"They’ll break 500,000 for a week after Sasha [Banks] debuts" - Twitter hilariously reacts as AEW Rampage witnesses an upswing in ratings

The ratings report for last week's episode of AEW Rampage was revealed last night. The show saw a slight rise in ratings and the wrestling world reacted to it, claiming that the show might reach at least half a million at least once during its run.

The aforementioned episode of Rampage was the final show ahead of the Ring of Honor: Final Battle pay-per-view. The show featured former AEW World Champion Jon Moxley in the opening contest against Japanese wrestler Konosuke Takeshita. There were also two title matches where Hikaru Shida defended her Regina Di Wave title against The Bunny and Orange Cassidy put the All Atlantic title on the line in the show's main event.

Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics reported ratings for Rampage and Friday Night SmackDown. The show saw a rise of 100,000 viewers from the previous week.

"WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox (8-10pm): 2,306,000 viewers P18-49 rating: 0.57 AEW Rampage, Friday on TNT (10-11pm): 457,000 viewers P18-49 rating: 0.11," Brandon Thurston tweeted.

WWE Smackdown, Friday on Fox (8-10pm):
2,306,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.57

AEW Rampage, Friday on TNT (10-11pm):
457,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.11

Ranking info later from Showbuzz Daily
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People joked about the fact that Rampage did not touch a million viewers and claimed that they might touch at least half a million if a popular WWE star shows up.

@BrandonThurston Those Rampage Numbers, Ouch! Maybe they’ll break 500,000 for a week after Sasha debuts 🤣

@BrandonThurston https://t.co/JS5bqfXVzB

@BrandonThurston https://t.co/ZwJ0WcnGGF

@Versastyle77 @BrandonThurston They’ll be back to 350,000 next week. Was a fluke number

Fans were impressed with the rise in ratings and appreciated AEW for grabbing over a hundred thousand viewers compared to the week prior.

@EpicMikeyC @BrandonThurston Well it is up close to 100k compare to last week

@BrandonThurston That’s amazing wow

Decent climb for Rampage. Tony has to keep it going. 500k to 600k should be very doable. twitter.com/BrandonThursto…

@EpicMikeyC @BrandonThurston Improving your rating close to 100k week on week is definitely something to brag about and if they keep putting good shows like last week Rampage they have every chance to be getting constant rating around/over 500k

Although the viewership increased, fans were concerned about the demographic ratings. They believe that SmackDown and WWE as a whole are doing far better as they have attracted a majority within the 18-49 demographic.

@BrandonThurston I love how all the wanna-be ratings experts here are just focused on overall viewership when that demo number for Rampage is what should be looked at as alarming.

Good start for Rampage's numbers at least in overall viewership. Demo needs to go up a bit more. But keep Rampage as must see as possible, last episode was a good start. twitter.com/BrandonThursto…

Forget the 2.3million. The 0.57 18-49 demo is what’s important here. WWE in a great position going into next round of TV rights negotiations twitter.com/brandonthursto…

People shared their thoughts on what was the reason for the rise in ratings.

@BrandonThurston wow allie is the draw.

Rampage up like 100k from last week? The Takeshita effect twitter.com/BrandonThursto…

Takeshita and The Bunny are the needle movers. twitter.com/BrandonThursto…

"Mox/Take 2 drew them in, good s***. Keep it going and don't stop building Rampage as a must see show," a fan tweeted.

Check out the full tweet here.

Released WWE Superstar made his AEW debut on Rampage

As mentioned earlier, the main event of last week's Rampage was the All-Atlantic Title match. Orange Cassidy was set to defend his title against a mystery opponent handpicked by Kip Sabian.

The star was former NXT and NXT UK Tag Team Champion Trent Seven. Trent put on a tough fight but was unfortunately unable to capture the title.

Trent Seven wrestling on Rampage is something I didn’t expect 💀 #AEWRampage https://t.co/akFQNB8x36

Although the former WWE Superstar made his AEW debut, he has not officially signed with the promotion.

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