Matt Hardy is proving to be a ratings draw nearly two decades into his pro-wrestling career. Hardy challenged Darby Allin for the TNT title on the April 14 episode of “AEW Dynamite”.
The program drew 1.219 million viewers on TNT, according to Nielsen, nearly double the previous week. It was AEW’s first week unopposed by WWE’s NXT after the latter moved to a Tuesday timeslot.
Hardy praised Allin and analyzed the factors that contributed to the high viewership. “Darby is starting to prove to be a ratings guy because people really like him.
And he gets it so much. He reminds me of my brother in so many ways as to how he sells from underneath. He gets sympathy and he’s just… he’s cool.
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