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AEW is dying

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>In early 2023, the days of one million viewers ended. Still, Dyanmite was drawing 900,000 people. But that then became 800,000 and 700,000. Now, in 2024, that has fallen even further with episodes averaging in the 600,000+ plus range.
>In 2022, Rampage ratings were in the 400,000 range, in 2023, 300,000 viewers, and now, 200,000 or even less. Rampage became such an afterthought that in the latest new TV deal with Warner Bros. Discovery, it wasn't even included. At the end of 2024, Rampage will cease to exist.
>AEW Collision debuted on June 17, 2023, with 816,000 viewers but quickly settled in the 500,000 to 600,000 range. Now, in 2024, episodes rarely get above 300,000+.
>Live attendance has been a problem, with photos showing half-empty buildings at some Dynamite and Collision shows. According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, AEW has been “hemorrhaging 18-34 viewers with numbers that would have been thought to be almost impossible a few weeks ago” and there has been a consistent decline with the key age group since February. Meltzer added, “I never thought they’d get to WCW 2000 attendance numbers, they are not that far off.