Ric Flair gave his take on AEW’s TV ratings in a preview clip for his new Ric Flair Wooooo Nation Uncensored podcast and how CM Punk and Bryan Danielson have contributed to AEW since joining the company.
“Well, if I’m looking at the ratings, I don’t know what they’ve contributed. Yeah, certainly, as you said, they’re both big stars in the business. Both have had a lot of success, but I don’t know how to answer that question, because all you can do, as we do with football or any other show, is look at the ratings. To me, that show should never do less than 1.1 million. If they get there once, and bring in all this talent, and go back, then there’s something wrong.”
Here is the viewership breakdown for Dynamite since CM Punk joined AEW and Danielson signed with the promotion a few weeks later when he made his debut at All Out.
8/25/21: 1,172,000 – CM Punk’s first Dynamite appearance
9/1/21: 1,047,000 – All Out go-home show
9/8/21: 1,319,000 – post-All Out show
9/15/21: 1,175,000
9/22/21: 1,273,000 – Grand Slam edition
9/29/21: 1,152,000
10/6/21: 1,053,000
10/16/21: 727,000 – Saturday edition
10/23/21: 575,000 – Saturday edition
10/27/21: 575,000 – Wednesday edition
11/3/21: 878,000
11/10/21: 913,000 – Full Gear go-home show