AEW Collision Sees Major Drops Against WWE SummerSlam, Paul vs. Diaz, & UFC

– AEW Collision had to run head-to-head with WWE SummerSlam 2023 on Saturday night, and the show took a predictably big hit to its numbers as a result, per the numbers from Wrestlenomics. The show saw significant drops in its overall numbers for last Saturday’s live TNT broadcast.

AEW Collision averaged 417,000 viewers. The show lost 322,000 viewers from last week’s show, which averaged 739,000 viewers. That was the second highest audience for Collision since the show’s debut.

The show also took a hit in the P18-49 key ratings demo. Collision finished with a 0.13 rating, which is down from the 0.27 key demo rating for last week. Besides WWE SummerSlam, AEW also faced tough competition with live UFC fights on ESPN with the UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Font card and the Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz live boxing fight on DAZN.

Collision featured a huge main event with CM Punk defending his unofficial “World Title” against Ricky Starks in a rematch for their Owen Hart Cup tournament final. Punk beat Starks in their rematch, which had WWE Hall of Famer Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat as a guest official.

AEW Collision, Saturday on TNT (8-10pm), going head-to-head against WWE Summerslam on Peacock:
417,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.13
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— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) August 8, 2023