AEW Rampage viewership decreased on February 17.
Per Wrestlenomics, in a special 7 PM EST timeslot due to NBA All-Star weekend, 287,000 viewers watched the show on Friday night. This number is down from last week, when 375,000 viewers tuned in.
In the 18 to 49 demographic rating, Rampage scored a 0.07, which also marks an drop from last week’s episode (0.12 rating). Rampage ranked #59 in the demographic among cable originals, per Showbuzz Daily.
Wrestlenomics noted that the February 17 episode of AEW Rampage was the least-watched edition of the show dating back to its premiere in August 2021. Even when factoring in the early start time, other preempted episodes scored higher viewership numbers.
Rampage was preempted to 7pm. It should've been an 'x' on the chart, reposted below.
Previous Rampage eps on in 2022 at 7pm Fri had 410k, 482k, 471k viewers and at lowest 0.15 P18-49 rating.
This was least-watched Rampage in its history.
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— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) February 21, 2023
Friday’s episode kicked off with The Elite (Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks) successfully defending their AEW Trios Championships against Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin) and AR Fox. In the main event, Dustin Rhodes defeated Swerve Strickland via disqualification due to interference from Parker Bordeaux. This led to the return of Keith Lee to save Rhodes to end the show.
