Wednesday’s episode of AEW Dynamite drew strong 1.219 million viewers on TNT, according to Showbuzz Daily. This is up a whopping 77% from last week’s show, which drew 688,000 viewers.

The episode was the first one not head-to-head with WWE NXT since it moved to Tuesday. The 2-hour broadcast featured TNT Champion Darby Allin retaining his title against Matt Hardy in the main event.

In comparison, Tuesday’s NXT show drew 805,000 viewers with a 0.22 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

In terms of demos, the show scored a 0.44 rating in the 18-49 key demographic.

The numbers are the best since their debut episode drew 1.41 million viewers on October 2, 2019.

AEW officials will be very pleased.