Looking at the quarter-hour breakdowns published by Wrestlenomics, both "NXT" and "Dynamite" started strong, with the former peaking at 674,000 viewers in QH2 for the end of the opening match between Lola Vice and Jaida Parker, while the latter enjoyed its typically high QH1 performance (in part due to its strong lead-in, "The Big Bang Theory") peaking at 666,000. In fact, "Dynamite" actually beat "NXT" in QH1 by 1,000 average viewers, but things largely went downhill from there; the show bottomed out with 455,000 average viewers in QH8 and only got a marginal amount back for the nine-minute overrun.

In contrast, "NXT" hit its nadir in QH6 with 563,000 average viewers — more than all but the first two quarter-hours of "Dynamite" — but rebounded reasonably from there, finishing with 625,000 average viewers in QH 8 for the 10-woman tag team main event pitting Fatal Influence, Cora Jade, and NXT Women's Champion Roxanne Perez against the babyface super-team of Kelani Jordan, TNA Wrestling star Jordynne Grace, and "NXT's" three high-profile international new recruits: Giulia, Zaria, and Stephanie Vaquer.

While "NXT" coming over to Wednesday night and beating "Dynamite" on its own turf is bound to raise some eyebrows, the material impact on AEW is likely to be negligible, as the company has already signed a major new broadcast deal with Warner Bros. Discovery and is rumored to be in talks with Fox about another one.