The official stats for the AEW Rampage episode titled The First Dance, which saw the debut of CM Punk, are in.
The First Dance drew 1.129 million viewers and did a 0.53 rating in the 18-49 year old demographic on TNT at the 10pm ET time slot. Last week the show did 740,000 viewers and a 0.31 rating, so the numbers were up considerably amidst all the rumor and speculation.
The opening quarter hour, which was exclusively filled by CM Punk's promo, did 1,341,000 viewers on average and did a 0.65 rating in 18-49. This rating was higher than every episode of Dynamite thus far, excluding the debut episode back in October of 2019.
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