The AEW Full Gear go-home edition of Collision aired in a special Friday timeslot against WWE SmackDown, and things didn’t fare well for AEW.
AEW Collision drew a meager 270,000 viewers and a 0.08 rating (111,000 viewers). The show drew a 0.06 rating in the 18-34 key demo.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has shared additional details on the numbers for AEW Collision, including a look at each individual quarter-hour.
AEW Collision was #45 for the night on cable and #13 in its time slot. It ranked behind the Sacramento Kings vs. San Antonio Spurs NBA game on ESPN (1,370,000/0.45), Mexico vs. Honduras soccer on Univision Deportes (598,000/0.22), College Football on ESPN2 (429,000/0.09) Gold Rush (1,444,000/0.18) and Bering Sea Gold (766,000/0.09) on Discovery, Navigating Christmas on Hallmark (1,970,000/0.17), Dinner Drive Ins and Dives on the Food Network (645,000/0.12), Jesse Waters (2,113,000/0.09) and Hannity on FOX News (1,958,000/0.11), On Patrol Live on REELZ (709,000/0.11), My Lottery Dream (880,000/0.08) and Craziest Cribs on HGTV (724,000/0.10), Love After Lockup on WETV (345,000/0.10), The Unexplained on The History Channel (817,000/0.09) and Killer Cases on AEN (361,000/0.08).
Compared to last week, AEW Collision was down 31.8% in viewership, down 20.7% in the 18-49 key demo and down 4.4% in the 18-34 demo.
AEW Collision had 23,000 in men 18-34 (down 30.3%), 20,000 with women 18-34 (up 66.7%), 40,000 in men 35-49 (down 45.2%), and 28,000 in women 35-49 (up 21.7%). The audience was 56.8% male in 18-49.
Q1: Christian Cage promo/Miro vs. Daniel Garcia – 386,000 viewers, 174,000 in 18-49
Q2: End of Miro vs. Garcia/Andrade el Idolo & CJ Perry promo – 279,000 viewers (down 107,000), 116,000 in 18-49 (down 58,000)
Q3: Malakai Black & Brody King vs. The Boys/Skye Blue video/Trent Beretta vs. Penta El Zero Miedo vs. Komander vs. Brian Cage – 273,000 viewers (down 6,000), 125,000 in 18-49 (up 9,000)
Q4: End of Beretta vs. Penta vs. Komander vs. Brian Cage/Don Callis & Powerhouse Hobbs promo/Wardlow squash/Rush vs. Dax Harwood – 266,000 viewers (down 7,000), 105,000 in 18-49 (down 20,000)
Q5: End of Rush vs. Harwood – 258,000 viewers (down 8,000), 102,000 in 18-49 (down 3,000)
Q6: Roderick Strong & The Kingdom promo/Wheeler Yuta vs. Buddy Matthews – 226,000 viewers (down 32,000), 85,000 in 18-49 (down 17,000)
Q7: End of Matthews vs. Yuta/Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley & Orange Cassidy segment – 241,000 viewers (up 15,000), 96,000 in 18-49 (up 11,000)
Q8: Hikaru Shida & Kris Statlander vs. Saraya & Ruby Soho – 234,000 viewers (down 7,000), 83,000 in 18-49 (down 13,000)
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The AEW Full Gear go-home edition of Collision aired in a special Friday timeslot against WWE SmackDown, and unfortunately, it didn’t perform well for AEW. The show drew a meager 270,000 viewers and a 0.08 rating (111,000 viewers). In the 18-34 key demo, it only managed to draw a 0.06 rating.
According to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, AEW Collision ranked #45 for the night on cable and #13 in its time slot. It was behind various other programs such as the Sacramento Kings vs. San Antonio Spurs NBA game on ESPN, Mexico vs. Honduras soccer on Univision Deportes, College Football on ESPN2, Gold Rush and Bering Sea Gold on Discovery, Navigating Christmas on Hallmark, Dinner Drive Ins and Dives on the Food Network, Jesse Waters and Hannity on FOX News, On Patrol Live on REELZ, My Lottery Dream and Craziest Cribs on HGTV, Love After Lockup on WETV, The Unexplained on The History Channel, and Killer Cases on AEN.
Compared to the previous week, AEW Collision experienced a decline of 31.8% in viewership, 20.7% in the 18-49 key demo, and 4.4% in the 18-34 demo. The breakdown of viewership by gender and age groups showed that there were 23,000 men aged 18-34 (down 30.3%), 20,000 women aged 18-34 (up 66.7%), 40,000 men aged 35-49 (down 45.2%), and 28,000 women aged 35-49 (up 21.7%). The audience was predominantly male in the 18-49 age group, with males making up 56.8% of the viewers.
The individual quarter-hour breakdown of the show’s viewership is as follows:
– Q1: Christian Cage promo/Miro vs. Daniel Garcia – 386,000 viewers, 174,000 in 18-49
– Q2: End of Miro vs. Garcia/Andrade el Idolo & CJ Perry promo – 279,000 viewers (down 107,000), 116,000 in 18-49 (down 58,000)
– Q3: Malakai Black & Brody King vs. The Boys/Skye Blue video/Trent Beretta vs. Penta El Zero Miedo vs. Komander vs. Brian Cage – 273,000 viewers (down 6,000), 125,000 in 18-49 (up 9,000)
– Q4: End of Beretta vs. Penta vs. Komander vs. Brian Cage/Don Callis & Powerhouse Hobbs promo/Wardlow squash/Rush vs. Dax Harwood – 266,000 viewers (down 7,000), 105,000 in 18-49 (down 20,000)
– Q5: End of Rush vs. Harwood – 258,000 viewers (down 8,000), 102,000 in 18-49 (down 3,000)
– Q6: Roderick Strong & The Kingdom promo/Wheeler Yuta vs. Buddy Matthews – 226,000 viewers (down 32,000), 85,000 in 18-49 (down 17,000)
– Q7: End of Matthews vs. Yuta/Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley & Orange Cassidy segment – 241,000 viewers (up 15,000), 96,000 in 18-49 (up 11,000)
– Q8: Hikaru Shida & Kris Statlander vs. Saraya & Ruby Soho – 234,000 viewers (down 7,000), 83,000 in 18-49 (down 13,000)
It’s important to note that these numbers reflect the viewership for AEW Collision and do not include any additional viewers who may have watched the show through streaming platforms or on-demand services.
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