While it comes with a massive asterisk, All Elite Wrestling can proudly say that the Oct. 23 episode of AEW Dynamite beat WWE’s Friday Night SmackDown in the ratings for the first time in the show’s young history. The Oct. 25 episode fo SmackDown was bumped from FOX to Fox Sports 1 due to the MLB World Series, and as a result the show posted a 0.27 rating with 888,000 viewers. Not only is that the lowest-rated episode in the history of the Blue Brand, but it also fell short of Dynamite’s 0.45 rating and 963,000 viewers from two night’s before.

The SmackDown episode featured appearances from Hulk Hogan & Ric Flair, a six-man tag match main event featuring Roman Reigns, Ali, Shorty G, Shinsuke Nakamura, King Corbin and Cesaro and matches involving New Day, Dolph Ziggler, Robert Roode, Lacey Evans, Kalisto and Drew Gulak. Meanwhile Dynamite featured two semifinal matches in the AEW World Tag Team Tournament, Kenny Omega vs. Joey Janela and Jon Moxley vs. PAC.

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