Tony Khan launched the company’s second weekly show (after Dynamite) on August 13, 2021. Rampage is an hour-long episode that airs during the Friday night timeslot on the TNT network.
While the show had a promising start in its early days, its ratings declined considerably with each passing show. So far, Rampage has cracked the coveted one million viewership ratings only once during the The First Dance television special, which saw the highly anticipated debut of CM Punk.
Speaking with Dr. Chris Featherstone on Writing With Russo, Vince Russo asserted that the TNT network would permanently cancel the Friday night program due to its poor viewership:
Here’s what the former WWE head writer had to say about AEW Rampage’s progress thus far:
You can check out the entire clip from the podcast below:
What went down on AEW Rampage last week?
Last week’s episode of AEW Rampage aired live from the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas. As many as four high-stakes matches went down that night.
The show opened with a trios match between The Blackpool Combat Club and The Gunn Club. In their first outing as a group, Moxley, Bryan, and Yuta defeated the WWE legend and his sons.
Ahead of his match against Wardlow, The Butcher squashed a local competitor. Meanwhile, Ruby Soho defeated Robyn Renegade to qualify for the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s tournament.
The main event saw Hangman Page successfully retain his AEW World Championship against Adam Cole in a Texas deathmatch. While the entire show was captivating, it drew only 482,000 viewers on TNT.
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