Ratings Breakdown For This Past Week’s AEW Collision and Dynamite

As previously reported, last Saturday’s AEW Collision rose in viewership and the key 18-49 rating, getting 518,000 viewers and an 0.16 (211,000 viewers), respectively. It also had an 0.12 in 18-34. Meanwhile, things weren’t as rosy for AEW Dynamite, which was down in both measures. It drew 774,000 viewers and an 0.24 in 18-49 (321,000 viewers). It also had an 0.17 in 18-34. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has more details on the numbers for both shows, including a look at each individual quarter hour.

Collision was #12 for the night and the highest-rated non-sports show for the day. It was behind nine college football shows and two baseball playoff shows. In its time slot, it was #4 behind the Phillies vs. Diamondbacks, Mississippi vs. Auburn and Texas Tech vs. Brigham Young on FS 1 (545,000/0.16). It also went against Duke vs. Florida State on ABC (4,082,000/0.79), Michigan vs. Michigan State on NBC (3,730,000/0.84) and Utah vs. USC on FOX (3,227,000/0.85) on network TV.

Compared to the week before, it was up 2.8% in viewers, up 13.4% in 18-49 and up 34.4% in 18-34. It had 54,000 in men 18-34 (up 14.9%), 32,000 in women 18-34 (up 88.2%), 87,000 in men 35-49 (up 24.3%) and 38,000 in women 35-49 (down 26.9%). The audience was 66.9% male in 18-49.

Q1: Bryan Danielson vs. Andrade el Idolo – 579,000 viewers, 260,000 in 18-49
Q2: End of Danielson vs. Andrade/Darby Allin video/Skye Blue vs. Hollywood Haley J – 569,000 viewers (down 10,000), 246,000 in 18-49 (down 14,000)
Q3: The Gunns vs. The Outrunners/Orange Cassidy & Kris Statlander promo/Jeff Jarrett vs. Eddie Kingston – 531,000 viewers (down 38,000), 211,000 in 18-49 (down 35,000)
Q4: End of Jarrett vs. Kingston/The Acclaimed & Daddy Ass promo – 490,000 viewers (down 41,000), 203,000 in 18-49 (down 8,000)
Q5: Miro vs. Action Andretti/2.0, Daniel Garcia & Anna Jay segment – 526,000 viewers (up 36,000), 208,000 in 18-49 (up 5,000)
Q6: FTR & House of Black segment – 449,000 viewers (down 77,000), 184,000 in 18-49 (down 24,000)
Q7: Big Bill & Ricky Starks vs. Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta – 483,000 viewers (up 34,000), 178,000 in 18-49 (down 6,000)
Q8: End of Bill & Starks vs. Claudio & Yuta – 512,000 viewers (up 29,000), 197,000 in 18-49 (up 19,000)

Dynamite had the lowest viewership for its regular time slot since June 15, 2022 and the lowest 18-49 since June 28 (second lowest of the year). Dynamite’s numbers dropped in the third quarter and never recovered. NXT actually beat Dynamite this week in total viewers, 18-34, 50+ and men 18-34; Dynamite won in 18-49 and men 35-49.

Dynamite’s competition for the night included the NBA, as well as news coverage of the shooting in Lewiston, ME. The news broke nationally around 8:20 PM, during Dynamite’s second quarter. While news coverage numbers went up, they weren’t up huge. The head-to-head NBA competition was Dallas vs. San Antonio (2,989,000/1.20 on ESPN), but only for Dynamite’s final six minutes except on the West Coast. Boston vs. New York head-to-head had 2,552,000/0.90.

Dynamite was #9 for the night and #3 in its time slot behind Boston vs. New York and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (1,023,000/0.30). News programs that were higher than usual included Hannity on Fox News (2,935,000/0.21) and CNN (1,100,000/0.16).

The show had 67,000 in men 18-34 (down 38%), 53,000 in women 18-34 (up 6%), 167,000 in men 35-49 (down 4.6%) and 33,000 in women 35-49 (down 54.8%). The audience was 72.9% male in 18-49.

Compared to last week, the show was down 14.1% in viewers, 20.7% in 18-49 and 24.1% in 18-34. Compared to last year, it was down 22.4% in viewers, down 23.6% in 18-49 and down 25.3% in 18-34.

Q1: MJF vs. Juice Robinson – 982,000 viewers, 393,000 in 18-49
Q2: End of MJF vs. Juice – 936,000 viewers (down 46,000), 394,000 in 18-49 (up 1,000)
Q3: Wardlow video/RVD & Hook vs. The Dark Order – 752,000 viewers (down 184,000), 286,000 in 18-49 (down 108,000)
Q4: Sting, Ric Flair & Christian Cage segment – 756,000 viewers (up 4,000), 297,000 in 18-49 (up 11,000)
Q5: End of Sting, Flair & Cage segment/The Young Bucks & Hangman Page vs. The Hardys & Brother Zay – 764,000 viewers (up 8,000), 326,000 in 18-49 (up 29,000)
Q6: End of Elite vs. Hardys & Zay/Swerve Strickland segment/Adam Copeland, Sting & Darby Allin segment – 726,000 viewers (down 38,000), 325,000 in 18-49 (down 1,000)
Q7: Hikaru Shida vs. Ruby Soho/MJF & Samoa Joe segment – 643,000 viewers (down 83,000), 278,000 in 18-49 (down 47,000)
Q8: Orange Cassidy & Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danieson & Claudio Castagnoli – 646,000 viewers (up 3,000), 268,000 in 18-49 (down 10,000)
Overrun: End of Cassidy & Okada vs. Danielson & Castagnoli – 716,000 viewers (up 70,000), 305,000 in 18-49 (up 37,000)