AEW Collision: Fairway to Hell pulled mixed numbers on Saturday night, drawing a lower demo rating but a notable bump in total viewers compared to the previous week. According to Programming Insider, the special drew a 0.05 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 430,000 viewers. That marked a 16.7% drop in the demo from the prior week’s 0.06, while viewership climbed 23.96% from 347,000. The show went head-to-head with WWE Backlash 2026.
Compared to the previous Wednesday’s one-hour Collision that aired after Dynamite, the Saturday show was down 28.6% in the demo from 0.07 but edged up slightly in total audience from 429,000. The comparison comes with caveats, including the different time slot and the strong Dynamite lead-in.
The 0.05 demo rating matched the number from two Saturdays earlier, while the 430,000 viewers represented Collision’s best audience in its normal time slot since the March 28 episode drew 476,000.
Sports programming dominated the night across cable and broadcast. The NBA Playoffs led all programming on ABC with a 1.69 demo rating and 5.856 million viewers, with the NHL Playoffs on TNT next at a 0.40 rating and 1.641 million viewers.
Nielsen also adjusted its Big Data + Panel methodology in late January, complicating direct comparisons to earlier data. Even with the changes factored in, Collision is averaging a 0.065 demo rating and 408,000 viewers across 2026 so far, compared to a 0.112 demo rating and 394,000 viewers across the same stretch in 2025.