AEW Collision ratings up with earlier start time

Saturday night's episode of AEW Collision averaged 353,000 viewers on TNT, up eight percent from the previous week. The show aired one hour earlier than usual and got a head start on WWE Fastlane, which began at 8 p.m. Eastern. It's the third-lowest audience total Collision has done to date.

Collision drew a 0.09 rating in the 18-49 demo, up 12.5 percent from last week. The show also faced competition from college football and the MLB playoffs.

The previous week's Collision also went against WWE competition. It aired against NXT No Mercy. The five lowest-rated Collision episodes, both in terms of overall viewers and the 18-49 demo, have all taken place on Saturdays where WWE ran a premium live event.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for Collision, as well as the 10-week averages in both categories. This week's show was down 27.1 percent in overall viewers and down 43.8 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.