AEW Full Gear 11/9/19

November 9, 2019 at 8:00 PM ET – (Preshow at 7:00 PM ET ) – Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore, Maryland  – Available on B/R Live and Traditional PPV

Saturday’s AEW Full Gear pay-per-view from the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, MD, Ticketmaster shows more than 1,200 tickets left at this link. They are going for $30 – $125. There are also two floor seats that come together, and include the commemorative take-home chair, for $300 each.

AEW World Championship: (C) Chris Jericho vs. Cody Rhodes

(Three judges will be available as a tiebreaker if match goes beyond 60 minute time limit. If Cody loses he won’t challenge for AEW World Title ever again)

Unsanctioned Lights Out Match: Jon Moxley vs. Kenny Omega

AEW World Tag Team Championship: (C) SCU vs. Lucha Bros vs. Private Party

AEW Women’s World Championship: (C) Riho vs. Emi Sakura

The Young Bucks vs. Proud & Powerful (Santana & Ortiz)

“Hangman” Adam Page vs. PAC

Joey Janela vs. Shawn Spears w/Tully Blanchard

(The Buy In) Britt Baker vs. Bea Priestley

AEW Dynamite Barely Tops WWE NXT Viewership This Week, AEW Attendance And Poor Crowd Photos From Dynamite

AEW Dynamite has topped WWE NXT in viewership for the sixth week in a row, however it was by the smallest margin to date.

Wednesday’s Full Gear go-home edition of Dynamite on TNT drew 822,000 viewers, topping NXT’s 813,000 viewers on the USA Network by only 1.1%, according to Showbuzz Daily.

AEW ranked #8 in the Cable Top 150, while NXT ranked #12. AEW ranked #31 in viewership, while NXT ranked #32 in viewership.

For NXT, it was the best number for the show since its two-hour premiere on October 2nd. It was the second lowest number for Dynamite behind last week’s show which averaged 759,000, however that episode was against Game 7 of the World Series.

Last week’s Dynamite episode drew 789,000 viewers and ranked #6 in the Cable Top 150, and #28 in viewership, so the audience was up 4.2%. Last week’s NXT episode drew 580,000 viewers and ranked #32 in the Cable Top 150, and #42 in viewership so NXT saw a much larger 40% increase.

AEW drew a 0.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic while NXT drew a 0.30 in the same demo this week. Last week’s AEW episode drew a 0.33 in that demographic while NXT drew a 0.18.

* Monday’s Crown Jewel go-home edition of RAW on the USA Network drew an average of 2.133 million viewers, down from the previous week’s 2.342 million viewers. RAW was #4 in the 18-49 demographic on the Cable Top 150, with a 0.72 rating

To compare, this week’s pro wrestling viewership looks like this so far:

* Monday’s post-Crown Jewel edition of RAW on the USA Network drew an average of 2.136 million viewers, barely up from last week’s 2.133 million viewers, and the fourth-lowest non-holiday episode in RAW history. RAW was #12 for the night in viewership on cable and #4 in the 18-49 demographic on the Cable Top 150, for the second week in a row, with an average 0.76 cable rating

* Tuesday’s Total Divas episode on the E! network drew 191,000 viewers, down from last week’s 283,000 viewers for the lowest viewership in the history of the show. Total Divas ranked #93 on the Cable Top 150 this week with a 0.08 cable rating in the 18-49 demo

* Tuesday’s official WWE Backstage premiere on FS1 drew just 49,000 viewers in the 11pm hour. The show did not make the Cable Top 150 but drew an 0.02 cable rating in the 18-49 demographic

* Wednesday’s Full Gear go-home edition of AEW Dynamite on TNT drew 822,000 viewers, up from last week’s 789,000 viewers. Dynamite was #31 for the night in viewership on cable and #8 in the 18-49 demographic on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.35 rating

* Wednesday’s NXT episode on the USA Network drew 813,000 viewers, up from last week’s 580,000 viewers. NXT ranked #32 for the night in viewership on cable, and #12 on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.30 rating in the 18-49 demographic

Below is 2019 NXT Viewership Tracker:

September 18 Episode: 1.179 million viewers (one hour on the USA Network)
September 25 Episode: 1.006 million viewers (one hour on the USA Network)
October 2 Episode: 891,000 viewers (season premiere, both hours on the USA Network)
October 9 Episode: 790,000 viewers
October 16 Episode: 712,000 viewers
October 23 Episode: 698,000 viewers
October 30 Episode: 580,000 viewers with a 0.18 demographic in the 18-49 demographic
November 6 Episode: 813,000 viewers with a 0.30 demographic in the 18-49 demographic

Below is 2019 AEW Dynamite Viewership Tracker:

October 2 Episode: 1.409 million viewers (premiere episode)
October 9 Episode: 1.018 million viewers (on TNT, 122k on truTV)
October 16 Episode: 1.014 million viewers
October 23 Episode: 963,000 viewers
October 30 Episode: 789,000 viewers with a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic
November 6 Episode: 822,000 viewers with a 0.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic

The estimated attendance for Wednesday night’s Dynamite episode from Charlotte was in the 5,000 range, according to PWInsider. A hot topic on social media has been the photos going around of the empty seats on the hard cam side, which you can see below:

https://twitter.com/JayNetwork2/status/1192245097557118977

Saturday’s AEW Full Gear pay-per-view from the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, MD, Ticketmaster shows more than 1,200 tickets left at this link. They are going for $30 – $125. There are also two floor seats that come together, and include the commemorative take-home chair, for $300 each.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

The Rock Praises Cody Rhodes Promo From AEW Dynamite

As noted, last night’s AEW Dynamite episode featured a heated promo from Cody Rhodes, who revealed that he will not challenge for the AEW World Title if he’s unable to defeat champion Chris Jericho for it during Saturday’s main event at the Full Gear pay-per-view.

The Rock took to Twitter this morning and praised Cody for the promo.

He wrote, “Rhythm, cadence, tone, intent, passion, execution. Great promo, brother. You [microphone emoji] dropped that MF. @CodyRhodes”

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Cody Rhodes Made Career Announcement On AEW Dynamite

Cody Rhodes announced last night on  AEW Dynamite that due to the criticisms of him being in a title match and an AEW Executive Vice President, if he doesn’t beat Chris Jericho he will never challenge for the AEW World Title again in his career.

https://twitter.com/AEWonTNT/status/1192254321049526272

Rhodes will take on AEW World Champion Chris Jericho this Saturday at Full Gear in Baltimore.

AEW Dynamite Preview 11/6/19

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will air live from Bojangles’ Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tonight is the go-home show for this Saturday’s Full Gear PPV in Baltimore.

* Cody Rhodes makes his big career announcement

* Kenny Omega and Adam Page vs. Sammy Guevara and AEW World Champion Chris Jericho

* PAC vs. Trent

AEW Dark Preview 11/5/19

The following matches were taped for tonight’s AEW Dark episode on YouTube:

* Shawn Spears (with Tully Blanchard) vs. Michael Nakazawa

* Allie & Sadie Gibbs vs. Big Swole & Mercedes Martinez

* Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Marko Stunt) vs. Joey Janela & Jimmy Havoc

 

Cody Rhodes To Make Career Announcement On This Week’s AEW Dynamite

Cody Rhodes announced on Twitter that he’s going to be making a career announcement on this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite.

Rhodes tweeted, “This week’s @AEWonTNT #AEWDynamite I will be uninterrupted and have the chance to make my career announcement. I hope it resonates with the fans, because it matters a great deal to me. Wednesday – 8/7c on @tntdrama.”

As noted before at AEW Full Gear, Cody Rhodes will be going against AEW World Champion Chris Jericho.

Below is Cody’s announcement:

Source: Wrestling Inc.

SCU Become The First-Ever AEW Tag Team Champions

SCU (Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian) defeated  Lucha Brothers (Pentagon Jr. & Fenix) to become the inaugural AEW World Tag Team Champions on last night’s AEW Dynamite.

Near the end of the match, Fenix and Pentagon Jr. attempted to hit their package piledriver / double stomp combo, but Sky got an inside cradle on Pentagon for the win.

SCU made it to the finals after defeating Best Friends and Dark Order.

https://twitter.com/AEWrestling/status/1189723842643664896

https://twitter.com/AEWrestling/status/1189735509867802624

 

Rock ‘N’ Roll Express Attacked Last night On AEW Dynamite

Last night on AEW Dynamite The Rock ‘N’ Roll Express was there to present the AEW Tag Title Belts to the winner of the AEW Tag Team Championship. But before they got a chance to do that they was introduced earlier in the night and was attacked by Proud & Powerful (Santana & Ortiz), members of the Inner Circle.

Proud & Powerful attacked them from behind and gave them a beatdown. They powerbombed Ricky Morton through part of the stage, The Young Bucks came out to help them and Proud & Powerful fled to the back.

https://twitter.com/tde_wrestling/status/1189704121005334528

https://twitter.com/AEWonTNT/status/1189704684736409600

AEW Dynamite Preview 10/30/19

Tonight’s AEW Dynamite will air live from the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center in Charleston, West Virginia.

* SCU vs. Lucha Bros (AEW Tag Team Tournament Finals to determine the first AEW World Tag Team Champions)

* Rock ‘N Roll Express to present tag titles to tournament winners.

* Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks vs. Kip Sabian and The Hybrid 2 (Jack Evans and Angelico)

* “Hangman” Adam Page vs. Sammy Guevara

* Contract signing between AEW World Champion Chris Jericho and Cody for Full Gear.

* Rick and Morty crossover for tonight’s Halloween themed show.