By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
Saturday’s series premiere of the AEW Collision television show averaged 816,000 viewers for TNT, according to Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics.com. Collision finished third in the 18-49 demo in Saturday’s cable ratings with a 0.33 rating.
Powell’s POV: A good start for Collision. While not the ideal comparison, the premiere edition of AEW Rampage delivered 740,000 viewers and a 0.30 rating back on August 13, 2021. Last week’s Dynamite delivered 832,000 viewers and a 0.33 rating.
I have no idea if 800k is a good number or not. I would assume most people waited to see what Punk said then went back to watch the clips
I didn’t watch. I’m not an avid AEW fan but generally I just think there is too damned much wrestling on TV. It’s basically every night plus all the minor league stuff you can get on Pluto Roku etc. you could literally watch nothing BUT wrestling if you wanted. I don’t want to myself
I will waste most Sundays watching the NFL. But I don’t usually watch the non Sunday games and I’m surely not going to watch the XFL or USFL. I’m not THAT committed to football. I’m not that committed to ANYTHING
I would say you can skip any WWE show for a week or two and you are guaranteed to see those damned recaps often enough that you are assured to not miss anything “important”. However that leads to less “must see TV” missed something? You will certainly have it shown to you again
I’m happy for the fans who can’t get enough. But at this point we may be close to the over saturated stage and that may end up damaging all the ratings soon.
It’s definitely overkill. There’s pro wrestling on in prime time in some form every night of the week (including A&E’s WWE content on Sundays). It’s going to be very interesting to see where things stand six months or a year from now. I worry about the indies. I worry about the smaller promotions like Impact, MLW, etc. It will be difficult for those companies to grow when there are so many higher profile alternatives.
Outdrawing Wednesday on Saturday is a pretty big deal, IF they do it consistently.
Rampage should end now. Whatever purpose it was supposed to serve is gone.
Agree with the overkill overall. WWE has the occasional really good show, but most weeks if you see the Bloodline, Judgement Day, & Cody segments you don’t need to see anything else. NXT is either great or terrible with few nights that are in between.
If Collision can simply repeat what it was this past Saturday most weeks, then there’s no reason for Rampage or Dynamite to be watched at all.
I’ve legitimately forgotten that NWA Powerrr was back on YouTube. That’s how crowded things are/how bad their move to FITE TV went. I was watching weekly before that.
I agree with TheGreatestOne
What the hell is wrong with me?