The ratings for Wednesday night are officially in, and AEW defeated NXT for the second week in a row. AEW Dynamite finished with 1.01 million viewers and a 0.46 rating in 18-49 target demographic (eighth overall on cable). Meanwhile NXT finished all the way down in 27th place with a 0.22 rating and 790,000 viewers. While the week marks another victory for AEW, it shows a decline for both shows. NXT posted its lowest rating since jumping to USA by losing 101,000 viewers while AEW dropped by 328,000 viewers.

There are a few factors you can attribute to that. AEW’s 1.4 million viewers from last week was likely boosted by the hype around the new company’s premiere and curiosity for casual viewers. It also didn’t help that cable was utterly dominated by the MLB playoffs on Wednesday night as the Cardinals/Braves and Nationals/Dodgers games combined for more than nine million viewers.

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