WWE and its Chief Content Officer Triple H had the last laugh as the promotion went head-to-head with rival AEW on this week’s Friday night. AEW’s Collision, which usually airs on Saturdays, had to be slotted a day early, setting up a direct competition with SmackDown. Hence, the two promotions engaged in yet another rating war, with contrasting results.

With the reports out, so is the verdict and according to it, the Stamford-based promotion has stamped its authority yet again. So much was the domination, that WWE managed to have an 8-fold lead over Tony Khan‘s company.

AEW records lowest-ever viewership

While it’s not surprising to see the WWE win the viewership battle against AEW, one would have expected a better fight from the Jacksonville-based promotion. That, however, didn’t happen. As per reports stating figures from fast national data, Collision- which had its inaugural episode on June 17 of this year- managed a total viewership of 251,000. This is AEW Collision’s lowest viewership ever. AEW had presented a 3-hour show on November 17.

It beat the previous record low number of 327,000, which was recorded after the September 30 episode. In comparison, WWE’s blue brand accumulated 2.22 million viewers. Not just that, the viewership numbers for SmackDown for the ages between 18 and 49 was 792,000. This

AEW Collison managed 251,000 viewers for its head-to-head battle and had only 95,000 between the ages of 18 and 49. SmackDown also managed to increase their viewership percentage by 6 and 15, respectively, in the total and 18-49 categories. These numbers are provided by fast national data.

Now fans might wonder why Tony Khan moved the Collision episode from its regular Saturday slot to a day ahead. That is because AEW held its annual Full Gear pay-per-view event on Saturday.

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Meanwhile, this isn’t the first time that AEW and WWE have gone head-to-head recently. The two promotions had a similar competition back in October.

WWE vs AEW: Tuesday Night War

In October, AEW and WWE had faced one another in a turf battle which was dubbed in the press as ‘Tuesday Night War’. AEW’s prime show, Dynamite locked horns with WWE’s NXT. While NXT has had defeats by AEW in the past, the October 10 saga was different. The developmental brand received a huge boost as a bevy of WWE Superstars, including John Cena, Paul Heyman, Cody Rhodes, and more surprisingly The Undertaker appeared on the show.

WWE banked heavily on the star power, and the numbers delivered. Dynamite garnered 609,000 total viewers, compared to 921,000 from NXT. And now their recent battle has further demonstrated the stronghold of WWE in the ratings war.

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