Will Ospreay Says AEW's Low Rating Gives Him Motivation

There has been a whole lot of talk regarding the surprisingly low June 19 AEW Dynamite viewership number, which was the promotion’s worst number in their usual Wednesday time slot since AEW began. This week’s episode of Dynamite saw a big jump back in terms of numbers, though there has still been plenty of discussion.

When speaking to CBS Sports, current AEW International Champion Will Ospreay reflected on this low number, and noted that whilst it was important to take in criticism and get motivation from things like this, he still thought the episode of Dynamite with the low figure was great.

“It sucks that it was such a low rating, but it’s just motivating me and I’m sure it’s going to motivate others to try and think out of the box and try and come back swinging,” Ospreay said. “I’m not someone that ignores that type of sh*t. I see it and I take note of it. And I put it in the checkbook and I make sure that whatever we do next week, we come back swinging. We shouldn’t ignore criticism, we shouldn’t shy away from it. We’re still a five-year company, we’re still hitting the ropes with these type of things. For me personally, AEW’s still got a lot of growing pains to go through. And even myself, I wasn’t someone from WWE. I wasn’t someone — the only thing that I had going for me is that I was a New Japan wrestler. I never worked TV before in my entire life. This is all new for me.”

The June 26 episode of Dynamite saw a near 180,000 average viewership jump from the previous week.

H/T F4WOnline