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Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 600,000 viewers on TBS, up 20.7% from the previous week. It’s the largest episode for the show since Nielsen started using their new ratings reporting system.

Dynamite finished 6th on the prime time cable charts with a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 60% from last week and is the largest rating the show has done in that category since August 20th.

The show went head to head with an NBA game on ESPN that topped the 18-49 ratings chart as well as cable news channels which were way up due to Jeffrey Epstein coverage.

As compared to the same week in 2024, and with Nielsen’s former ratings measurement system, the overall viewership was down 9.9% while the 18-49 rating was down 31.8%. This year’s numbers do not include viewership on HBO Max.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings as well as the 10 week average in both categories. Beginning October 1st, Nielsen started using the Big Data + Panel system which has resulted in a severe decline in most wrestling ratings particularly in the 18-49 demo. This week’s show was up 17.3% in overall viewers and 50% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.

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In a bit of surprising news, there weren’t a lot of injuries coming out of Wednesday’s AEW Blood and Guts edition of Dynamite.

On Thursday’s Wrestling Observer Live, our Bryan Alvarez had some specific updates.

For the first time, the show saw not only one, but two, of the double cage matches as the women got their opportunity for the first time. One of those women — Jamie Hayter — suffered undisclosed injuries to her face and teeth after taking a thrown chair shot in the corner from Megan Bayne while holding a trash can lid.

Alvarez said her face and teeth “are all messed up.” Fightful Select had reported after the show that the former AEW Women’s World Champion may have chipped teeth.

On the men’s side, Alvarez said Darby Allin is fine despite being thrown through a flaming table during the men’s Blood and Guts match. As Allin was rolling to safety after the spot, fire was visible on his back.

Even though he wasn’t involved in either match, Powerhouse Hobbs survived his falls count anywhere bout with Hangman Page despite taking a hard bump on his tailbone on the outside of the ring. Alvarez said Hobbs is also fine.

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Kris Statlander is showing the horrors of competing at AEW Blood and Guts.

Statlander was among the twelve women who went to war in the first-ever Womenâ€s Blood and Guts match in All Elite Wrestling history. The AEW Womenâ€s World Champion teamed up with Jamie Hayter, Willow Nightingale, Harley Cameron, Toni Storm, and Mina Shirakawa.

Their opponents were AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Moné, Marina Shafir, Megan Bayne, and The Triangle of Madness (Thekla, Julia Hart, and Skye Blue). The match was brutal from the opening bell, as all the competitors were busted open inside the unforgiving steel cage. The bout ended after Toni Storm surrendered on behalf of her team to stop the heels from further attacking Mina Shirakawa.

Taking to social media, Kris Statlander showed off the wounds and lacerations she suffered during the AEW Blood and Guts match on Dynamite. Statlander also took the opportunity to take a jab at Mercedes Moné before praising everyone who competed in the extremely brutal matchup.

“New hobby: acupuncture Revisited hobby: putting Mercedes through a table An honor to stand in the ring with all of the incredible women in Blood and Guts last night. Onward to Full Gear now,†she posted.

Fans can check out WrestleZoneâ€s full coverage of AEW Blood and Guts here.

New hobby: acupuncture
Revisited hobby: putting Mercedes through a table
An honor to stand in the ring with all of the incredible women in Blood and Guts last night. Onward to Full Gear now. pic.twitter.com/PAEUVYK1UU

— Kris Statlander (@callmekrisstat) November 13, 2025

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AEW apparently had to make changes to Blood & Guts special due to Ric Flair.

The Nature Boy was in attendance for tonight’s Dynamite tapings from First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. He made an appearance for the live crowd before the show and thanked Tony Khan for inviting him to the event.

Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer provided an update on this Flair sighting. He reported that the Hall of Famer was originally expected to be a bigger part of the night and was scheduled to make a TV appearance as well.

According to the wrestling journalist, the plans were shuffled because Ric Flair was dealing with a recent rotator cuff tear. He was in ‘a ton of pain’ and left not long after greeting the crowd.

While the 16-time world champion could not make an appearance on the Blood & Guts Dynamite, there was a segment on the show featuring another legend in Ricky “The Dragon†Steamboat.

Steamboat even mentioned Flair as his #1 nemesis before being interrupted by FTR. The whole thing turned physical after a tense verbal exchange, leading to Brodido making the save for the wrestling veteran.

The report does not provide any more details on when Ric suffered the injury or what the original plan for him at the show was. With his name being mentioned, however, it’s not hard to imagine that he had a role in the segment with Ricky Steamboat, which was nixed.

Stay tuned to SEScoops for an update on Flair’s health.

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I understand that the women’s Blood & Guts match was plagued by injuries, with Queen Aminata and Penelope Ford unable to compete in the match, and the teams weren’t even set for the longest time after Jamie Hayter initially made the challenge to the Triangle of Madness on an episode of “AEW Collision” the entire way back at the end of September. However, this match was historic and a huge win in the annals of AEW, and I thought it outshined the men’s Blood & Guts match by a mile.

I didn’t think there was much to hate at all on this special edition of “Dynamite,” which really felt more like a short pay-per-view rather than an extended weekly show, but I really thought that AEW could have just let the women have this. And, by “this,” I mean letting them have the main event spot, or truthfully, not booking a men’s Blood & Guts match at all and letting them shine for once. I’ll admit, I ended up enjoying the men’s match more than I thought I would by the end of it, but it started so much slower than the women’s match.

The women’s match was balls-to-the-wall almost immediately, and the spots and big moments just kept coming, whereas in the men’s match, things didn’t feel like they kicked off until Jon Moxley entered the fray. Sure, the women’s bout was a bit sloppy at the beginning, and I kind of blame the camera work a bit, and noticed it during some of Harley Cameron’s strikes, but when all the competitors were in the ring, it was the best kind of chaos that should have been highlighted in the main event. Sure, the women didn’t have a flaming table spot, but there was Muppet Mone hiding some brass knuckles!

In all seriousness, I just thought the women’s match was a lot better and had some more star power behind it. You had TBS Champion Mercedes Mone, AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander, and “Timeless” Toni Storm, who is a major draw whether she’s holding a title or not. I don’t think fans would have been upset at all if they got the main event spot. There was also a lot of storytelling throughout the match when it comes to the AEW Women’s Tag Team Championship tournament, as well, so there were more stakes and implications for this Blood & Guts match than there were for the men’s, in my humble opinion, at least.

While I really enjoyed both matches, the only thing I can complain about was the fact the women didn’t get the top spot for such a historic match when they more than delivered.

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AEW Dynamite: Blood and Guts took place on November 12, from the First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. Before the show, fans were treated with an appearance from North Carolina’s very own Ric Flair who was grateful for the opportunity.

In footage recorded by a fan at the event, Flair spoke about North Carolina being ‘Flair Country.’ Standing alongside Tony Khan, the two-time WWE Hall of Famer was grateful that he could appear.

“Flair Country! Mr. Khan, thank you for inviting me. AEW’s got a special product and any time I can make an appearance with Tony and the guys, man, I’m so honored… We appreciate you. Lot of history, I started here in 1974. You guys are just as good and loud, and the greatest wrestling fans in the world. Thank you very much.”

Flair debuted in AEW in October 2023 on Dynamite, marking his first appearance on TBS since the March 21, 2001, episode of WCW Thunder. The following month, it was announced that Flair had signed a multi-year contract with the promotion. Flair would appear regularly as part of Sting’s retirement tour.

Flair appeared in May of this year as part of a tribute to Steve ‘Mongo’ McMichael. It remains to be seen if or when Flair will appear for AEW again, but the Nature Boy certainly received a warm welcome from his fellow Carolinians at AEW Dynamite: Blood and Guts.

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The men’s Blood & Guts match main evented the “AEW Dynamite” special of the same name on Wednesday, and it was the babyfaces, Team AEW, to come out on top after a brutal battle in both rings surrounded by the cage. It was Darby Allin and Wheeler Yuta to start out the bout, first around the ring rather than in it, and it was Yuta to bleed first in the match after Allin raked his forehead with his skateboard that had thumb tacks glued to the bottom.

Next out was Orange Cassidy for the babyfaces, who had won the advantage thanks to a Roderick Strong victory on “AEW Collision,” and Daniel Garcia followed for the Death Riders. Mark Briscoe was set to follow, but it was revealed he was taken out in the back and was being tended to by officials, so Strong took his place, and was soon busted open. As the teams battled in the ring, Claudio Castagnoli made his entrance into the cage, and it was Kyle O’Reilly out next.

When Jon Moxley entered the fray, he came armed with a fork and stabbed O’Reilly, Strong, and Allin, before passing the utensil off to Garcia to scrape the back of Allin. Moxley then left the cage and grabbed a barbed wire bat and a more weapons. The timer clicked down to one once again, but Briscoe was nowhere to be seen. Renee Paquette confirmed from backstage that Briscoe was attacked by the Don Callis Family and would likely not be participating in the match.

Garcia hit a piledriver onto Allin ontop of a pile of broken glass. The final man to enter the match was PAC, and the men were off to the races and the match officially began, with The Death Riders at a five on four advantange.

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Briscoe was able to recover enough to enter the match, and he stormed down the ramp and opened the door to the cage with bolt cutters, armed with plenty of weapons. He got himself up to the very top of the cage and looked to send Garcia through a table below, but the Death Rider got out of the way. Yuta met Briscoe up top and the pair traded blows with chairs until Briscoe hit Yuta with a Jay Driller.

Gabe Kidd appeared at ringside and took out Allin, dragging him to the stage. Back in the ring, Moxley stapled Cassidy’s hands in his pockets, while Kidd doused some tables near the stage with gasoline and lit them on fire before PAC dropped Allin through the burning table. The chaos both in and around the ring continued with the babyfaces sending members of The Death Riders through tables to take them out, leaving Moxley as the only man standing for his team.

In the end, it was a bloodied O’Reilly to make Moxley tap with the ankle lock in a pile of broken glass, for Team AEW to get the victory over The Death Riders.

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AEW followed up the most violent womenâ€s match in company history with an even more intense post-show moment, as Toni Storm delivered a chilling message from the training room after surrendering to save Mina Shirakawa during the November 12 Womenâ€s Blood & Guts match.

The match itself was carnage from the start. Skye Blue was busted open within the first five minutes, blood poured across the double ring, and every weapon imaginable came into play—glass, barbed wire, chairs, chains, and even a bed of nails. In the end, Toni Storm was forced to surrender when Mina Shirakawa was trapped and brutalized with no escape.

But the real shock came afterward. AEW posted backstage footage showing Mina receiving medical attention, blood covering her face, while Toni Storm—still smeared with paint, makeup, and her own exhaustion—stood over her enraged. In the clip, Storm stared into the camera and snarled:

“Marina Shafir, Megan Bain, the Triangle, or any of you bitches responsible for this. There are only two things we are good at. Sex and violence. And either way, youâ€re.â€

The message cut there, but the meaning was unmistakable—Storm is out for revenge, and whoever stands across from her next is in serious danger. The aftermath of Blood & Guts may prove even more explosive than the match itself.

What did you think of Toni Stormâ€s message after AEW Womenâ€s Blood & Guts? Do you want to see her go after Marina Shafir, Megan Bayne, or the Triangle first? Drop your thoughts below and let us know.

November 12, 2025 10:14 pm

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A new photo from inside the First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina shows the setup for tonightâ€s AEW Blood & Guts event — and it confirms what many expected.

While the stage design and lighting are fully decked out with the “All Elite Experience†theme and both rings already set up inside the double cage, the crowd turnout paints a different picture.

The configured setup for tonightâ€s show is just over 5,100 seats, but the venue itself can hold more than 20,000. Entire sections of the upper bowl are completely blacked out or empty. Even on the floor and lower bowl, large gaps in seating are clearly visible as the show nears airtime. Recent estimates put the ticket distribution at 4,763, with only about 137 moved in the final 24 hours. Despite two major cage matches and a special extended run time of two and a half hours, the show is barely on track to match AEWâ€s average crowd for 2025.

AEW went all in on production for this yearâ€s Blood & Guts, but the live turnout tells another story.

AEW Dynamite November 12, 2025 Lineup:

• Menâ€s Blood and Guts Match: The Death Riders vs. Darby Allin, Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong & Kyle Oâ€Reilly
• Womenâ€s Menâ€s Blood and Guts Match: Mercedes Moné, Megan Bayne, Marina Shafir & the Triangle of Madness vs. Kris Statlander, Toni Storm, Willow Nightingale, Mina Shirakawa, Jamie Hayter & Harley Cameron
• Falls Count Anywhere Match: “Hangman†Adam Page vs. Powerhouse Hobbs

Ringside News will be providing live play-by-play coverage of tonightâ€s show over in our AEW Dynamite coverage hub.

Do you think AEWâ€s limited draw for this show is about the market, the match card, or something else entirely? Let us know what you think in the comments.

November 12, 2025 7:25 pm

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Tonightâ€s AEW Dynamite: Blood and Guts could feature a surprise return.

All Elite Wrestling is bringing its two-and-a-half-hour Blood and Guts television special to the First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. The event will feature the first-ever Womenâ€s Blood and Guts match, along with the menâ€s cage match and a Falls Count Anywhere bout between “Hangman†Adam Page and Powerhouse Hobbs.

Bryan Alvarez noted on Wrestling Observer Live that heâ€s heard rumblings about a potential surprise return set for AEW Blood and Guts later tonight, though he didnâ€t specify whether it could take place during the menâ€s or womenâ€s Blood and Guts match.

“I do think thereâ€s a chance weâ€re gonna see a surprise return on AEW tonight,†Alvarez said. “I donâ€t know this really at all. But I heard something over the weekend where I think itâ€s possible.†[H/T: WrestlingNews.co]

Alvarez was quick to clarify that he wasnâ€t referring to Chris Jericho or Dr. Britt Baker as possible returns for tonightâ€s show. Both Jericho and Baker have been absent from AEW television, with reports suggesting that their future with the promotion may be uncertain.

AEW Blood and Guts Card

• Womenâ€s Blood and Guts Match
• Menâ€s Blood and Guts Match
• “Hangman†Adam Page vs. Powerhouse Hobbs – Falls Count Anywhere
• Ric Flair and Ricky “The Dragon†Steamboat to appear

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of the first-ever Womenâ€s Blood & Guts match, both teams survey the battlefield and prepare for the carnage to come ?

Don’t miss #AEWDynamite Blood & Guts LIVE at 8pm ET/7pm CT on TBS + HBO Max TONIGHT! pic.twitter.com/rfDEvQeQ7B

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) November 12, 2025

Fans can check out WrestleZoneâ€s live coverage of AEW Dynamite: Blood and Guts here.

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What do you make of this report overall? Who would you like to see return tonight at Blood and Guts? Let us know your overall thoughts by sounding off in the comments section below.

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