The results are in for AEW’s Fyter Fest (Week 2) and NXT’s The Great American Bash (Week 2).
Check Out: AEW Dynamite vs. WWE NXT Viewership Numbers on 7/8/20
AEW finished at No. 7 in the Cable Top 150 rankings and a 0.28 rating in the P18-49 key demo. Meanwhile, NXT finished at No. 24 with a 0.20 rating in the same key demo. However, NXT finished ahead of AEW in terms of the overnight audience with 759,000 viewers versus 715,000 viewers for AEW.
Tony Khan had this to say in regards to the ratings war for this week.
If anyone thinks I consider being a top 7 show on cable anything but a huge win, they’re incorrect. A win in the demo is a win in the business, and this is a business. I know the industry wasn’t talking about the demo as much 20 years ago, but it’s what drives our revenue today.
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) July 9, 2020
Why tweet about ratings? Because I’m thrilled about these numbers & so are TNT. My family drinks A Little Bit of the Bubbly (Chris’s actual brand) on Thursdays when we’re in the top 10, this is the 3rd time in 4 weeks, & I’m grateful for the great #AEW fans that make it possible!
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) July 9, 2020
Here’s the chart the industry uses to analyze performance. The leftmost color-coded column is 18-49 demo. The rightmost color-coded column is total viewers. The chart’s ranked by 18-49 viewers. We love & value all viewers, in or outside that demo, but that’s how we score the game pic.twitter.com/aipX0MDfjP
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) July 9, 2020
My favorite thing about some of the frequent repliers to my tweets is how the 18-49 demographic is these people’s best friend on Mondays and Fridays, and then they act like they never heard of it on Wednesdays.
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) July 9, 2020
Thank you to all who helped make the Fyter Fest on #AEWDynamite a huge success these past 2 weeks, especially fans, wrestlers & crew. We finished in Top 7 in the 18-49 demo the past 2 weeks, + last night our best 18-34 audience since March , #2 last night in 12-34 males as well!
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) July 10, 2020
While we don’t charge ppv $ for the show, I hugely appreciate the investment of time anyone makes when they watch #AEWDynamite or any AEW content, & that’s why it’s important to me that you know that if you invested your time watching Fyter Fest, thank you for helping us succeed!
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) July 10, 2020
In an update to the above tweets by Tony Khan, the one and only “Le Champion” Chris Jericho has also chimed in on this week’s show.
Stoked to say that #AEWDynamite won the ratings demo war again last night! You’re welcome…. 😎👍@AEWrestling #Truth pic.twitter.com/QbohRCqTMY
— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) July 9, 2020
