The March 25 episode of “AEW Dynamite” saw the celebs of All Elite Wrestling take one other step towards the Dynasty pay-per-view on April 12, with several big matches officially announced. Kenny Omega’s win over Swerve Strickland meant that he would challenge MJF for the AEW World Championship, Thekla made one other defense of the AEW Women’s World Championship against Mina Shirakawa, and Will Ospreay issued a challenge to Jon Moxley that the AEW Continental Champion was greater than blissful to just accept.
Last week’s episode of “Dynamite” turned lots of heads rankings sensible because it was essentially the most watched episode of the show in nine months, but to not be outdone by what got here before it, this week’s episode of “Dynamite” had a rise in viewership. The Programming Insider and Wrestlenomics have each confirmed that the March 25 episode of “Dynamite” averaged a complete of 765,000 viewers, a 5% increase from last week, and 18% above the trailing 4 week average of 658,000 viewers. As usual, all of those figures don’t include those that streamed the show survive HBO MAX. 765,000 viewers can also be the best average viewership “Dynamite” has earned since July 2024, with that yr’s Blood and Guts special averaging 786,000 viewers.
There was more excellent news within the demographics as “Dynamite” posted a 0.14 number within the 18-49 demographic, an 8% increase on the previous week and 27% above the trailing 4 week average of 0.11. This number took “Dynamite” into the highest five within the prime time cable rankings for Wednesday night, placing fifth overall behind the NBA on ESPN which finished first, and the three hours of coverage on FOX News that took up the opposite three spots. Nonetheless, “Dynamite” had some strong performances in other demos, placing second behind the NBA in each the 18-34 and the 12-34 demographics with one other 0.14 number, and joint third within the 25-54 demo with a 0.21 number.