Tay Conti, Chris Jericho and other AEW stars respond to hitting 1million+ viewers in ratings war vs NXT
The AEW vs NXT ratings war seems to be siding with the new promotion
AEW Dynamite recorded more than 1million+ viewers as it celebrated another week in winning the ratings war vs NXT.
The war between WWE and AEW over ratings has been going for a while ever since AEW moved to TNT and took on NXT.
Both shows took the same time slot on Wednesday, and this was dubbed as the Wednesday Night Wars.
AEW had been winning initially but WWE moved up thanks to the Great American Bash. However, both shows have had to change dates for various reasons. AEW Dynamite has returned to its Wednesday slot again while NXT has taken place on Tuesdays for the last two weeks.
AEW was coming off All Out, a major PPV, and this week’s ratings saw them hit over 1million viewers for the first time in 2020.
NXT, for their part, got 838,000 viewers for the second Super Tuesday, and AEW seems to be doing a great job.
Stars celebrate mini-win
AEW has been slowly climbing up the ratings charts and this would have been helped thanks to no NXT for that day and coming off All Out.
Many AEW stars spoke about the ratings boost and one of them was also Tony Khan:
Thank you very much to everyone who watched #AEWDynamite last night and made it our biggest overall audience of 2020, over 1 million total viewers, and one of our biggest numbers in the demo this year as well! We’re back on TNT with another huge card next week, please join us! pic.twitter.com/3N8qEagryH
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) September 10, 2020
Jim Ross was another to thank Khan for reaching this number:
Thanks Barry…@TonyKhan continues to build a great team @AEWrestling. 🤠 https://t.co/WjAdOtxjbl
— Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) September 10, 2020
Joey Janela cracked a joke about reaching 1million and claimed it was down to him and rising star Sonny Kiss.
It’s great, @AEWrestling brought us a cake that said
“Thank you Sonny & Joey 1 Million” pic.twitter.com/55yQZEyKYO
— “The Bad Boy” Joey Janela (@JANELABABY) September 10, 2020
Thanks to all of you who watched the show last night 👊🏼 #AEWDynamite https://t.co/hrZeUyUX0v
— taz (@OfficialTAZ) September 10, 2020
MJF, Tay Conti and Chris Jericho also posted their updates on reaching this figure:
You’re welcome. https://t.co/5vZajBHDYr
— Maxwell Jacob Friedman™️ (@The_MJF) September 10, 2020
Feels good to be elite … https://t.co/0fwURM9ugv
— TAYNARA MELO GUEVARA (@taymelo) September 10, 2020
Guys @IAmJericho may be the DEMO GOD but by god it’s obvious that Me & @SonnyKissXO are the RATINGS GODS!!!! https://t.co/SPUX1UxMLR
— “The Bad Boy” Joey Janela (@JANELABABY) September 10, 2020
#AEWDynamite did over ONE MILLION VIEWERS last night… and look who started the show. #YoureWelcome @allelitewrestling #demogod @ Jacksonville, Florida https://t.co/FGzUdRE44b
— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) September 10, 2020
The ratings should continue getting a boost in the coming weeks with Miro making his AEW debut. Miro, formerly known as Rusev, became the latest WWE star to join their rivals.
He hit out at the promotion for having a proverbial brass ring but he could never reach that. He is now All Elite and it promises to be an interesting time for him and the promotion.
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