Ever since AEW Dynamite first launched on TNT the show has been going head to head with NXT, but recently NXT moved to Tuesday nights. A few weeks ago when AEW ran unopposed for the first time the show drew its second largest audience in history.
During a recent interview with ET Canada Matt Hardy reacted to AEW Dynamite’s success, and he praised Darby Allin while calling him a “ratings guy.”
“It was super exciting. It was our first week unopposed, so I was very happy to be in that slot. And Darby is starting to prove to be a ratings guy because people really like him. And he gets it so much.
“He reminds me of my brother in so many ways as to how he sells from underneath. He gets sympathy and he’s just he’s cool. The kids like him. He’s super cool. And me at this stage of the game, being an older competitor, especially with the younger AEW audience, I am the perfect bad guy, I think, for a Darby Allin or someone like that.”
“I hoped we would break a million and do a good number. But when we heard 1.2, I was blown away and super happy, super excited. And I really think it was a good payoff because people didn’t know when they tuned in if Darby Allin was going to lose the TNT title or retain the title. And I think that was part of the charm of it.”
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