With AEW Redemption 2026 on the horizon, the celebs of All Elite Wrestling returned to Nashville, Tennessee for the July 22 episode of “AEW Dynamite” because the upcoming pay-per-view card begins to take its final form. Jay White won his first singles match in over a 12 months against Clark Connors. Divine Dominion defended their AEW Women’s World Tag Team Championships against The Sisters of Sin, and after defending his AEW TNT Championship against Darby Allin, Kevin Knight left Kenny Omega in a pool of his own blood ahead of their match this Sunday.
After back-to-back weeks where “Dynamite” produced its best rankings in two years, this week’s episode couldn’t proceed that streak. In response to Wrestlenomics, with data provided by The Programming Insider, the July 22 episode of “Dynamite” averaged 706,000 viewers, a ten% drop from the previous week’s 786,000 viewers. Despite the drop, this week’s figure is just above the trailing 4 week average of 702,000 viewers, and is 20% higher than the identical period last 12 months. As at all times, these figures don’t include those that streamed the show live to tell the tale HBO MAX.
There was a much bigger drop within the 18-49 demographic as “Dynamite” posted a 0.12 number, a 20% drop from last week. 0.12 is the trailing 4 week average so “Dynamite” is in step with that for this week, but a 0.12 number is 14% lower than the third-quarter average for 2025, and 20% lower than the July 2025 average as well. All of this meant that “Dynamite” placed joint-fifth for the night within the prime time cable rankings together with “Gutfeld!” on FOX News. The show was beaten by the WNBA on the USA Network, an episode of “The Valley” on Bravo, “Jesse Watters Primetime” on FOX News, and the Major League Baseball coverage on ESPN, which won the night with a 0.28 number, double what second and third place posted.