Last May, Warner Bros Discover announced All Elite Wrestling's newest flagship show, "AEW Collision." The show will be aired every Saturday from June 17.
The debut episode of AEW Collision took place at the United Center in Chicago, IL with the return of CM Punk. As of now, three episodes have been broadcast on TNT. However, Tony Khan’s promotion is struggling to grow the audience.
Here are the ratings of the first three episodes of AEW Collision.
- June 17: 816,000 - 0.33
- June 24: 595,000 - 0.21
- July 1: 452,000 - 0.13
Former WWE employee Jonathan Coachman responded to a fan on Twitter and stated that wrestling shows on Saturday have never worked.
Kyle what do I know. Been out of the business too long. You don’t know AEW fans. You’re an idiot-just watch Tony will show you. Let me repeat myself for those except Kyle who clearly listened m- wrestling shoes do not work on Saturdays. Never have. Never will. Now you all can try… https://t.co/LKH64EEbYH
— The Coach (@TheCoachrules) July 5, 2023
AEW star Dax Harwood responded to Coachman’s tweet. Harwood stated that the entire AEW roster trying to build a new brand and it will take time. He further requested three more weeks to make AEW Collision watchable.
“Hey Coach. We’re trying to build a brand. It will take time; we understand that. Hopefully you do too! This roster absolutely loves wrestling. Like, an entity. LOVES it. I know you probably can’t relate to that. Will this Saturday night tv show endeavor work? Who knows. What I…
…do know is, we’ll all work our a**es off to MAKE it work. I hope you, & people like you, give us an opportunity to show you, professional wrestling IS alive. I know you know how Monday nights work, but maybe you’ll give us more than 3 weeks to make this work. If not, you’re..
…more than welcome to tell me I’m wrong. What I’m not wrong about is, wrestling fans love wrestling. And we’ll always work to make them proud. Give us a chance.”
Hey Coach. We’re trying to build a brand. It will take time; we understand that. Hopefully you do too! This roster absolutely loves wrestling. Like, an entity. LOVES it. I know you probably can’t relate to that. Will this Saturday night tv show endeavor work? Who knows. What I…
— Uncle Dax FTR (@DaxFTR) July 6, 2023
…more than welcome to tell me I’m wrong. What I’m not wrong about is, wrestling fans love wrestling. And we’ll always work to make them proud. Give us a chance.
— Uncle Dax FTR (@DaxFTR) July 6, 2023
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