All Elite Wrestling stars got into the Halloween spirit on October 28th when the company introduced Fright Night edition of AEW Dynamite in St. Louis, Missouri. Queen Aminata won her first gold in AEW, defeating Persephone to become the new AEW TBS Champion. Darby Aline successfully defended his AEW TNT Championship against Josh Alexander, and the main event of AEW Full Gear 2026 looks set to be Kyle Fletcher challenged Will Ospreay to a match for the AEW World Championship.
As far as TV ratings go, AEW got a bit of a scare for this week’s show because Wrestlenomics confirmed that the Fright Night edition of Dynamite averaged 620,000 viewers. That’s a 6% drop 661,000 viewers last weekand 18% below its four-week average of 758,000 viewers, with the show scoring its lowest rating since the French Grand Slam special previewed Tuesday night and its lowest since its regular Wednesday night special of Sept. 9’s Rebel Heart. viewers, up 38% from the October 2025 average and up 34% from last year’s fourth quarter average.
There was also a decline in the 18-49 demographic as the show posted a 0.14, down 7% from the 0.15 it posted seven days ago. The Fright Night special was also down 18% from its four-week average of 0.17, but was enough to finish second for the night behind the NBA in its timeslot. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observerwho also reported that the show posted a 0.21 in the 25-54 demographic.
