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AEW Rampage draws record low viewership with shift to earlier time slot

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

The Friday, May 24 episode of AEW Rampage averaged 222,000 viewers on TNT, the lowest number in the history of the show. It’s down 43.2 percent from the previous week when Rampage aired on Saturday following Collision.

Though Rampage was back to its normal day on Friday, it still aired outside of its normal time slot. Due to TNT’s NBA coverage, the episode began at 6 p.m. Eastern time. Still, Rampage has aired at this time and even earlier when pre-empted before. The previous low was November 25 of last year when Rampage averaged 264,000 viewers, airing at the same time but on the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend.

In the 18-49 demo, Rampage drew a 0.08 rating, down 38.5 percent from last week. That’s tied for the third-lowest rating Rampage has ever done in that category.

As compared to the same week in 2023, when the show aired in its regular time slot, Rampage’s overall viewership was down 49.1 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 27.3 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for Rampage, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 38.9 percent in overall viewers and down 33.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Collision and Rampage ratings both up

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

– Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 523,000 viewers on TNT, up 38.4 percent from the previous week. It’s the second-largest audience total the show has done so far in 2024.

Collision drew a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 25 percent from last week and ties the second-highest rating Collision has drawn in that category this year.

There was one NBA playoff game as competition on Saturday night in addition to an NHL playoff game.

– AEW Rampage, which immediately followed Collision on TNT, averaged 391,000 viewers. That’s up 14.3 percent from the previous week and is the second-largest viewership the show has done since March 20.

Rampage drew a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demo, up 18.2 percent from last week. It ties Rampage’s third-highest rating in that category since February 9.

As compared to the same week in 2023 (when the show aired on a Friday afternoon), Rampage’s overall audience was up 33.5 percent while its 18-49 rating was up 44.4 percent. It’s the fifth straight week the show has been up year-over-year in the key demo, although Rampage has been airing in a more favorable time slot with a wrestling lead-in this year.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision and Rampage, as well as the 10-week averages in both categories. As compared to the recent averages, Collision was up 16 percent in overall viewers and up 15.4 percent in 18-49. Rampage was up 8.4 percent overall and up 8.3 percent in 18-49.

Bryan & Vinny & Craig Show: Producer Rob discusses #URINALGATE, plus Collision and Rampage

Posted on by Bryan Alvarez

The Bryan & Vinny & Craig & Rob Show is back with tons to talk about. Yes, Rob is here to give his side of #URINALGATE, and what lessons he has learned from the experience. Then the boys review AEW Collision and Rampage from this past weekend! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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AEW Collision ratings drop with move to TBS, Rampage down

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

– Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 378,000 viewers on TBS, down 39.1 percent from when the show last aired two weeks ago (on its regular station TNT). It’s the lowest audience total Collision has drawn since January 27 and is the lowest the show has ever done on a day where there wasn’t also a WWE PLE.

Collision drew a 0.12 rating in the 18-49 demo, down 42.9 percent from the most recent airing. It’s the show’s lowest rating in that category since March 30.

In addition to airing on a different station than usual, Collision went head-to-head with an NBA playoff game on ABC that averaged 5.6 million viewers. An NHL playoff game on TNT that did 1.54 million viewers also went against the show, along with MLB on Fox at 1.55 million viewers and the UFC on ESPN which averaged 903,000 viewers.

– AEW Rampage, which immediately followed Collision, averaged 342,000 viewers. That’s down 20.7 percent from last week when Rampage followed Dynamite on Wednesday but up 16.7 percent from two weeks ago when it aired after Collision.

Rampage drew a 0.11 rating in 18-49, down 26.7 percent from last week but up 22.2 percent from two weeks ago.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Rampage was up 20.4 percent in total viewers and up 57.1 percent in 18-49. The show last year also aired on a Saturday night in the same time slot but did not have the benefit of a wrestling lead-in.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision and Rampage, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. Collision was down 18.2 percent in total viewers and down 14.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages. Rampage was down 5.2 percent in total viewers and down 8.3 percent in 18-49.

Trent Beretta to face Dalton Castle on AEW Rampage

Posted on by Joseph Currier

AEW has made a new match announcement for tonight’s three-hour programming block.

Tonight, AEW Collision and Rampage are airing back-to-back live on TBS. Collision airs from 8-10 p.m. Eastern time. Rampage then takes place from 10-11 p.m.

Trent Beretta vs. Dalton Castle will be part of the Rampage lineup. It’s the second match Beretta has had this week. He’s coming off a loss to Orange Cassidy on Dynamite.

Cassidy outsmarted Beretta in their match and was able to use an exposed turnbuckle to help get the victory. After the match, Beretta beat down Cassidy. Don Callis, who was on commentary and is looking to recruit new members to the Don Callis Family, intervened to stop the attack.

Beretta turned heel last month in an angle where he betrayed Cassidy.

In storyline, Beretta is responsible for his former Best Friends partner Chuck Taylor potentially having to retire from in-ring competition due to injury. Beretta recently defeated Taylor in a Parking Lot Fight and attacked his ankle with a wrench after the match. Taylor is dealing with a legitimate injury issue. The belief right now is that Taylor won’t be able to wrestle again.

This will be Castle’s first match since defeating Johnny TV in a Fight Without Honor at last month’s ROH Supercard of Honor event.

The updated AEW lineups for tonight are listed below. The shows are taking place from Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Collision —

  • TNT Champion Adam Copeland defends against Kyle O’Reilly
  • Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin)
  • Dax Harwood vs. “Dynamite Kid” Tommy Billington
  • Will Ospreay vs. Lee Moriarty
  • Thunder Rosa vs. Robyn Renegade
  • Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona in trios action

Rampage —

  • Deonna Purrazzo vs. Lady Frost
  • Trent Beretta vs. Dalton Castle

NBA playoff lead-in boosts AEW Collision to best ratings of 2024

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision, which had the benefit of a lead-in from the NBA playoffs, averaged 621,000 viewers on TNT. That’s up 34.7 percent from the previous week and is the largest audience total Collision has done since July 29 of last year. 

Collision drew a 0.21 rating in the 18-49 demo, up 61.5 percent from last week. It’s also the best rating the show has done in that category since July 29 and is the third-highest rating Collision has drawn in its history.

With the lead-in from the NBA, the first 10 minutes of Collision drew a 0.49 rating in 18-49.

AEW Rampage, which aired immediately after Collision, averaged 293,000 viewers. That’s down 26.2 percent from last week, when it followed a Collision episode that averaged far less viewers. This Rampage did start a half hour later, however.

Rampaged drew a 0.09 rating in the 18-49 demo, down 30.8 percent from last week.

The overall audience is Rampage’s second lowest of 2024 to date, while the 18-49 rating is tied for Rampage’s third-lowest rating of the year in that category.

This week, Rampage will again be airing outside of its normal Friday time slot. There will be a live episode of the show after Dynamite on Wednesday.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for both Collision and Rampage, as well as the 10-week averages in both categories. As compared to the recent averages, Collision was up 41 percent in overall viewers and up 61.5 percent in 18-49. Rampage was down 17.4 percent in overall viewers and down 18.2 percent in the demo.

AEW Collision ratings steady, Rampage up

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

– 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 Rampage viewership up, 18-49 demo rating matches record low

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

The Friday, April 12 episode of AEW Rampage averaged 295,000 viewers on TNT, up 10.5 percent from last week. It’s the second-lowest viewership total the show has done so far in 2024.

Rampage drew a 0.08 rating in the 18-49 demo, which is the same number the show did last week. It matches the lowest rating Rampage has ever drawn in its regular time slot.

The 18-49 rating stayed the same despite this Rampage episode facing lesser competition. The April 5 edition of the show went up against the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony, ROH Supercard of Honor, and a huge NCAA March Madness women’s basketball game.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Rampage was down 53.8 percent in overall viewers and down 61.9 percent in 18-49, though the comparison isn’t fair because that episode had an NBA postseason game as its lead-in.

Due to TNT’s NBA coverage, Rampage won’t air on Friday this week. There will instead be a live Rampage episode this Saturday after AEW Collision.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for Rampage, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 18.7 percent in overall viewers and down 33.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Rampage to air live Saturday episode next week

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Due to TNT’s coverage of the NBA Play-In Tournament, AEW Rampage won’t be airing next Friday.

There will instead be a live Saturday edition of Rampage on April 20. The show will air on TNT at 10 p.m. Eastern time following that night’s episode of Collision, meaning there will be a three-hour live AEW programming block.

The Collision/Rampage event is being held at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, Illinois. It will include the final build to AEW’s Dynasty pay-per-view. The PPV is being held in St. Louis on Sunday, April 21.

With the show happening on 4/20, a holiday for weed enthusiasts, Rob Van Dam has been announced for the April 20 episode of Collision.

This will be AEW’s Peoria debut. The promotion wrote:

Peoria, you won’t want to miss the debut of AEW Collision & Rampage at the Peoria Civic Center on April 20th for a very special ‘4/20’ show with your favorite AEW stars.

The NBA and NHL playoffs will both be taking place over the next couple of months.

AEW Rampage draws lowest ratings of 2024

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

The Friday, April 5 episode of AEW Rampage averaged 267,000 viewers on TNT, down 23.7 percent from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience total for the show since November 25 of last year.

Rampage drew a 0.08 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 27.3 percent from last week and matches the lowest rating the show has ever done in its regular time slot. The only two lower rated episodes were in 2023 on a Saturday at 7 p.m. Eastern and a Friday when the show was moved to the afternoon. Rampage did a 0.07 rating on both of those occasions.

The show faced competition from the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony and ROH Supercard of Honor on Friday night. It also went against a massive NCAA women’s March Madness basketball game between Iowa and UConn.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Rampage’s overall audience was down 46.9 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 52.9 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Rampage, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 28.6 percent in overall viewers and down 33.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Rampage viewership up from previous Friday airing

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

The Friday, March 29 episode of AEW Rampage averaged 350,000 viewers on TNT, up seven percent from the previous Friday night airing of the show two weeks earlier. It was down 35 percent from the live Rampage episode that aired after Dynamite on March 20 (Rampage moved days that week due to NCAA March Madness coverage).

Rampage went up against competition from the Sweet 16 round of March Madness on Friday. The episode drew a 0.11 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down from the 0.18 rating the show did following Dynamite but is the same rating as two weeks ago when Rampage last aired in its regular time slot.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Rampage was up 2.9 percent in overall viewers and up 10 percent in 18-49. It’s the fourth time in the last eight weeks that Rampage has had an increase in both categories year-over-year. 

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for Rampage, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 7.5 percent in overall viewers and down 8.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Dynamite ratings steady, Rampage up big

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

– Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 800,000 viewers on TBS, essentially the exact same as the 798,000 viewers Dynamite Big Business did last week. It’s the third-lowest audience total for the show so far in 2024.

Dynamite drew the same 0.27 rating in the 18-49 demo that it did the previous two weeks. It ties the third-lowest rating Dynamite has done in that category for the year to date.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Dynamite was down 16.1 percent in overall viewers and down 18.2 percent in 18-49. 

– AEW Rampage, which aired immediately after Dynamite on TBS this week, averaged 541,000 viewers. That’s up 65.4 percent from what it did last Friday in its regular time slot and is Rampage’s largest viewership since April 14 of last year.

Rampage drew a 0.18 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 63.6 percent from last week and is also Rampage’s highest rating since the April 14, 2023 episode.

Rampage aired outside of its normal day this week due to NCAA March Madness coverage.

As compared to the same week in 2023, when it was moved to a Saturday night, Rampage’s overall audience was up 45 percent while its 18-49 rating was up 80 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite and Rampage. As compared to the recent averages, Dynamite was down 2.3 percent in overall viewers and down 6.9 percent in 18-49. Rampage was up 48.7 percent in viewers and up 50 percent in 18-49.

AEW Rampage viewership, 18-49 demo rating down

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

The Friday, March 15 episode of AEW Rampage averaged 327,000 viewers on TNT, down 10.2 percent from the previous week. It’s the lowest audience total for the show since February 16 and is Rampage’s third-lowest viewership of the year to date. 

Rampage drew a 0.11 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 15.4 percent from last week but ties the second-highest rating the show has done in that category since February 9.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Rampage was down 31 percent in total viewers and down 38.9 percent in the 18-49 demo. That episode last year had the benefit of a lead-in from the NCAA March Madness tournament, which gave Rampage an above average audience at the time.

This week, Rampage is airing outside of its normal day due to March Madness coverage. The show will be broadcast live on TBS after AEW Dynamite this Wednesday.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for Rampage, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 12 percent in total viewers and down 8.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Rampage viewership and 18-49 demo rating up

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

The Friday, March 8 episode of AEW Rampage averaged 364,000 viewers on TNT, up 5.8 percent from the previous week. That ties the largest audience total Rampage has done since February 9.

Rampage drew a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demo, up 30 percent from last week. It ties the third-highest rating the show has done so far in 2024.

The better-than-usual numbers came despite the fact that the show went head-to-head with an NBA game on ESPN that averaged 1.6 million viewers and drew a 0.50 rating in 18-49 as well as an Iowa Hawkeyes women’s college basketball game on BTN that did over 450,000 viewers and drew a 0.11 rating in 18-49.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Rampage was down 18.6 percent in overall viewers and down 13.3 percent in 18-49. It’s the first time in the last five weeks that Rampage has declined year-over-year in the key demo. 

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

AEW Rampage ratings up with return to regular time slot

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

The Friday, February 23rd episode of AEW Rampage averaged 364,000 viewers on TNT, up 21.3 percent from the previous week (which had aired three hours earlier than usual due to TNT’s coverage of NBA All-Star weekend).

This is the third-lowest audience total Rampage has done so far in 2024.

Rampage drew a 0.11 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 22.2 percent from last week and is also the third-lowest rating the show has done in that category so far this year.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Rampage was down 11 percent in overall viewers but exactly even in the 18-49 demo. It’s the third straight week the show has not had a year-over-year decline in the key demo, which is the first time that’s ever happened for Rampage. 

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for Rampage, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was almost exactly even with the recent averages.