Will NXT or AEW crack a million viewers ever again?

[Larry]

And if so, can they do it before the end of the year?


AEW has been within 200k of hitting a mil a couple times. Both seem capped out around 750-800 though


What say you?


And before nikkas come in here crying, we all know ratings don’t indicate the quality of the shows. Relax. Just a simple question

 

[Reality Check]

If one is pre-empted for whatever reason yes. Otherwise they are splitting a similar viewing audience so unless one of the shows features some sort of insane match being hyped up, then probably not.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

One of them would have to not be on tv for the other to hit a mill, and I’m not sure if that’ll happen during COVID

 

[Larry]

If one is pre-empted for whatever reason yes. Otherwise they are splitting a similar viewing audience so unless one of the shows features some sort of insane match being hyped up, then probably not.

I’m not so sure they’re sharing an audience


It’s so divided. I don’t think AEW’s core audience fukks with WWE in any way, and vice versa. They share a portion of course, but nothing significant in my opinion

 

[Tres Leches]

Will raw ever crack 2.0 again ?

 

[NYChase718]

Will raw ever crack 2.0 again ?

If they book a double return match of
roman reigns vs cena

 

[Francis White]

Omega vs Mox for the belt.
FTR vs Bucks
OC vs MJF
All on one card . Yes
NXT
Sasha vs Io hell in the cell
War games
Seth
Buddy
Kofi
Garza
Vs the undisputed era.

 

[SpacelySprockets]

for aew - theyll continually be around the 700k-900k mark unless NXT isnt airing on that particular day then theyll crack a million

for nxt - just have the rock show up then theyll crack a million

 

[The Solid One]

Omega vs Mox for the belt.
FTR vs Bucks
OC vs MJF
All on one card . Yes
NXT
Sasha vs Io hell in the cell
War games
Seth
Buddy
Kofi
Garza
Vs the undisputed era.

Nah

 

[Breh the HitMang]

who cares

 

[Reality Check]

I’m not so sure they’re sharing an audience


It’s so divided. I don’t think AEW’s core audience fukks with WWE in any way, and vice versa. They share a portion of course, but nothing significant in my opinion

That portion would probably be enough to put one above a million. For example with this week, if for whatever reason NXT were not on and it was just AEW, you might see 220k more people watching AEW, which would have put it above 1 million viewers. Not everyone is going to watch AEW if NXT isn't on and vice versa, but there could be enough people who do which could push viewership above a million.

 

[Jmare007]

Voted yes thinking "eh, why not eventually".

But this year I don't see it

 

[THE 101]

If they get a genuinely interesting angle popping or someone on the roster really emerges a real crossover star then sure why not.

But I can't see the numbers improve much if they just stay on this Jim Crockett nostalgia shyt.

I've said it from day one, their booking is okay, but it's very uninspired. Which is fine, it's mostly basic old wrestling booking which makes for a decent watch but it's not gonna catch fire with that stuff. They need something that's gonna turn heads. I don't know what that could be but it ain't gonna be Cody doing Horsemen cosplay

 

[Larry]

I don’t think NXT could do it, not even if the main roster guys showed up


It’s not like NXT is a secret. The millions of people who watch RAW and SD know exactly when and how to watch NXT, they just choose to not. I genuinely think the rock could fukkin show up and it’ll still do 800k TOPS

 

[El Cocodrilo]

Voted yes thinking "eh, why not eventually".

But this year I don't see it

yeah, same... eventually AEW can put something together that will make people tune in for a month

like when WWE struck gold with the Fiend recently before they blew that too