Wednesday Night Wars

as of Wednesday April 7, 2021...the war is over.
AEW
vs
NXT
Viewership
67-11-1
Lost 1 in a row
4 wins uncontested
Viewership
18-63-1
Won 1 in a row
7 wins uncontested
Demo (18-49)
78-1-0
Won 63 in a row
Demo (18-49)
8-74-0
Lost 63 in a row
52-week High/Low
1,016,000 / 633,000		52-week High/Low
876,000 / 551,000
All-time High/Low
1,409,000 / 633,000		All-time High/Low
1,179,000 / 542,000
Summary
  • Sept. 1, 2018 - Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks promote one of the most successful independent professional wrestling pay-per-views, All In.
  • Jan. 1, 2019 - All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is officially created.
  • May 15, 2019 - AEW announces a TV deal for a live, 2-hour weekly prime-time show on TNT, beginning on October 2, 2019.
  • Aug. 20, 2019 - WWE announce NXT will move to 2-hour show, Wednesday nights on USA, beginning on September 18, 2019.
  • Sept. 18, 2019 - NXT begins Wednesday nights on USA, two weeks prior to AEW Dynamite premiering on TNT.
  • Oct. 2, 2019 - Wednesday Night Wars officially began...
  • Mar. 18, 2020 - After months of positive momentum for both promotions, the COVID-19 pandemic forces both AEW and NXT to run shows without crowds.
  • Sept. 9, 2020 - AEW reaches the million viewer milestone for the first time since October 16, 2019.
  • Mar. 30, 2021 - WWE announce NXT will be moving to Tuesday nights starting on April 13, 2021. This move will end the Wednesday Night Wars.
  • Apr. 7, 2021 - Final head-to-head night of the Wednesday Night Wars.
  • Apr. 13, 2021 - NXT debuts on Tuesday and gets NXT 800k and a .22 demo!
  • Apr. 14, 2021 - AEW hits 1.2m viewers and a .44 demo!
Viewership
Demographics (18-49)
Head-to-Head
Dynamite
✗		688,000 ↓
(0.28) ↑		Apr 7, 2021768,000 ↑
(0.22) ↑		NXT
✓
Dynamite
✓		700,000 ↓
(0.26) ↓		Mar 31, 2021654,000 ↓
(0.21) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		757,000 ↓
(0.3) ↑		Mar 24, 2021678,000 ↑
(0.14) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		768,000 ↑
(0.28) ↓		Mar 17, 2021597,000 ↓
(0.13) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		743,000 ↓
(0.32) ↓		Mar 10, 2021691,000 ↓
(0.18) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		934,000 ↑
(0.33) ↓		Mar 3, 2021692,000 ↓
(0.2) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		831,000 ↑
(0.35) ↑		Feb 24, 2021734,000 ↑
(0.18) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		747,000 ↑
(0.31) ↑		Feb 17, 2021713,000 ↑
(0.16) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		741,000 ↓
(0.29) ↓		Feb 10, 2021558,000 ↓
(0.12) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		844,000 ↑
(0.32) ↑		Feb 3, 2021610,000 ↓
(0.15) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		734,000 ↓
(0.29) ↓		Jan 27, 2021720,000 ↑
(0.21) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		854,000 ↑
(0.36) ↑		Jan 20, 2021659,000 ↑
(0.15) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		762,000 ↑
(0.3) ↑		Jan 13, 2021551,000 ↓
(0.14) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		662,000 ↓
(0.25) ↓		Jan 6, 2021641,000 ↑
(0.16) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		977,000 ↑
(0.4) ↑		Dec 30, 2020586,000 ↓
(0.12) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		775,000 ↓
(0.32) ~		Dec 23, 2020698,000 ↓
(0.19) ~		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		806,000 ↓
(0.32) ↓		Dec 16, 2020766,000 ↑
(0.19) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		995,000 ↑
(0.45) ↑		Dec 9, 2020659,000 ↑
(0.17) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		913,000 ↑
(0.42) ↑		Dec 2, 2020658,000 ↓
(0.16) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✗		710,000 ↓
(0.26) ↓		Nov 25, 2020712,000 ↑
(0.2) ↑		NXT
✓
Dynamite
✓		850,000 ↑
(0.37) ↑		Nov 18, 2020638,000 ↑
(0.14) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		764,000 ↑
(0.3) ~		Nov 11, 2020632,000 ↑
(0.16) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		717,000 ↓
(0.3) ↓		Nov 4, 2020610,000 ↓
(0.14) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✗		781,000 ↑
(0.32) ↑		Oct 28, 2020876,000 ↑
(0.25) ↑		NXT
✓
Dynamite
✓		753,000 ↓
(0.3) ~		Oct 21, 2020644,000 ↓
(0.16) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		826,000 ↑
(0.3) ↓		Oct 14, 2020651,000 ↑
(0.17) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		753,000 ↓
(0.31) ↓		Oct 7, 2020639,000 ↓
(0.16) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		866,000 ↑
(0.33) ↑		Sep 30, 2020732,000 ↑
(0.19) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		835,000 ↓
(0.32) ↓		Sep 23, 2020696,000 ↑
(0.18) ~		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		886,000 ↓
(0.34) ↓		Sep 16, 2020689,000 ↓
(0.18) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		1,016,000 ↑
(0.37) ↑		Sep 9, 2020-
-
Sep 8, 2020838,000 ↓
(0.22) ↓		NXT
✓
Dynamite
✓		928,000 ↑
(0.36) ↑		Sep 2, 2020-
-
Sep 1, 2020849,000 ↑
(0.26) ↑		NXT
✓
Dynamite
✓		813,000 ↑
(0.29) ↓		Aug 27, 2020-
-
Aug 26, 2020824,000 ↓
(0.24) ~		NXT
✓
Dynamite
✓		755,000 ↓
(0.31) ↓		Aug 22, 2020-
-
Aug 19, 2020853,000 ↑
(0.24) ↑		NXT
✓
Dynamite
✓		792,000 ↓
(0.32) ↓		Aug 12, 2020619,000 ↓
(0.16) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		901,000 ↑
(0.36) ↑		Aug 5, 2020753,000 ↑
(0.2) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		773,000 ↓
(0.3) ↓		Jul 29, 2020707,000 ↑
(0.18) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		845,000 ↑
(0.32) ↑		Jul 22, 2020615,000 ↓
(0.17) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		788,000 ↑
(0.29) ↑		Jul 15, 2020631,000 ↓
(0.14) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✗		715,000 ↓
(0.28) ↓		Jul 8, 2020759,000 ↓
(0.2) ↓		NXT
✓
Dynamite
✗		748,000 ↑
(0.29) ↑		Jul 1, 2020792,000 ↑
(0.22) ↑		NXT
✓
Dynamite
✗		633,000 ↓
(0.22) ↓		Jun 24, 2020786,000 ↑
(0.19) ↓		NXT
✓
Dynamite
✓		772,000 ↑
(0.28) ↑		Jun 17, 2020746,000 ↑
(0.2) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		677,000 ↓
(0.23) ↓		Jun 10, 2020673,000 ↓
(0.16) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		730,000 ↓
(0.29) ↓		Jun 3, 2020715,000 ↓
(0.2) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		827,000 ↑
(0.32) ↑		May 27, 2020731,000 ↑
(0.19) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		701,000 ↑
(0.26) ↑		May 20, 2020592,000 ↓
(0.13) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		654,000 ↓
(0.23) ↓		May 13, 2020604,000 ↓
(0.15) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		732,000 ↑
(0.28) ↑		May 6, 2020663,000 ↑
(0.18) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		693,000 ↓
(0.27) ↑		Apr 29, 2020637,000 ↓
(0.16) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		731,000 ↑
(0.25) ~		Apr 22, 2020665,000 ↓
(0.18) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✗		683,000 ↓
(0.25) ↓		Apr 15, 2020692,000 ↓
(0.17) ↓		NXT
✓
Dynamite
✗		692,000 ↑
(0.26) ↑		Apr 8, 2020693,000 ↑
(0.19) ↑		NXT
✓
Dynamite
✓		685,000 ↓
(0.25) ↓		Apr 1, 2020590,000 ↓
(0.15) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		819,000 ↓
(0.34) ↓		Mar 25, 2020669,000 ↑
(0.19) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		932,000 ↑
(0.35) ↑		Mar 18, 2020542,000 ↓
(0.16) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		766,000 ↓
(0.26) ↓		Mar 11, 2020697,000 ↓
(0.21) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		906,000 ↑
(0.35) ↑		Mar 4, 2020718,000 ↑
(0.23) ~		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		865,000 ↓
(0.3) ↓		Feb 26, 2020717,000 ↓
(0.23) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		893,000 ↑
(0.31) ↑		Feb 19, 2020794,000 ↑
(0.25) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		817,000 ↓
(0.3) ↓		Feb 12, 2020757,000 ↓
(0.24) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		928,000 ↑
(0.36) ↑		Feb 5, 2020770,000 ↑
(0.22) ~		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		828,000 ↓
(0.34) ↓		Jan 29, 2020712,000 ↓
(0.22) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		871,000 ↓
(0.35) ↓		Jan 22, 2020769,000 ↑
(0.24) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		940,000 ↓
(0.38) ↑		Jan 15, 2020700,000 ↓
(0.21) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		947,000 ↓
(0.36) ~		Jan 8, 2020721,000 ↑
(0.19) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		967,000 ↑
(0.36) ↑		Jan 1, 2020548,000 ↓
(0.15) ↓		NXT
✗
-
Dec 25, 2019831,000 ↑
(0.22) ↓		NXT
✓
Dynamite
✗		683,000 ↓
(0.25) ↓		Dec 18, 2019795,000 ↑
(0.27) ↑		NXT
✓
Dynamite
≈		778,000 ↓
(0.28) ↓		Dec 11, 2019778,000 ↓
(0.24) ↓		NXT
≈
Dynamite
✓		851,000 ↑
(0.32) ↑		Dec 4, 2019845,000 ↑
(0.29) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✗		663,000 ↓
(0.26) ↓		Nov 27, 2019810,000 ↓
(0.24) ↓		NXT
✓
Dynamite
✗		893,000 ↓
(0.39) ↓		Nov 20, 2019916,000 ↑
(0.3) ↑		NXT
✓
Dynamite
✓		957,000 ↑
(0.43) ↑		Nov 13, 2019750,000 ↓
(0.25) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		822,000 ↑
(0.35) ↑		Nov 6, 2019813,000 ↑
(0.3) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		759,000 ↓
(0.33) ↓		Oct 30, 2019580,000 ↓
(0.18) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		963,000 ↓
(0.45) ↑		Oct 23, 2019698,000 ↓
(0.21) ↑		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		1,014,000 ↓
(0.44) ↓		Oct 16, 2019712,000 ↓
(0.2) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		1,140,000 ↓
(0.46) ↓		Oct 9, 2019790,000 ↓
(0.22) ↓		NXT
✗
Dynamite
✓		1,409,000
(0.68)		Oct 2, 2019891,000 ↓
(0.32) ~		NXT
✗
-
Sep 25, 20191,006,000 ↓
(0.32) ↓		NXT
✓
-
Sep 18, 20191,179,000
(0.43)		NXT
✓
Viewers and Demographics (18-49)
© 2021 wrazzlin.com
Last updated Saturday May 1 1:13 PM EDT