• ON THIS DAY IN WCW HISTORY (July 9, 1995) – WCW Worldwide
On this day in 1995, Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling aired an episode of their weekly TV show ‘WCW Worldwide’.
This episode featured pre-taped matches & storyline segments on the road to the “WCW Bash at the Beach 1995” PPV.
The card can be found below:
1) Mark Starr vs. Chris Nelson
2) The Nasty Boys Promo
3) Feature on Dave Sullivan & Diamond Doll
4) Diamond Dallas Page vs. Ron Thompson
5) Bash at the Beach Promo: Hulk Hogan
6) Blue Bloods vs. TA McCoy
7) Feature on Dungeon of Doom
8) Tex Slazenger vs. Eddie Jackie
9) Harlem Heat & Sherri Interview
10) Big Van Vader promo
11) Sting & Renegade vs. Dick Slater & Bunkhouse Buck
• AEW President Tony Khan & Chris Jericho React To AEW Losing To NXT In Viewership Again
AEW Dynamite lost to WWE NXT for the third time in a row this week in regards to viewers. Both nights of NXT Great American Bash drew more viewers than both nights of AEW Fyter Fest.
This week’s episode of NXT (Great American Bash) drew 759,000 viewers, which is down from previous week’s 792,000 viewers. On the other hand, this week’s episode of AEW (Fyter Fest) drew 715,000 viewers, which is down from previous week’s 748,000 viewers.
AEW drew a 0.28 rating and NXT drew a 0.20 rating in the 18-49 demographic this week.
AEW President Tony Khan took to Twitter to emphasize on how winning the demos is the main thing. As AEW defeated NXT in all demos except the 50+ one, the company is focusing on that.
“If anyone thinks I consider being a top 7 show on cable anything but a huge win, they’re incorrect. A win in the demo is a win in the business, and this is a business. I know the industry wasn’t talking about the demo as much 20 years ago, but it’s what drives our revenue today.”
If anyone thinks I consider being a top 7 show on cable anything but a huge win, they’re incorrect. A win in the demo is a win in the business, and this is a business. I know the industry wasn’t talking about the demo as much 20 years ago, but it’s what drives our revenue today.
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) July 9, 2020
He then posted the chart to show that AEW defeated NXT in the main 18-49 demo.
Here’s the chart the industry uses to analyze performance. The leftmost color-coded column is 18-49 demo. The rightmost color-coded column is total viewers. The chart’s ranked by 18-49 viewers. We love & value all viewers, in or outside that demo, but that’s how we score the game pic.twitter.com/aipX0MDfjP
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) July 9, 2020
Some fans called out Khan for giving the rating too much importance and arguing over it, after which he responded the following.
Why tweet about ratings? Because I’m thrilled about these numbers & so are TNT. My family drinks A Little Bit of the Bubbly (Chris’s actual brand) on Thursdays when we’re in the top 10, this is the 3rd time in 4 weeks, & I’m grateful for the great #AEW fans that make it possible!
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) July 9, 2020
He then tweeted that WWE fans give importance to the 18-49 demo for RAW and SmackDown, but they say it’s not important on Wednesdays.
My favorite thing about some of the frequent repliers to my tweets is how the 18-49 demographic is these people’s best friend on Mondays and Fridays, and then they act like they never heard of it on Wednesdays.
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) July 9, 2020
Chris Jericho also declared a win on Twitter as AEW won in the demos.
Stoked to say that #AEWDynamite won the ratings demo war again last night! You’re welcome…. ??@AEWrestling #Truth pic.twitter.com/QbohRCqTMY
— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) July 9, 2020
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