AEW Rampage drops 29 percent in 18-49 against NFL pre-season game

With NFL pre-season competition, AEW Rampage experienced a significant decline while finishing #14 among cable originals on Friday.

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With NFL pre-season competition, AEW Rampage experienced a significant decline while finishing #14 among cable originals on Friday.

The taped show from August 19th averaged 461,000 viewers and approximately 157,000 (0.12) in the 18-49 demographic, according to Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics and Showbuzz Daily.

Rampage fell 13 percent in overall viewership with a steep drop of 29 percent in the 18-49 demo from last week’s figures. It was the show’s lowest number since July 29th.

The largest decreases were seen among males 18-49, which dripped by 32 percent this week, and adults 35-49 fell by 40 percent.

In the 18-34 demo, they remained stable with a two percent increase and no change among females 12-34 or adults 50+ from the week prior.

Rampage aired against the Houston vs. L.A. Rams game but it only did 718,000 viewers and 0.17 in the demo airing on the NFL Network but did finish second on cable.

Rampage included a Trios tournament match between Best Friends & Orange Cassidy against The Trustbusters, and an AEW tag title match with Swerve in Our Glory retaining against Private Party.

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