WrestleNomics reports that the first two hours of last Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite on TBS drew an average of 613,000 viewers and achieved a rating of 0.11 in the key 18-49 demographic. The final hour, which featured the Collision portion of the show, drew an average of 413,000 viewers and earned a rating of 0.06 in the same demographic. In total, the three-hour broadcast averaged 546,300 viewers and received a rating of 0.09 in the key 18-49 demographic.
For Dynamite, viewership increased by 4.79% from the previous week’s figure of 585,000 and improved by 10% from the prior week’s rating of 0.10 in the same demographic. The rating in the key 18-49 demographic was the highest since the April 15 episode, which recorded a 0.12 rating. Additionally, total viewership was the best since the April 22 episode, which had 617,000 viewers.
In terms of Collision, viewership increased by 7.55% from the audience of 384,000 on May 19, maintaining the same rating of 0.06 in the key demographic. It is important to note that these figures do not include viewership on HBO Max, and those numbers are not directly comparable due to differing timeslots. For comparison, when the show was paired with Dynamite on May 6, the Collision hour drew a 0.07 rating in the key 18-49 demographic and 429,000 viewers.
Currently, AEW Dynamite averages a rating of 0.110 in the key 18-49 demographic and 632,000 viewers in 2026, compared to a rating of 0.166 and 617,000 viewers during the same period in 2025. Meanwhile, AEW Collision averages a 0.065 rating in the key demographic and 408,000 viewers in 2025, down from a rating of 0.129 and 439,000 viewers in the same timeframe in 2025.
The episode was headlined by AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax “The Harwood”) defending their titles against The Conglomeration’s AEW World Trios Champions “Freshly Squeezed” Orange Cassidy and Roderick Strong.
AEW Dynamite, May 20 on TBS: 613,000 viewers; 0.11 P18-49 rating | TV ratings analysis #AEWDynamite pic.twitter.com/6QFNBXCFN6
— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) May 22, 2026
AEW Collision, May 20 on TBS: 413,000 viewers; 0.06 P18-49 rating | TV ratings analysis
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— Wrestlenomics (@wrestlenomics) May 22, 2026