AEW Collision ratings steady, Rampage up

– Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 461,000 viewers on TNT, down 1.5 percent from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience total the show has done since March 30.

Collision drew a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s the same rating the show did in that category last week. It’s tied for Collision’s third-highest number of 2024 so far. 

– AEW Rampage, which aired a live episode immediately after Collision on Saturday, was up from what it’s been doing recently on Friday nights. Rampage averaged 397,000 viewers, up 34.6 percent from last week. It’s the third-largest audience the show has done in 2024. One of those higher viewership totals was when Rampage aired after Dynamite on a Wednesday.

Rampage also drew a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demo. That ties its fourth-highest rating of the year to date.

As compared to the same week in 2023, when the show aired in its regular time slot, Rampage’s overall audience was up seven percent while the 18-49 rating was up 8.3 percent.

Rampage will again air live on Saturday after Collision this week. TNT has NHL playoff coverage during Rampage’s normal time slot this Friday.

Listed below are the overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for the last 11 weeks of both Collision and Rampage, as well as the 10-week averages in both categories. As compared to the recent averages, Collision was up 8.6 percent in total viewers and up 8.3 percent in 18-49. Rampage was up 10 percent in total viewers and up 18.2 percent in 18-49.

AEW Collision viewership up despite big competition from UFC 300 prelims

Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 468,000 viewers on TNT, up 1.1 percent from the previous week (which aired late at night following NCAA March Madness coverage). It’s the best audience total for the show since February 10 and is the second-most viewers the show has done so far in 2024.

Collision drew a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demo, down 13.3 percent from last week.

The show went head-to-head with the UFC 300 prelims on ESPN, which averaged 1.864 million viewers and drew a 0.86 rating in the 18-49 demo. The 18-49 rating for UFC was higher than any Raw or SmackDown this year has done, although UFC’s total viewership was lower.

“UFC number was biggest I can recall in years, think the Holm vs. Harrison fight and Prochazka vs. Rakic delivered in a gigantic way,” Dave Meltzer tweeted.

Battle of the Belts X, which aired on TNT right after Collision, averaged 422,000 viewers and drew a 0.11 rating in 18-49.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 11 percent in overall viewers and up 8.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision viewership up slightly, 18-49 demo up big

This past Saturday’s late night episode of AEW Collision averaged 463,000 viewers on TNT, up 1.1% from the previous week and the highest audience for the show since February 10th and the second highest of 2024.

The show also averaged a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demo which was up 36.4% from last week, tying the highest rating of the year to date which was also on February 10th.

The show started just after 11:30 PM Eastern, well outside its usual 8 PM Eastern timeslot due to an NCAA men’s basketball tournament semifinal game that averaged 6.4 million viewers and a 3.0 rating in 18-49, followed by the post-game show that did 2.12 million viewers and a .59 18-49 rating as a lead-in.

Collision also aired shortly after the first night of WWE WrestleMania 40 concluded on Peacock.

Listed below are Collision’s last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 11.5% in overall viewers and 25% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages. 

AEW Collision ratings down, falls below 400k viewers

Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 393,000 viewers on TNT, down eight percent from the previous week. It’s Collision’s third-lowest audience total of 2024 so far and the lowest that did not come on the same day as a WWE premium live event.

Collision drew a 0.12 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 7.7 percent from last week and ties Collision’s fourth-lowest rating of the year so far in that category.

The episode featured a first-time ever dream match between Bryan Danielson and Katsuyori Shibata, which was announced last Friday and not promoted in advance on Dynamite. That match was the high point for Collision in total viewers, according to quarter hour data reported by Wrestlenomics, although the 18-49 peak was the main event interview segment with Adam Copeland.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 6.3 percent in total viewers but steady in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision viewership down for taped episode

Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 427,000 viewers on TNT, down 6.2 percent from the previous week. It’s the fourth-highest audience total the show has done so far in 2024.

Collision drew a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s the same rating the show did last week, which ties Collision’s second-highest rating of the year to date.

Friday night’s episode of AEW Rampage also drew a 0.13 rating in 18-49. It’s the first time that Collision did not beat the Friday show in the key demo on a day where there wasn’t a WWE PLE airing.

Collision was taped in advance last Thursday and featured the in-ring debut of Kazuchika Okada as an AEW-contracted talent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 1.1 percent in overall viewers and up 8.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision ratings up for Revolution go-home show

Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 455,000 viewers on TNT. That’s up 18.2 percent from the previous week (when the show aired on the same day as WWE Elimination Chamber) and is the second-highest audience total Collision has done so far in 2024.

Collision drew a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demo, also up 18.2 percent from last week. This matches the second-highest rating Collision has drawn in 2024.

The show did have competition in the form of NBA and college basketball airing head-to-head on the major networks but did not have the usual UFC competition airing opposite it. UFC’s event on Saturday aired earlier in the day on ESPN+.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 7.7 percent in overall viewers and up 8.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision ratings down on same day as WWE Elimination Chamber

Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 385,000 viewers on TNT, down 21.6 percent from when the show last aired two weeks ago. There was no Collision on February 17 due to NBA All-Star Weekend.

This is the lowest viewership for Collision since January 27 when it went head-to-head with WWE’s Royal Rumble. It’s the seventh-lowest audience total for a Saturday airing of Collision. 

Collision drew a 0.11 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 26.7 percent from two weeks ago and is the seventh-lowest rating the show has ever done in that category.

WWE had its Elimination Chamber premium live event from Perth earlier in the day, which traditionally has had a negative effect on Collision ratings even when not running head-to-head. The six Saturday Collision episodes with lower viewership totals than this all happened on the same day as a WWE PLE.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 10.3 percent in overall viewers and down 15.4 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision ratings up, best viewership since October

Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 491,000 viewers on TNT, up 21.5 percent from the previous week. It’s the best audience total for the show since October 21 and is the 11th highest viewership of the 34 episodes of Collision that have aired to date. 

Collision drew a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 25 percent from last week and is the highest rating the show has done in that category so far in 2024. It’s Collision’s best rating going back to December 23 of last year.

This was the second straight night of much better than usual ratings for AEW programming. Last Friday, Rampage drew its best viewership total since April 2023 and its best 18-49 demo rating since last August.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 19.3 percent in overall viewership and up 25 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision ratings bounce back from record low

Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 404,000 viewers on TNT, up 34.7 percent from the previous week. This is Collision’s second-highest viewership total so far in 2024.

Collision drew a 0.12 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 100 percent from last week’s record low of 0.06 (against the WWE Royal Rumble) and ties Collision’s second-best rating of the year in that category.

This is the 10th lowest rating of the 33 episodes of Collision that have aired to date and is the second-lowest for a Saturday episode with no WWE PLE competition airing on the same day.

Collision faced competition from a Los Angeles Lakers vs. New York Knicks NBA game on Saturday night as well as college basketball.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 1.5 percent in total viewers and steady in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision ratings drop against WWE Royal Rumble

Saturday’s AEW Collision averaged 300,000 viewers on TNT, down 32 percent from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience total the show has ever done on a Saturday night, beating only the November 17 episode that was moved to Friday night due to Full Gear airing in Collision’s regular time slot that week.

Collision drew a 0.06 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 50 percent from last week and is the lowest rating the show has ever done, regardless of time slot. It’s also the lowest rating AEW has ever done for a first-run wrestling program.

The record-low rating is because Collision went head-to-head with the WWE Royal Rumble on Saturday night. It also aired at the same time as a Los Angeles Lakers vs. Golden State Warriors NBA game that averaged 2.8 million viewers and drew a 0.69 rating in 18-49 in the fast nationals.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 ratings for Collision, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 26.4 percent in overall viewers and down 50 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision ratings up despite NFL and UFC competition

Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 441,000 viewers on TNT, up 10.3 percent from the previous week. It’s the largest audience total Collision has done so far in 2024.

Collision drew a 0.12 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 20 percent from last week but is the second lowest rating the show has done since November 25.

Overall, this is the ninth-lowest rating Collision has done in the key demo of the 31 episodes that have aired so far. It’s the fourth-lowest number on a week where Collision didn’t have competition from a WWE premium live event on the same day.

Like the previous week, Collision faced competition from the NFL playoffs on Saturday night. There was also competition from UFC 297.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 10.2 percent in overall viewers but steady in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision & Battle of the Belts ratings down against NFL playoffs

Saturday’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 400,000 viewers on TNT, down 0.5 percent from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience total for the show since November 25 and is the second-lowest number Collision has done on a Saturday night where there was not a WWE premium live event on the same day. 

The show did go head-to-head with an NFL playoff game on Peacock that was the most viewed streaming event in history with over 23 million viewers.

Collision drew a 0.10 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 23.1 percent from last week and is also the lowest rating since the November 25 episode. It’s the lowest rating for a Collision episode without WWE competition.

Battle of the Belts, which immediately followed Collision on TNT, averaged 351,000 viewers and drew a 0.09 rating in 18-49. That’s the second-lowest viewership total of the nine Battle of the Belts specials that have aired thus far. It’s the lowest 18-49 rating that Battle of the Belts has ever drawn.

Battle of the Belts did retain nearly 90 percent of the overall audience of Collision and exactly 90 percent of the 18-49 demo rating, which is higher than the show usually does.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of Collision ratings along with the ratings history for every Battle of the Belts special:

AEW Collision ratings down for first episode of 2024

Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 402,000 viewers on TNT, down 17.8 percent from the previous episode that aired two weeks ago. There was no episode last week due to AEW’s Worlds End pay-per-view airing at the time Collision normally would. 

This is the lowest audience for Collision since November 25 and is the eighth-lowest viewership total the show has done to date. It’s the second-lowest audience for a Saturday night airing that didn’t come on the same day as a WWE premium live event.

Collision drew a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 18.8 percent from two weeks ago and is the lowest rating since the November 25 episode. It’s also the second lowest rating for a Saturday Collision episode that didn’t have WWE competition.

The episode did face competition from the NFL on Saturday night.

Listed below are the overall audience totals and 18-49 demo ratings for the last 11 episodes of AEW Collision on TNT, along with the 10-week averages in both categories. This week’s show was down 4.1 percent in overall audience but steady in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision ratings strong for final week of Blue League matches

Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 489,000 viewers on TNT, up seven percent from the previous week. It’s the fifth straight week of viewership growth over the course of the Continental Classic and is Collision’s best audience total since October 21.

This is the 11th highest viewership for the show of the 28 episodes that have aired to date. 

Collision drew a 0.16 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 6.7 percent from last week and is the fourth week out of the last five that the demo rating has grown. It ties the highest rating Collision has done in the key demo since September 23 and is the ninth highest rating the show has done since its July debut.

The episode featured the last week of Blue League matches in the Continental Classic tournament.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 16.3 percent in overall viewers and up 25 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision ratings up despite NFL competition

Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 457,000 viewers on TNT, up 0.4 percent from the previous week (which went against NXT Deadline). It’s the highest audience total for the show since October 28.

Collision drew a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 7.1 percent from last week and is the show’s highest rating in that category since the October 21 episode.

Collision went head-to-head with an NFL game between the Denver Broncos and the Detroit Lions on the NFL Network, which averaged 9.15 million viewers. It also had competition from a college football game on ABC that averaged 2.2 million viewers.

The total viewership for Collision peaked during the opening match but was relatively consistent throughout the show, while the 18-49 rating peaked for the main event between Bryan Danielson and Brody King.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, along with the 10-week averages in both categories. This week’s show was up 11.4 percent in overall viewers and up 25 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.