Tony Khan: AEW set all-time UK records for Dynamite & Collision viewership

AEW had a big week in the UK, according to Tony Khan.

The AEW president posted to social media on Saturday that both Dynamite and Collision had their best weeks ever on ITV.

Khan wrote:

“According to @ITVSport, this week #AEWDynamite on ITV4 set the all time record: this week AEW Dynamite had our most live viewers ever in the UK! This past month has been our best UK ratings run ever, with the all-time record set this week! Thank you to everyone supporting @AEW!”

“BOTH of our AEW tv shows #AEWDynamite + #AEWCollision set all-time records for most viewers ever in the UK this week! What an amazing milestone @ITVSport: both Dynamite AND Collision set all-time UK viewership records in the same week!! Thank you fans watching @AEW worldwide!”

He later added:

“Our AEW all-time record last night for UK viewers: 190,000 live viewers on ITV4 for #AEWDynamite Friday Night on @itvsport ! Will go over 200k for the official rating this week with DVR + onDemand! Thank you fans watching AEW worldwide, TBS/TNT + Max in US, ITV in UK, everywhere!”

The news comes a little over a month after ITV and AEW announced an extension of their existing UK rights deal. AEW programming has been airing on the network since its inception in 2019, with episodes of Dynamite airing on Friday nights and Collision on Wednesdays. It was the first television deal AEW signed, and in an interview with Digital Spy in 2020, Khan referred to it as “near and dear” to his heart. 

“You couldn’t ask for a bigger or better TV partner that ITV. They have a great history of wrestling going back to World of Sport and that was my pitch to them in the summer of 2018,” Khan said.

Dave Meltzer addressed AEW’s ratings in the January 27, 2025 edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. He noted that the January 15, 2025, episode drew the largest live viewing in more than two years, writing, “The 1/15 episode of Dynamite, which aired on 1/17 on ITV 4 in the U.K., drew the largest live (so to speak, as it was two days delayed but live as the show was being broadcast) airing of the show in more than two years.”

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Ian Carey is a writer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, whose work has been featured in NOW Magazine, The Huffington Post, and more. A lifelong wrestling aficionado born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he has covered the industry for a decade and a half. He joined the f4wonline.com team in 2019.