The April 1 edition of “AEW Dynamite” saw the return of one of its originals, and the rest of the stars continued to speed toward the company’s next pay-per-view, Dynasty, fast approaching on Sunday, April 12. While viewership for the show still averaged well over 700,000, it dipped slightly from the previous week’s edition of the show.

According to Wrestlenomics, with data from Programming Insider, the April 1 episode of “Dynamite” averaged 730,000 viewers, down five percent from the March 25 episode’s 765,000 viewers. The latest edition of the show earned a 0.15 rating in the ever-important ages 18-49 demographic, which was up seven percent from the previous week. “Dynamite” was sixth on cable for the night, and cable news shows ranked high on Wednesday, coinciding with President Trump’s address.

Compared to April 2025, “Dynamite” is up 21 percent in viewership, with last year’s average coming in at 605,000. In terms of the rating, “Dynamite” is down six percent from the April 2025 average of 0.16.

The April 1 episode of “Dynamite” saw the return of Chris Jericho in the opening moments of the show, as commentator Tony Schiavone was attempting to introduce the AEW World Championship contract signing between MJF and Kenny Omega. That contract would eventually get signed, and the segment also led to a main event match pitting MJF against “Speedball” Mike Bailey, where the champion emerged victorious.

Elsewhere on the show, Will Ospreay defeated PAC and The Brawling Birds and Mina Shirakawa beat the Triangle of Madness. A new match for Dynasty was made when Don Callis revealed Andrade El Idolo will take on Darby Allin, and if Allin wins, he earns a shot at MJF.

During Monday’s episode of “WWE Raw,” Paul “Triple H” Levesque came out from gorilla position to separate Oba Femi and Brock Lesnar, after Femi threw “Raw” General Manager Adam Pearce to the ground. Earlier in the night, Levesque’s wife, Stephanie McMahon, confronted Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes in the ring, resulting in him insulting her, earning him a slap, and at another point, Rhodes grabbed McMahon’s wrist before she could leave the ring. The absence of Triple H in that segment confused WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray, which he mentioned on “Busted Open Radio.”

“There was a disconnect [on Monday] for me that occurred during the show. I’m going to try and connect the dots here,” he said.

Bully Ray mentioned McMahon smacking Rhodes after the champion told her she’s “not your father,” and the fact Rhodes put his hands on her when she went to walk away. He called the grab a five on a one-out-of-ten scale of aggressiveness. He said at that moment, he was expecting to see Triple H come out.

“‘You just put your hands on my wife.’ If I grabbed [your wife’s] wrist the way Cody Rhodes grabbed Stephanie’s wrist, even though we’re besties, you would bow up to me,” he said to co-host Dave LaGreca. “You have to, it’s your wife … We don’t get Triple H in the beginning. But … Triple H came out to separate Brock Lesnar and Oba Femi. Oba Femi put his hands on Adam Pearce, and then Triple H comes out to separate Oba and Brock, but he didn’t come out earlier when Cody put his hands on his wife. That did not make sense to me.”

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The main event of TNA Sacrifice ended abruptly after TNA World Champion Mike Santana’s challenger, Steve Maclin, went down after Santana hit him with a kick to the jaw. Maclin fell into the ropes and the match was stopped by referee Alice Edwards, allowing for officials to check on Maclin, who was evaluated for a concussion. TNA co-founder and current AEW star Jeff Jarrett spoke about the ending to the match on his “My World” podcast alongside co-host Conrad Thompson.

“I hate that. I haven’t seen it, but I mean… Nothing reckless,” Jarrett said. “Again, Conrad, I may be speaking out of turn, but, it ain’t ballet, kid.”

Thompson confirmed the details of the match stoppage, and said they did something he never sees in wrestling anymore, a company taking care of the athlete. He said putting the safety of athletes first isn’t some “new age bulls***” and that it’s long overdue. Thompson gave kudos to TNA for stopping the match, despite it being a main event championship bout. Jarrett agreed that times are changing for the better.

“Hats off to everyone. It is so difficult, that’s why I applaud them,” Jarrett said. “It’s really hard to make the right decision in the heat of the moment, because you’re like, ‘Is he hurt? Is he not?’ Obviously, all signs pointed to Mr. Maclin needing to take at least a breather and call it. It happens, man. Not a ballet. What we do is not ballet. I hope he’s feeling better.”

After the stoppage, Maclin took to X (formerly Twitter) to thank everyone for their concern. He posted that he was “bulletproof” and “you can’t f****** kill me.”

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