After five weeks, All Elite Wrestling has had a clean sweep with the rating wars with their weekly AEW Dynamite. At the end of week five, I had AEW Dynamite as the high-quality show, leading the series 3-2. This week is the “go home” show for AEW Dynamite as AEW heads into the first Pay […]
Read more "Wednesday Night Wars: AEW vs NXT Week 6"It’s been a clean sweep after four weeks in the Wednesday Night Wars for All Elite Wrestling in rating supremacy. However, the quality of the shows I believe is split. Going into week five, I’ve pondered: Do we value ratings too much versus what we like on an individual basis? AEW has run away with […]
Read more "Wednesday Night Wars: AEW vs NXT Week 5"In the second week of the AEW and WWE NXT Wednesday Night Wars, AEW Dynamite controlled the ratings again. Unlike the first installment, I agreed that Dynamite was the better show than WWE NXT. It was unanimous. Both shows put out a strong product in week two, which is ultimately best for the wrestling business. […]
Read more "Wednesday Night Wars: AEW vs NXT Week 3"To kick off the Wednesday Night Wars, AEW Dynamite doubled the viewership of WWE NXT. In the rating wars, the score is 1-0 in favor of AEW. However, the beauty of pro-wrestling in the of the beholder. While the ratings cannot be argued with who tuned into what show, I firmly believe that the better […]
Read more "Wednesday Night Wars: AEW vs NXT Week 2"Nearly twenty years ago, the WWE was in the middle of a Monday Night War in the pro-wrestling ratings with WCW. Monday Night Nitro and Monday Night Raw were clashing head to head, simultaneously in competition to see who could do a better job at keeping their viewers from switching the channel to the competition. […]
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