Breaking News: The Rebel outdrew Reigns, Lesnar, Sasha, and Big Time Becks

[RammerJammer]

Please don’t kill me, I’m just the messenger

 

[NoMorePie]

I'll say it again

Vince a fool for thinking people were tryna see becky/Sasha to kick off the final 30 minutes

 

[The Solid One]

Women Wrestling.

 

[theincredibleone]

The Bunny vs. Ruby Soho drew the same demo as Roman and Brock

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

I'll say it again

Vince a fool for thinking people were tryna see becky/Sasha to kick off the final 30 minutes

You're the fool. Sasha vs. Bayley had the highest rated wrestling segment all year.



Sasha Banks vs Bayley rematch draws highest viewership in any wrestling show since the Pandemic - The SportsRush

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

As for these numbers they are what they are. Good for AEW.. however.. FS1 is available in fewer homes than TNT by a wide margin.

 

[prophecypro]

You're the fool. Sasha vs. Bayley had the highest rated wrestling segment all year.



Sasha Banks vs Bayley rematch draws highest viewership in any wrestling show since the Pandemic - The SportsRush

This was last year

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

This was last year

it's within the last year and it's the highest rated segment since the pandemic. Anyone who says women's wrestling can't draw is lying.

 

[Hypris]

The Bunny vs. Ruby Soho drew the same demo as Roman and Brock

I honestly thought Friday would be an L for AEW but they ended up doing alright.

WWE stacked their head to head. There's no way it should have been this close.

 

[CBoz]

Now where is the viewer numbers for those 30mins not no demo?

 

[RammerJammer]

Nvm

 

[Reality Check]

As for these numbers they are what they are. Good for AEW.. however.. FS1 is available in fewer homes than TNT by a wide margin.

Surprisingly the difference is only about 10 million households. It's not like AXS and TNT.

With that said, the bigger L is Smackdown going from 2.1 million viewers on 10/8 to 866k viewers on 10/15.

 

[TrueEpic08]

Also, per Meltzer, the Becky/Sasha match was beaten handily by Punk/Sydal in the 18-49 demo, .29 to .21. Some draw Punk is, huh?

In any event, WWE's going to be in real trouble when their older audience (really the only thing keeping their overall viewership up) falls off in the coming years. They're essentially propped up by Saudi money and rights fees deals at this point, and it'll be very interesting to see how USA and FOX looks at those deals once they expire in 2024 if their viewership keeps trending downward and they make no traction in the key demographics.

I'd *also* like to see the demo numbers for the 2013-2016 Authority era, as they drove off a significant segment of their audience in those years (around a third if the numbers I've found around the internet are correct). I wonder how many of those fans that stopped watching were 18-49s.

 

[CBoz]

Also, per Meltzer, the Becky/Sasha match was beaten handily by Punk/Sydal in the 18-49 demo, .29 to .21. Some draw Punk is, huh?

If SD was on a channel that was in the same amount of homes as TNT this would be a different story and everyone knows that.

 

[Cartier Murphy]

It’s gone from armchair booking to armchair demo analytics wrasslin in 2021 brehs