
AEW Collision felt the impact of airing against the WWE Royal Rumble with the show’s lowest audience ever in its regular time slot.
The February 1 episode, taped in Huntsville, fell to 197,000 viewers and 49,000 viewers (0.04) in the 18-49 demographic.
Both numbers are the lowest Collision has generated in its regular time slot. The viewership dropped 21% from the previous week (which aired against Saturday Night’s Main Event) and was the fourth-lowest audience in Collision’s history behind three episodes that aired outside of the normal slot.
The 18-49 audience declined by 47% this week and was the second lowest in Collision’s history behind the November 30, 2024, episode, which aired at 4 p.m. ET.
In the core demo, Collision’s male audience fell by 51% while females dropped by 29%.
Collision was down across the board with the 18-34 audience dropping by 55% with 14,000 viewers and the 35-49 audience decline was 43% averaging 35,000 viewers.
They were also impacted in Canada where Collision attracted an audience of 19,000 viewers and 4,000 in the 25-54 demographic on the USA Network. Those figures are down from 28,000 and 10,000 in the demo from the prior week against Saturday Night’s Main Event.
Collision featured a Mid-South Street Fight main event with Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta against FTR, which was taped three nights earlier in Huntsville, Alabama.
Wrestlenomics reports that the first quarter was the peak of the show before a viewership drop of 27% in the next quarter. The audience was stable throughout most of the episode, although the 18-49 audience saw double-digit declines in the final half hour, which coincided with the men’s Royal Rumble match beginning.
Last year’s episode of Collision airing against the Royal Rumble averaged 300,000 viewers and 83,000 (0.06) in the 18-49 demographic on January 27, 2024.
Data: Wrestlenomics