AEW Collision ratings down against NBA Conference Final

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Saturday night’s episode of AEW Collision averaged 360,000 viewers on TNT, down 27.7% from the Wednesday airing after Dynamite on TBS and down 6.3% from the last time the show aired in it’s regular time slot on May 16th. It was the lowest audience for the show since May 2nd.

Collision averaged a 0.05 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 37.5% from Wednesday night and down 16.7% from the last Saturday show two weeks earlier. It ties the lowest rating the show has done in that category since January 24th.

The show went head to head with Game 7 of the NBA’s Western Conference Final on NBC and tied for 36th in the 18-49 rating on the cable charts and finished 41st in terms of total viewers.

As compared to the same week in 2025 the overall viewership was down 28.6% while the 18-49 rating was down 72.2%. That show did follow an NBA playoff game and did above average numbers for the time period.

Listed below are the overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for the last 11 airings of AEW Collision as well as the 10 episode average in both categories. Saturday night’s show was down 11.7% in overall viewers and 28.6% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.

DateCollision 18-49Collision overall
4/2/20260.07373,000
4/11/20260.08423,000
4/16/20260.08473,000
4/25/20260.05397,000
5/2/20260.06347,000
5/6/20260.07429,000
5/9/20260.05342,000
5/16/20260.06384,000
5/20/20260.06413,000
5/27/20260.08498,000
5/30/20260.05360,000
“10 wk avg0.07407,900
*not includingcurrent week
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