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AEW reveals Summer Blockbuster 2026 location

Posted on by Joseph Currier

This June, AEW is coming to Cincinnati for special episodes of Dynamite and Collision.

It was announced today that AEW Summer Blockbuster 2026 will be held at The Andrew J. Brady Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio on Wednesday, June 10 and Thursday, June 11. The first night will be a Dynamite episode while the second will be a Collision taping.

Tickets are set to go on sale to the general public next Monday (April 20).

Cincinnati is the hometown of AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley. He’s featured on the Summer Blockbuster poster alongside AEW World Champion MJF, Women’s World Champion Thekla, and Tag Team Champions FTR.

Last year’s inaugural Summer Blockbuster was held in Portland, Oregon and aired as a four-hour live special. A 30-minute draw between Swerve Strickland and Will Ospreay was among the matches that took place

In addition to these two shows, AEW has announced upcoming dates in Richmond, Virginia and Youngstown, Ohio:

  • Wednesday, June 3: Dynamite at Siegel Center in Richmond, Virginia
  • Saturday, June 6: Collision at Covelli Centre in Youngstown, Ohio
  • Wednesday, June 10: Dynamite Summer Blockbuster at Andrew J. Brady Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Thursday, June 11: Collision Summer Blockbuster at Andrew J. Brady Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio

AEW Dynamite Summer Blockbuster ratings down against NBA Finals

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

– Wednesday night’s Summer Blockbuster episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 597,000 viewers on TBS, down 8.9 percent from the previous week’s Fyter Fest special. This is the lowest audience total for the show since May 21.

In the 18-49 demo, Dynamite drew a 0.17 rating. That’s down 5.6 percent from last week but ties the second-highest rating the show has done in that category since March 19.

The show faced significant sports competition going head-to-head with game three of the NBA Finals between the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder.

– The Summer Blockbuster edition of AEW Collision, which aired immediately after Dynamite with the shows combining for a four-hour block, averaged 397,000 viewers, up 4.5 percent from last week in the same time slot. The 18-49 rating was 0.09, which was down 10 percent from the prior week.

As compared to the same week in 2024, Dynamite was down 12.3 percent in total viewers and 26.1 percent in 18-49. Collision had year-over-year drops of 7.9 percent and 30.8 percent from an episode that aired in its regular time slot in 2024.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for both Dynamite and Collision, as well as the 10-week average in both categories:

AEW files for ‘Summer Blockbuster’ trademark

Posted on by Joseph Currier

A new trademark filing appears to have revealed the name of an upcoming AEW special.

The promotion applied to trademark the term “AEW Summer Blockbuster” on April 14. The filing looks to be for an upcoming event or series of events, but that has not been announced yet and there are no further details about it. The filing is listed as covering the following goods and services:

Entertainment in the nature of wrestling contests; Entertainment services in the nature of live professional wrestling performances; Entertainment services in the nature of production of professional wrestling programs and events.

AEW has two TV specials coming up this week with Boston hosting Spring BreakThru editions of Dynamite on Wednesday and Collision on Thursday. Both shows are airing live. Wednesday’s event will celebrate Dynamite surpassing WCW Nitro as the longest-running prime time weekly wrestling show in the history of TBS/TNT.

Among the other special events AEW has coming up are Double or Nothing and Fyter Fest 2025. Double or Nothing is a pay-per-view taking place from Glendale, Arizona on Sunday, May 25, while Fyter Fest is a four-hour TV special set for Denver, Colorado on Wednesday, June 4.

All In (July 12) and Forbidden Door (August 24) will be AEW’s next PPVs after Double or Nothing.

In other trademark news, AEW also filed a trademark for “Paragon” this week. That’s the new faction name Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong are using.