Airing immediately after Game 3 of the Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat series, AEW Collision scored one of its largest audiences.
The April 27 episode of Collision from Daily’s Place averaged 621,000 viewers and 282,000 (0.21) in the 18-49 demographic, per Wrestlenomics and Sports Media Watch.
Collision benefited from the big lead-in from the NBA playoff game, which averaged 3,043,000 viewers on TNT and a 1.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic. This led to the first seven minutes averaging 1,350,000 viewers and 644,000 in the core demo. Those numbers dropped to 850,000 and 394,000 respectively in the subsequent quarter hour, per Wrestlenomics.
If you factor out the first seven minutes, Collision averaged 577,000 viewers and 260,0000 over its eight quarters.
It was the third-largest audience in Collision’s history behind the series’ debut on June 17, 2023, featuring CM Punk, and the July 29 episode with FTR vs. Adam Cole & MJF.
Collision increased by thirty-five percent from last week while the 18-49 audience grew by sixty-five percent. Adults 18-34 saw a major upswing from 32,000 viewers last week to 95,000 while adults 35-49 went from 139,000 to 187,000 viewers.
Collision was followed by a live edition of Rampage, which averaged 293,000 viewers and 120,000 (0.09) in the 18-49 demographic, which saw a decrease of twenty-six percent in its overall viewership from the previous Friday’s episode. In the 18-49 demo, they fell by thirty-one percent and experienced a seventeen percent decline among adults 18-34.
This represented the lowest figures for Rampage since Friday, April 5, which was the show airing head-to-head with the WWE Hall of Fame and ROH’s Supercard of Honor.
This week, Rampage will air immediately after Dynamite on Wednesday with no episode airing on Friday and Collision is not scheduled to air this Saturday.
