if one of those two teams goes head-to-head.”
