AEW Collision saw a slight decrease in viewership on November 1 against Game 7 of the MLB World Series.
According to Wrestlenomics, Collision averaged 217,000 viewers on Saturday. The show drew a 0.03 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic. The viewership is slightly down from last week’s episode, when an average of 228,000 viewers tuned in. The demo also dropped slightly from that show (0.04 rating in the same demographic).
Viewership for Saturday’s show on MAX is also unknown at this time.
What happened on AEW Collision this week?
This week’s show kicked off with Konosuke Takeshita and Kazuchika Okada defeating Max Caster and Anthony Bowens in tag team action.
Mark Briscoe, Roderick Strong, and Komander defeated LFI in trios action.
Elsewhere on the show, Mercedes Moné defeated Olympia to retain the CMLL World Women’s Championship.
In the main event of the evening, Bandido defeated Mascara Dorada to retain the Ring of Honor World Championship.
Here’s an overall review of Saturday night’s episode of Collision courtesy of our live coverage page…
AEW Collision Review:
Tonight’s episode of Collision was very low on talk and very high on action. For fans who just want a pure wrestling show broadcast, I’m sure they really enjoyed this show. I thought the in-ring work tonight, for the most part, was very good. The CMLL involvement really helped those two title matches in particular stand out above the rest.
The main event between Bandido and Mascara Dorada easily stole the show and gave fans a thrilling matchup to end the evening on. They often say fans only remember the finish, and if this match is the last thing you remember coming out tonight’s episode, I’m led to believe tonight’s episode of Collision was pretty damn great.
While I would have personally preferred one in-ring talking segment to move a storyline along heading into Full Gear, I understand that sometimes when you’re doing a double-taping event, you don’t want to put that out in front of a crowd several hours into the show and fear that they might sit on their hands. But sometimes I think the risk is worth the reward. We’re only a few short weeks away from Full Gear, and every show is important in the lead-up to that event.
Tonight felt more important in the build for Blood and Guts than it did the actual pay-per-view, but I completely understand that decision. Overall, I enjoyed tonight’s show as we got a lot of great in-ring action, but I just wish it had featured more than that to get the show past B+ territory.
Grade: B+
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