“AEW Dynamite Grand Slam. France” aired Tuesday, Oct. 6 with “WWE NXT” thanks to the MLB Playoffs. “Dynamite” saw a significant drop in viewership, though it’s notable that last week’s episode company’s tribute to the late Pacfollowing the tragic death of the former AEW All-Atlantic Championin addition to airing outside of its regular time slot.
According to Wrestlenomicsis October 6 edition of “Dynamite”. Tuesday drew 495,000 viewers, down 45 percent from last week’s tribute episode’s 899,000 viewers. The magazine said the nightly episode of “NXT,” which airs in its regular time slot on its regular channel, the CW, averaged 532,000 viewers.
Grand Slam France scored a 0.11 rating in 18-49, down 50 percent from last week’s 0.22 rating. “NXT” earned 0.10 weekly. “Dynamite” is down 30 percent compared to its four-week average of 708,000 viewers, and its four-week average rating of 0.14 is down 21 percent.
The main event of the episode saw the AEW World Champion Ospreay will successfully defend his title against Kazuchika Okada. Three other titles were defended on the night, with TNT champion Darby Allyn retaining Kyle Fletcher. AEW Women’s World Champion Mercedes Monae defeated Queen Aminata and Bandido defeated New Level Kofi to retain her ROH World Championship.
Elsewhere on the show, Samoa Joe defeated “The Jungle” Jack Perry to qualify Clockwork Carnage at AEW WrestleDream. Mark Davis and Jake Doyle of the Don Callies Family defeated John Moxley and Gabe Kidd of the Death Riders, and it was revealed that Davis would challenged Moxley for his AEW Continental Championship on WrestleDream.
