AEW Collision’s ratings took another hit on Saturday, a sign that the show will continue to struggle in its Saturday slot.
On Wrestling Observer Radio Thursday morning, Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez talked about the ratings. While Raw did fine for a holiday weekend, Collision struggled with 452,000 viewers, down 24 percent from last week. The 0.13 number in 18-49 was down 38.1 percent. The numbers were virtually identical to Rampage’s number from the day before.
“It was the first time they went head-to-head with the UFC and they got killed,” Meltzer said. “Almost an identical rating to Rampage. That’s not good…it was a bad weekend for TV viewing, but that’s a scary drop.”
Collision faced tough competition on Saturday, going head-to-head with a UFC card. Furthermore, it started shortly after WWE’s Money in the Bank event ended.
“If you’re going to watch three in a half hours of a WWE pay-per-view, you’re probably not going to rush back and want to watch another show on a holiday weekend,” Meltzer said.
Collision will continue to face tough competition between regular UFC events on Saturdays and WWE pay-per-views once a month. On August 5, Collision will go face to face with not only a UFC event, but also WWE SummerSlam.
“That’s going to be a real tough week to draw,” Meltzer said.
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