AEW Dynamite go-home draws 565k ahead of Forbidden Door

AEW Dynamite’s go-home edition ahead of Forbidden Door drew 565,000 viewers on TBS, with a 0.16 rating in the 18-49 demographic, according to the latest industry tallies. The taped program from Glasgow, Scotland, slipped from the previous week’s numbers and marked the show’s second-lowest audience of 2025. The broadcast did not include HBO Max simulcast figures in the official totals, a factor often noted in comparative analyses of the same-night numbers.

The episode was built around the Forbidden Door theme and featured several notable segments and matches designed to set up the weekend event. The broadcast opened with a promo from Will Ospreay, which was interrupted by Jon Moxley and the Death Riders, triggering the first matchup of the evening. In one of the featured bouts, Hiroshi Tanahashi and JetSpeed defeated the Death Riders in a chaotic trio contest, a sequence that spilled into the audience and contributed to a high-energy but short-lived surge in early ratings. A high-risk moment followed when Darby Allin dived off a balcony onto the Death Riders, underscoring the show’s tendency to mix dramatic spots with storyline progression.

In the tag-team action that framed the...