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

As previously reported, last Saturday’s AEW Collision was up in viewership and ratings from the weekend before, as it had 476,000 viewers, while the key 18-49 rating was up to 0.17 (223,000 viewers). It also had an 0.11 in 18-34. Meanwhile, AEW Dynamite rose in viewership, getting 874,000 viewers, while also going up in 18-49 with an 0.32 in 18-49 (412,000 viewers). It also had an 0.22 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 faced competition from the NFL preseason, which also hurt UFC that night (it had an 0.38 last week and was much lower this week). The Philadelphia vs. Baltimore game had 1,747,000 viewers and an 0.49 rating on the NFL Network. The top five shows for the night were four NFL games and a show in between the two. Other top programs include Top Rank boxing (which aired after Collision and got 669,000/0.22), more NFL, UFC prelims (478,000/0.19) an SportsCenter.

Collision was #11 for the night and #3 in its time slot behind NFL and UFC (821,000/0.29)–down from 0.38 last week with no football competition). 35-49 as up from last week by 34.5%. The show did decrease in 18-34, however. Collision had 52,000 in men 18-34 (down 1.9%), 23,000 in women 18-34 (down 17.9%), 112,000 in men 35-49 (up 23.1%) and 36,000 in women 35-49 (up 80%). The audience was 74.9% male.

Q1: Ricky Starks promo/FTR & Young Bucks video/The Acclaimed vs. Iron Savages – 478,000 viewers, 212,000 in 18-49
Q2: End of Acclaimed vs. Iron Savages/Bullet Club Gold promo/MJF & Adam Cole video – 433,000 viewers (down 45,000), 210,000 in 18-49 (down 2,000)
Q3: Kris Statlander & Willow Nightingale vs. Mercedes Martinez & Diamante/Toni Storm promo – 456,000 viewers (up 23,000), 217,000 in 18-49 (up 7,000)
Q4: Samoa Joe squashes Andrew Everett & promo/Christian Cage promo – 463,000 viewers (up 7,000), 223,000 in 18-49 (up 6,000)
Q5: Christian Cage, Arn Anderson segment/Luchasaurus vs. Brock Anderson/Darby Allin promo – 468,000 viewers (up 5,000), 229,000 in 18-49 (up 6,000)
Q6: Powerhouse Hobbs, Miro, Aaron Solo & Nick Comoroto segment – 480,000 viewers (up 12,000), 230,000 in 18-49 (up 1,000)
Q7: CMFTR vs. The House of Black – 482,000 viewers (up 2,000), 224,000 in 18-49 (down 6,000)
Q8: End of CMFTR vs. House of Black – 530,000 viewers (up 48,000), 242,000 in 18-49 (up 18,000)

Dynamite was #1 for the night, ahead of the Little League World Series on ESPN (1,184,000/0.24). It managed to beat
every network except CBS, which had Big Brother (0.62) in hour one. It had its lowest lead-in ever, as Big Bang Theory had 749,000 viewers and an 0.12 in 18-49. Dynamite’s biggest increase was with women, which was up 29.6%.

Compared to last week, the show was up 3.3% in viewers, up 10.5% in 18-49 and up 2.6% in 18-34. Compared to last year, it was down 8.7% in viewers, up 7% in 18-49 and up 24% in 18-34. It had 82,000 in men 18-34 (down 13.7%), 73,000 in women 18-34 (up 30.4%), 181,000 in men 35-49 (up 4.6%) and 76,000 in women 35-49 (up 28.8%). The audience was 63.8% male.

Q1: Orange Cassidy vs. Wheeler Yuta – 946,000 viewers, 408,000 in 18-49
Q2: End of Cassidy vs. Yuta/Jim Ross interviews Kenny Omega/Don Callis & Chris Jericho segment – 943,000 viewers (down 3,000), 437,000 in 18-49 (up 29,000)
Q3: End of Callis & Jericho segment/Jack Perry promo/Darby Allin & Nick Wayne vs. Gates of Agony – 943,000 viewers (even), 433,000 in 18-49 (down 4,000)
Q4: End of Allin & Wayne vs. Gates of Agony/Sting video/MJF & Adam Cole segment – 903,000 viewers (down 40,000), 434,000 in 18-49 (up 1,000)
Q5: Second MJF & Adam Cole segment/Chris Jericho promo – 898,000 viewers (down 5,000), 433,000 in 18-49 (down 1,000)
Q6: Jeff Hardy vs. Jeff Jarrett – 822,000 viewers (down 76,000), 403,000 in 18-49 (down 30,000)
Q7: Britt Baker vs. The Bunny/The House of Black & The Acclaimed segment – 800,000 viewers (down 22,000), 389,000 in 18-49 (down 4,000)
Q8: The Young Bucks vs. The Gunns – 738,000 viewers (down 62,000), 358,000 in 18-49 (down 31,000)