On February 7th, MLW Underground premiered on REELZ, and the viewership rating and audience for the show have now been revealed.
Tuesday night’s episode of MLW Underground obtained a 0.03 rating in the key 18 – 49 demographic and garnered 79,000 viewers.
The rank is lower in comparison to other wrestling shows. For perspective, MLW’s figures are lower than the 2023 average for WOW – Women of Wrestling (0.051 demo rating & 281,000 viewers) but higher than the averages for Impact Wrestling (0.014 demo rating/97,000 viewers) and NJPW on AXS TV (0.01 demo rating/63,000 viewers). It is also higher than MLW Fightland on VICE TV back in October of 2021, which did a 0.01 demo rating and 40,000 viewers.
REELZ boasts an audience reach of 37.9 million households, slightly above that of AXS TV (35 million) and below VICE (49.7 million).
Wrestlenomics reports that other wrestling-related network reaches include Syfy (65 million), A&E (67.8 million), TNT (73 million), TBS (73.2 million), FOX Sports (73.7 million), and the USA Network (73.9 million).
According to Showbuzz Daily, MLW Underground ranked #132 among cable originals for the night. The NBA won the night for cable on TNT with 2.976 million viewers and a 1.29 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
