AEW Collision increased in viewership and ratings without any competition from WWE this past Saturday.
AEW Collision drew 451,000 viewers, a 0.14 rating (190,000 viewers) in the 18-49 key demo, and a 0.09 rating in the 18-34 demo.
Meanwhile, AEW Dynamite saw a dip in both viewership and ratings as the show drew 823,000 viewers, a 0.25 rating in the 18-49 key demo (328,000 viewers), and a 0.17 rating in the 18-34 demo.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has shared more details on the numbers for both Collision and Dynamite, including an analysis for each quarter hour.
AEW Collision was #19 for the night, #11 for original programming, and #4 in its timeslot. It was behind UFC on ESPN (693,000/0.26), a Christmas movie on Hallmark (2,015,000/0.26), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (485,000/0.16), and Home Alone on FX (675,000/0.16).
Compared to last week, AEW Collision was up 42.3% in viewers, up 57% in 18-49 and up 116.7% in 18-34. The show had 36,000 in men 18-34 (up 111.8%), 29,000 in women 18-34 (up 123.1%), 100,000 in men 35-49 (up 61.3%) and 24,000 in women 35-49 (down 17.2%). The audience was 72% male in 18-49.
Q1: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Brody King – 444,000 viewers, 180,000 in 18-49
Q2: End of Castagnoli vs. King/Jon Moxley promo/Abadon vs. Kiera Hogan – 492,000 viewers (up 48,000), 203,000 in 18-49 (up 23,000)
Q3: Samoa Joe, Roderick Strong & The Kingdom segment/Andrade el Idolo vs. Daniel Garcia – 444,000 viewers (down 48,000), 178,000 in 18-49 (down 25,000)
Q4: End of Andrade vs. Garcia/Willie Mack promo/Strong & The Kingdom vs. Iron Savages – 485,000 viewers (up 41,000), 195,000 in 18-49 (up 17,000)
Q5: End of Kingdom vs. Savages/Ethan Page promo/Malakai Black & Buddy Matthews vs. Matt Sydal & Christopher Daniels – 456,000 viewers (down 29,000), 195,000 in 18-49 (even)
Q6: House of Black & FTR segment/Toni Storm promo/Skye Blue promo/Christian Cage promo/El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Kip Sabian – 423,000 viewers (down 33,000), 193,000 in 18-49 (down 2,000)
Q7: End of Vikingo vs. Sabian/Keith Lee & Shane Taylor segment/CJ Perry & Miro segment/Bryan Danielson vs. Eddie Kingston – 402,000 viewers (down 21,000), 173,000 in 18-49 (down 20,000)
Q8: End of Kingston vs. Danielson – 459,000 viewers (up 57,000), 200,000 in 18-49 (up 27,000)
AEW Dynamite was #4 for the night and #2 in its time slot, behind the San Antonio vs. Minnesota NBA game on ESPN (1,051,00/0.35) head-to-head, Denver Nuggets vs. Los Angeles Clippers (1,308,000/0.47) and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills on Bravo (1,005,000/0.26).
Compared to last week, AEW Dynamite was down 4.1% in viewers, down 15% in 18-49 and down 26.4% in 18-34. Compared to last year, the show was down 2% in viewers, down 13.9% in 18-49 and down 23% in 18-34.
AEW Dynamite had 84,000 in men 18-34 (down 17.6%), 33,000 in women 18-34 (down 42.1%), 146,000 in men 35-49 (down 12%) and 65,000 in women 35-49 (up 6.6%). The audience was 70.1% male in 18-49.
Q1: Jon Moxley vs. Rush – 983,000 viewers, 375,000 in 18-49
Q2: End of Moxley vs. Rush/Roderick Strong & The Kingdom segment – 878,000 viewers (down 105,000), 362,000 in 18-49 (down 13,000)
Q3: Hangman Page & MJF segment/Mark Briscoe vs. Swerve Strickland – 835,000 viewers (down 43,000), 328,000 in 18-49 (down 34,000)
Q4: End of Briscoe vs. Strickland/Mariah May promo/Samoa Joe, MJF & The Devil segment – 794,000 viewers (down 41,000), 308,000 in 18-49 (down 20,000)
Q5: Toni Storm vs. Skye Blue – 791,000 viewers (down 3,000), 306,000 in 18-49 (down 2,000)
Q6: Adam Copeland & Christian Cage video/Jay White vs. Jay Lethal – 729,000 viewers (down 62,000), 300,000 in 18-49 (down 6,000)
Q7: End of Lethal vs. White/Adam Copeland vs. Christian Cage – 765,000 viewers (up 36,000), 313,000 in 18-49 (up 13,000)
Q8: Copeland vs. Cage – 807,000 viewers (up 42,000), 328,000 in 18-49 (up 15,000)
Overrun: End of Copeland vs. Cage – 860,000 (up 53,000), 326,000 in 18-49 (down 2,000)
