For any wrestling promotion, ratings and viewership determine how well the company is performing in the market. That brings us to the topic, how is AEW doing viewership-wise? The short answer is ‘not good’. New reports indicate that WWE NXT’s ratings have surpassed both AEW Rampage and Collision combined.

Lately, the Jacksonville-based promotion has been falling behind in ratings. The promotion shows’ viewerships are continuing to erode while WWE shows’ ratings are on a continuous rise. Dive deep with us as we explore this news in detail.

11/7 NXT had 130k more viewers than 11/3 Rampage and 11/4 Collision combined

According to the TV ratings list provided by Wrestlenomics, this week’s episode of WWE NXT had 794,000 total viewers, making the ratings 0.26 in the 18-49 demographic. On the other hand, last week’s AEW Collision and Rampage had 366,000 viewers with 0.9 and 298,000 viewers with 0.11 respectively. 

Therefore, the combined viewership of last week’s Collision and Rampage is 664000. This is 130,000 viewers less than what NXT drew this week. In the last few years, the Jacksonville-based promotion had been giving cut-throat competition to its rival company in terms of ratings and viewership. But it seems like it has strayed from its path lately.

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This two-week timeline is not the only time AEW faced embarrassment at the hands of its rival promotion. You must remember how badly it did on Tuesday Night War on the October 10 episode of Dynamite despite the show featuring former WWE superstar Edge’s in-ring debut.

Not only that, WWE PLEs have also been beating Collision for quite a few months now.

WWE Premium Live Events dominate AEW Collision

Just a while ago, Wrestlenomics also released data showing that WWE premium live events have been dominating AEW Collision for the past few months. WWE PLEs and AEW Collision air on the same day, i.e. Saturday Nights. As a result, the Stamford-based promotion is stealing a good chunk of the pro wrestling audience from the Jacksonville-based promotion.

It is interesting to note that the events like Money in the Bank in London and Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia that took place a day earlier (due to time zone difference) than Collison also had the same effect on AEW’s ratings. AEW’s Saturday Night show that collided with WWE PLEs couldn’t even make the 500k mark in viewership.

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These data imply that the Stamford-based promotion has been doing well in terms of audience attraction, while AEW is lacking in some areas. Tony Khan needs to find a solution to this problem as quickly as possible if he wishes to get back on track. Let us know what you think about this week’s NXT beating both last week’s Collision and Rampage shows.