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…
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Lucha Brothers, SCU Advance to AEW World Tag Team Championship Match
The finals of the AEW World Tag Team Championship tournament is set – Pentagon Jr. and Rey Fenix (the Lucha Brothers) will take on SoCal Uncensored for inaugural tag titles on next week’s episode of AEW Dynamite. The Lucha Bros. earned their spot on Thursday night by beating Private Party, while Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio…
AEW Beats NXT in Ratings for Third Straight Week
The ratings are in for both AEW Dynamite on TNT and NXT on USA Network, and the number for Oct. 16 tell a similar story to the week before. Dynamite finished with the fifth-highest rating of the night on cable with a 0.44 in the 18-49 demographic and managed to stay above one million viewers…
Chris Jericho Retains the AEW World Championship Against Darby Allin
Chris Jericho successfully defended the AEW World Championship for the first time on Wednesday night, as he took down the young Darby Allin in a Philadelphia Street Fight. After utilizing a steel chair and kendo stick, Jericho rolled out the ring and pulled out a roll of duct tape. He taped Allin’s hands behind his…
Chris Jericho Announces The Young Bucks vs. Santana and Ortiz at Full Gear
Santana & Ortiz made their tag team debut on this week’s AEW Dynamite, as the pair easily defeated a couple of jobbers via a Powerbomb-Blockbuster finisher. As the two made their way up the entrance ramp Chris Jericho popped up on the screen and bragged about bringing the two men into his Inner Circle faction….
AEW Dynamite Beats NXT for Second Week in Ratings
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….
Jon Moxley Wins AEW Dynamite Debut, Teases Feud With PAC
Jon Moxley made his triumphant return to AEW television this week as he competed in his first match since a staph infection caused him to pull out of the All Out PPV back in August. Moxley took on another former WWE Superstar in Shawn Spears, and despite heavy interference from Tully Blancheard he was able…
Chris Jericho Reveals the Name of His New Faction
After beating down Cody Rhodes, The Young Bucks and Dustin Rhodes last week, Chris Jericho finally gave some answers regarding his new faction. The reigning AEW World Champion cut a promo early on during this week’s AEW Dynamite, introducing all of the members – Sammy Guevara, Santana, Ortiz and Jake Hager. He announced that the…
AEW Dynamite: Private Party Pull Off Big Win Over The Young Bucks
Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen, batter known as Private Party, pulled off a monumental upset victory in the opening match of AEW Dynamite this week when they beat the Young Bucks in the first match of the AEW World Tag Team Championship tournament. The Bucks seemed to have the win in hand when Matt Jackson…
Former WWE Star Jack Swagger Debuts on AEW Dynamite
Former WWE star and World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger made a surprise appearance at the conclusion of this week’s AEW Dynamite debut episode. Calling him by his real name Jake Hager, the announcers sold the surprise in a big way as he made his way out following the main event pitting Chris Jericho and…