Slam Dunk weekend draws strong ratings for AEW Collision

Slam Dunk weekend proved to be a ratings success for AEW Collision.

Due to NCAA March Madness, Collision was split into two one-hour episodes this past weekend, airing late on both Saturday and Sunday. The Saturday episode averaged 554,000 viewers with the benefit of the basketball lead-in. That’s up 35.8 percent from the prior week’s broadcast in Collision’s regular time slot and is the best viewership for the show since December 21 of last year (which had a college football playoff game as the lead-in).

Saturday’s episode drew a 0.20 rating in the 18-49 demo, up 100 percent from the previous week. It’s the highest rating Collision has done since the February 15 Grand Slam Australia special that aired after the NBA All-Star skills competition.

The Sunday episode, also airing after NCAA basketball, averaged 584,000 viewers, beating Saturday for the best Collision audience since December 21. It’s Collision’s second-highest viewership total since April 2024.

Sunday’s Collision drew a 0.22 rating in the 18-49 demo, which is the third-highest rating the show has done in that category in its history and is the best rating for Collision since July 2023. It ties the highest 18-49 rating for any AEW program since the September 24 episode of Dynamite.

There is no year-over-year comparison because the show did not air this week in 2024 due to the NCAA tournament.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, along with the 10-week average in both categories. For a more accurate comparison, the average of the two hours is included for this week. The show was up 63.2 percent in total viewers and 110 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.