This week AEW Dynamite went head to head with NXT and WWE called in some big names for their show on Tuesday night. John Cena, Paul Heyman, Asuka and Cody Rhodes were all announced ahead of time while LA Knight, Dominik Mysterio and The Undertaker all ended up making surprise appearances on the show.
In the end it was NXT that came out ahead as the show drew 921,000 viewers while AEW Dynamite averaged 609,000 viewers. Tony Khan has been anything but quiet when it comes to addressed the Tuesday night show on social media and he recently directed his attention toward John Cena and The Undertaker while discussing the ratings.
Tony Khan took to social media to claim that 2 decades long ratings streaks were ended on Tuesday as John Cena and The Undertaker both appeared on a WWE show with under 1 million viewers for the first time in their respective careers.
“This week, 2 active decades-long ratings streaks from 2 great legends were ended With all due respect, until this week’s head-to-head AEW on TBS vs WWE on USA, neither John Cena nor Undertaker had ever been on a WWE show with under 1 million total viewers + under 400k in the demo”
This week, 2 active decades-long ratings streaks from 2 great legends were ended
With all due respect, until this week's head-to-head AEW on TBS vs WWE on USA, neither John Cena nor Undertaker had ever been on a WWE show with under 1 million total viewers + under 400k in the demo— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) October 12, 2023
Over the last few days Tony Khan has also made comments about Vince McMahon, Triple H and Shawn Michaels on social media, so it will be interesting to see what he says next.
Stay tuned for updates.
