Bryan & Vinny & Craig are back with tons to talk about as we review two great shows, WWE Elimination Chamber with one of the great turns in wrestling history, and AEW Collision from Saturday night! A fun show as always so check it out~!
Tag: collision
WOR: CENA TURNS HEEL, Dave goes to Collision
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including JOHN CENA TURNING HEEL at Elimination Chamber, an awesome angle to cap off an awesome show, plus Dave went to Collision and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
Timestamps:
Start: John Cena turns heel
6:43: WWE Elimination Chamber recap
29:08: WWE SmackDown notes
31:37: AEW Collision recap (includes ROH spoilers), Arena Mexico notes
Grand Slam Australia boosts AEW Collision ratings with NBA All-Star weekend lead-in
Saturday night’s Grand Slam Australia episode of AEW Collision averaged 502,000 viewers on TNT, up 29.7 percent from the previous week. It’s the best audience total for Collision since December 21 of last year, when the show had a college football playoff game as its lead-in. Prior to that, the last time the audience hit this level was May 18, 2024.
Collision drew a 0.21 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 110 percent from last week and ties the third-highest rating in the show’s history. It’s Collision’s best number since July 29, 2023.
The show aired outside its normal 8 p.m. Eastern time slot but had the benefit of the NBA All-Star Skills Competition as a lead-in and no major sports airing head-to-head. The opening tag match of Kenny Omega & Will Ospreay vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher averaged over one million viewers, then the show aired until well past midnight and declined significantly from that point.
Collision did not air this week in 2024 due to the Skills Competition, so there is no year-over-year comparison.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of 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 58.9 percent in viewers and 133.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW returning to Boston this April for back-to-back events
AEW is returning to Boston this April for a live Dynamite episode and Collision taping.
Dynamite will take place live from MGM Music Hall in Boston on Wednesday, April 16. AEW will then be back at the same venue the next night (Thursday, April 17) for a Collision taping. MGM Music Hall is a concert venue located next to Fenway Park and has a listed capacity of 5,009 before production configuration.
A ticket pre-sale will begin this Thursday (February 20) at 10 a.m. Eastern time.
If the Collision episode airs in its regular Saturday time slot that week, it will be going up against the first night of WWE WrestleMania 41.
This is AEW’s first time back in Boston since TD Garden hosted the Big Business edition of Dynamite in March 2024, which featured hometown star Mercedes Mone making her AEW debut. TD Garden previously hosted Dynamite Blood & Guts in July 2023. Prior to that, AEW’s Boston shows were held at Agganis Arena.
AEW Collision ratings up, second-highest viewership since September
Saturday night’s AEW Collision averaged 387,000 viewers on TNT, up 96.5 percent from the previous week’s episode that aired against WWE Royal Rumble. This is the second-largest audience total for the show since September 28.
In the 18-49 demo, Collision drew a 0.10 rating. That’s up 150 percent from last week and ties the second-highest rating the show has done in that category since November 16.
Dave Meltzer notes that the Mercedes Mone-Harley Cameron segment on Collision had a big jump in the middle of the show: “The Harley Halftime segment on Collision did a major jump across the board. Rating was going to be up a lot with no WWE competition, but this was a big jump right in the middle of the show.”
The episode went head-to-head with the UFC 312 prelims on ESPN2 as well as college basketball on the main ESPN channel.
As compared to the same week in 2024, Collision’s overall viewership was down 21.2 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 33.3 percent. This year’s numbers do not include viewers who streamed the show on Max.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of 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 23.6 percent in overall viewers and 11.1 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision ratings drop against WWE Royal Rumble
Saturday night’s AEW Collision episode averaged 197,000 viewers on TNT, down 21.2 percent from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience total for the show since November 30 and is the lowest the show has ever done in its normal 8 p.m. Eastern time slot on TNT. There were three previous episodes that moved either time or date that had smaller audiences.
Collision drew a 0.04 rating in the 18-49 demo, down 66.7 percent from last week. It’s the second-lowest rating in the show’s history and the lowest ever in its regular Saturday time slot. It should be noted that neither the overall viewership or 18-49 rating for this Collision includes viewers who watched on Max.
The show went head-to-head with the WWE Royal Rumble on Peacock, which has always had a negative effect on Collision’s ratings.
As compared to the same week in 2024, when Collision did not have WWE as direct competition, the show was down 51.2 percent in overall viewers and 66.7 percent in 18-49.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 39.7 percent in overall viewers and 60 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision ratings down against WWE SNME
Saturday night’s AEW Collision episode averaged 250,000 viewers on TNT, down 26.9 percent from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience total for the show since December 14. Both this week and that week, Collision faced competition from WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event.
Collision drew a 0.07 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 30 percent from last week and ties the lowest rating the show has done since November 30. Neither the overall viewership or 18-49 rating includes people who watched on Max.
In addition to going against Saturday Night’s Main Event on NBC & Peacock, there was competition from an NBA game on ABC featuring the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers.
As compared to the same week in 2024, which went head-to-head with the Royal Rumble, Collision’s overall viewership was down 16.7 percent while its 18-49 rating was up 16.7 percent.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 25.7 percent in viewers and 30 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

WOR: Colonel DeBeers, weekend TV, McMahon lawsuit
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the death of Colonel DeBeers, Vince McMahon lawsuit, Hulk Hogan, Gordon Solie and Andre the Giant anniversaries, Smackdown, SNME and Collision and more. A fun show as always so check it out~!
Timestamps:
Start: Death of Col. DeBeers
14:14: Anniversaries of the death of Andre the Giant, birth of Gordon Solie
21:01: Updates on Vince McMahon lawsuit, Omos heading back to WWE following NOAH run
25:27: Bare Knuckle Boxing does big business, GFL draft fallout
34:00: WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event recap
47:33: WWE SmackDown notes
55:09: AEW Collision recap
1:09:45: WWE Raw lineup, why did Hulk Hogan miss SNME?
AEW Collision ratings up slightly for Maximum Carnage
Saturday night’s Maximum Carnage episode of AEW Collision averaged 342,000 viewers on TNT, up 1.5 percent from the previous week. Viewership for Collision has stayed mostly consistent over the past three weeks, ranging from 337,000 to 345,000.
Collision drew a 0.10 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 11.1 percent from last week and ties the second-highest rating the show has done in that category since November 16.
These numbers are for the TV broadcast and don’t include data from Collision’s simulcast on Max.
For the second straight week, Collision had competition from the NFL playoffs. The Washington Commanders vs. Detroit Lions aired on Fox during the show. It also went against an NCAA basketball game on ESPN that was the top program on cable in the demo.
As compared to the same week in 2024, Collision’s overall viewership was was down 22.5 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 16.7 percent.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s episode was up 2.3 percent in overall viewership but steady in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision ratings hold steady against NFL playoff game
Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 337,000 viewers on TNT, down 2.3 percent from the previous week. It’s still the third-largest audience total for the show since November 16.
Collision drew a 0.09 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s identical to what the show did last week and ties the second-best rating Collision has done in that demo since the November 16 episode.
These ratings do not include any data from Collision’s simulcast on Max. The show went head-to-head with an NFL playoff game between the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers that aired on Amazon Prime.
As compared to the same week in 2024, when it also went against the NFL playoffs, Collision’s overall viewership was down 15.8 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 10 percent. That’s better than the show has been doing year-over-year of late.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 0.5 percent in overall viewers but down 10 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision ratings down, ranks third on cable
Saturday night’s AEW Collision averaged 345,000 viewers on TNT, down 45.7 percent from the previous episode two weeks ago that had a college football playoff game as the lead-in. Other than that episode, this is the best audience total for Collision since November 16.
This was the first Collision episode to be simulcast live on Max. Those streaming numbers are not included in the ratings and have not been disclosed.
The show finished third on the prime time cable charts with a 0.09 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 55 percent from two weeks ago but ties the second-highest rating the show has done in that category since November 16.
Collision went head-to-head with an NFL game that averaged nearly 22 million viewers between ESPN and ABC with a combined 5.15 rating in the 18-49 demo.
As compared to the same week in 2024, Collision’s overall viewership was down 14.2 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 30.8 percent. That show also aired against an NFL game.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision on TNT, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 5.3 percent in overall viewers and steady in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision gets big ratings boost from College Football Playoff lead-in
With help from a College Football Playoff lead-in, AEW Collision got a big ratings boost on Saturday night.
The Christmas Collision episode, live from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, averaged 635,000 viewers on TNT. That’s up 158.1 percent from the previous week, is the best audience total for the show since April 27, and is the third-largest viewership in Collision’s history.
In the 18-49 demo, the episode drew a 0.20 rating. That was third on cable in prime time and seventh overall on television. The rating was up 122.2 percent from last week and is also the best number the show has done in that category since April 27. It’s the second-highest rating for Collision since July 23, 2023.
The show’s lead-in was a College Football Playoff game between Texas and Clemson that averaged 8.6 million viewers and was the most watched sports/entertainment program on TNT in the month of December since 2001. The April 27 episode that was the previous high for Collision in 2024 came with an NBA playoff game as the lead-in.
As compared to the same week in 2023, Collision’s overall audience was up 29.9 percent while its 18-49 rating was up 25 percent.
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 106.4 percent in overall viewers and 122.2 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

B&V: Collision and Smackdown with Bryan, Vinny, Craig and Tom
It’s the annual BRYAN & VINNY SHOW AFTER CHRISTMAS SHOW edition! We have Smackdown and Collision to talk about, but Bryan is all messed up and somehow Filthy Tom is still on the line, so he joins us for the entire program. It’s the holiday season, that’s for sure. A fun show as always so check it out~!
AEW Collision viewership drops, 18-49 demo rating up
Saturday night’s AEW Collision episode averaged 246,000 viewers on TNT, down 11.5 percent from the previous week. It’s the lowest viewership total the show has ever done in its normal 8 p.m. Saturday time slot.
In the 18-49 demo, Collision drew a 0.09 rating. That’s up 28.6 percent from last week and is the best rating the show has done in that category since November 16.
The show went head-to-head with WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event on NBC & Peacock, as well as the semifinals of the NBA Cup on ABC and college football’s Heisman Trophy Presentation on ESPN.
As compared to the same week in 2023, Collision’s overall viewership was down 46.2 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 40 percent.
Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 22.6 percent in overall viewership but steady in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

WOR: SNME, Collision, Smackdown, Tessa to TNA, more
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including Saturday Night’s Main Event, Smackdown and Collision, plus news on Tessa Blanchard and TNA, Jericho and GCW, Sareee, UFC last night, Chael Sonnen, and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!
Timestamps:
Start: WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event recap
19:45: WWE SmackDown notes
25:00: TNA notes including Tessa Blanchard’s return
32:58: Chris Jericho attacks Matt Cardona & Effy at GCW event, Arena Mexico notes, recent Sareee Marigold match, UFC notes
36:51: AEW Collision recap, NJPW Strong Style Evolved lineup
57:56: WWE SmackDown spoilers
1:01:27: More of Dave Meltzer’s thoughts on AEW