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AEW Dynamite scored higher viewership than WWE NXT this week, but both shows were killed by cable news and baseball.

Every Wednesday, fans of pro wrestling tune into either WWE NXT or AEW Dynamite, a phenomenon that has become known as the Wednesday Night Wars These two competing pro wrestling companies battle it out each week for ratings supremacy, but what if one side had an inside man… or inside woman, as the case may[...]

Thanks to the vice-presidential debates, both AEW Dynamite, and WWE NXT dropped in ratings and viewership in the Wednesday Night Ratings Wars.

WWE isn't taking the one year anniversary of the Wednesday Night Wars with AEW Dynamite, which the show has lost the vast majority of the weeks, sitting down The ratings beating WWE has taken by putting their Black and Gold brand up against Dynamite has prompted the company to change plans For the foreseeable future,[...]

Despite competing against Major League Baseball, South Park, and Fox News, AEW Dynamite and WWE NXT both saw ratings increases this week.

AEW Dynamite once again handily defeated WWE NXT in the Wednesday Night Ratings Wars, but Monday Night Raw headlined by T-Bar beat them both.

Five random NXT wrestlers were thrown into a "Gauntlet Eliminator" match to try to figure out who will fight Finn Balor for the championship.

The entire NXT women's roster fought in a battle royal to determine the number one contender for Io Shirai's NXT Women's Championship.

Eddie Kingston called out Jon Moxley as a sellout sports entertainer on AEW Dynamite Wednesday, but was he able to back it up in the ring?

Cody Rhodes made his surprise return on AEW Dynamite Wednesday after Orange Cassidy challenged Brodie Lee for the TNT Championship.

AEW Dynamite was ranked #3 for the night across all cable shows while WWE NXT dropped to #31 place in the first head-to-head battle in weeks.

With the 1st Matt Hardy promo after his All Out accident and other fallout, AEW Dynamite topped a million viewers for the 1st time in 2020.

Despite featuring an actual finish to the NXT Championship match, WWE NXT still dropped in the ratings, falling out of the top ten.

AEW Dynamite hasn't missed a step, returning to Wednesday night unopposed by wrestling (but opposed by the NBA) for a bump in the ratings.

However, it's starting to look like it might be in WWE's best interest to concede the Wednesday Night Wars to AEW Dynamite Perhaps it's time to take up a new battle, one they're more suited to because they'll be in a position of extreme advantage as they like it: taking on Impact Wrestling on Tuesday[...]

Plus, since AEW won the last two weeks of the Wednesday Night Wars by virtue of airing unopposed, it would be a great time to leave on a high note. In an unsurprising result, WWE NXT did very well airing on Tuesday instead of Wednesday this week, scoring its highest 18-49 demo rating of the[...]

Despite airing on Thursday instead of Wednesday, AEW Dynamite scored similar ratings and viewership, which The Chadster finds aggravating.

It proved once and for all that NXT is the dominant show on Wednesday nights. Candice LeRae feels no sympathy for AEW Dynamite after they lost to NXT in the Wednesday ratings. NXT Wins the Wednesday Night Wars Again NXT scored a .24 rating in the 18-49 demographic, the same number as last week, putting them in 24th[...]

AEW Dynamite more or less maintained its ratings and viewership despite moving to Saturday, coming in fifth place for the night on cable.

In a stunning defeat for AEW Dynamite, WWE NXT won the Wednesday Night Wars by a margin of more than 850,000 viewers last night.

AEW Dynamite scored its best ratings and viewership since before the pandemic, but NXT was up from last week as well despite NBA competition.

AEW Dynamite topped WWE NXT in both overall viewership and the crucial 18-49 demographic, the latest numbers from Showbuzz Daily reveal.

Several matches and non-wrestling segments have already been booked for next week's episodes of AEW Dynamite and WWE NXT.

WWE president Vince McMahon has defended WWE's ongoing ratings slide. He says they are #1 in the key demographics.

The ratings for this week's edition of the Wednesday Night Wars are in, and one indisputable fact has been laid bare: indie wrestlers challenging Cody Rhodes for the TNT Championship equals ratings Last night's episode of AEW Dynamite teased a surprise challenger for Cody Rhodes, one of the top independent wrestlers in the world It[...]

AEW Dynamite scored another victory over NXT in the Wednesday Night Wars this week, increasing ratings and viewership as WWE NXT fell in viewership AEW was ranked 5th for the night on cable in the key 18-49 demographic, while NXT was ranked 35th Neither show advertised a special episode title or world championship match, though[...]

AEW Dynamite trounced WWE NXT in both the 18-49 demographic rating and overall viewership and even beat Guy Fieri in the 18-49 demo.

Former WCW star Disco Inferno is leading like-minded fans in a boycott of AEW over... ratings? "Ratings discrimination" to be more precise.

A high-ranking executive from TNT settled the argument over what's more important for wrestling, overall viewership or the 18-49 demographic.

AEW President Tony Khan said the 18-49 demographic rating is what determines victory in the Wednesday Night Ratings Wars with WWE NXT.