AEW Collision ratings drop with move to TBS, Rampage down

– 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.