AEW President, CEO, General Manager & Head of Creative Tony Khan spoke about growing AEW Rampage and improving ratings back in the summer, but the show has drawn some of its lowest numbers in recent months, thanks to negative fan feedback and lackluster cards.
AEW Rampage had the lowest total audience, key demo rating, and Cable Top 150 ranking last week. The full ratings report is available by clicking here. During today’s media call, Khan was asked about last Friday’s Rampage ratings, including why he believes they were so low, whether promoting ROH on Rampage contributed to the decline, and what he plans to do to improve the Rampage ratings.
“I definitely am looking to put strong matches on Rampage,” Khan responded. “I think we’ll have a big card this week, and you know, with the depth of the roster, I think now is a time for me to really put all hands on deck to put the strongest shows I can on Friday, and I always try to listen to the feedback from the fans, so going forward I’m going to try to put things on the Friday show that I think will have the best chance to bring in that audience, so I’ll look back at what has historically done really well because we’ve had a lot of good history of shows that have done well on Friday. And you know, there’s people that have drawn in those spots, and then look at the people that necessarily haven’t drawn in those spots, and what can I do to help those people, and on the other hand, probably what can I do to put the show in the best position utilizing people that have a history of drawing well on that show.”
As of now, the only match confirmed for this week’s AEW Rampage is Hikaru Shida defending her Regina di Wave Title against The Bunny. Tonight’s episode will be taped from the H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, Texas.
Khan stated earlier this week that he has attempted to limit ROH action on AEW Dynamite, and that ROH exposure on Rampage has resulted in success with ROH pay-per-view events.
