The previous week’s instalment of AEW Dynamite drew criticism following its poor TV ratings – an audience size of merely 502,000 and a key demographic score of 0.16.
This is a significant drop from the statistics seen in the June 12th episode, boasting 681,000 viewers and a 0.23 demo rating, and the June 26th show’s rating of 680,000 viewers and a score of 0.22.
Furthermore, this week’s AEW Dynamite episode followed up after “The Big Bang Theory” – a factor that wasn’t present when the record-low ratings for AEW were recorded.
Recently, in a conversation with CBS Sports, wrestling personality Will Ospreay shared his apprehension towards the disappointing ratings.
Despite the dwindling numbers, Ospreay stressed that he still perceives the show as successful and emphasized his and his team’s intentions to recover from this adversarial phase.
Ospreay stated, “It sucks that it was such a low rating but it’s just motivating me and I’m sure it’s motivating others to try and think out of the box and come back swinging. I’m not someone who ignores that type of s—. I see it and I make note of it. I put it in the checkbook and I make sure whatever we do next week, we come back swinging. We shouldn’t ignore criticism or shy away from it. We’re still a five-year company and we’re still hitting the ropes with these things. For me, AEW still has lots of growing pains to go through.”
He continued, “If we look back five years to what WWE was doing, they were at a low. But the way they’re thriving right now is inspiring to everyone. It should be something to hit. We need to change the bar and see what we must do to change things up. Like I said, I’m not the type of person to shy away from it. I enjoy criticism.”
The next instalment of AEW Dynamite is set to showcase the “Beach Break” theme.