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JWeinCom on 01 August 2023
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JWeinCom said:

Wrestlers really need to stop trying to kill themselves on air. Ricochet and Logan Paul spot was stupid in theory, and when they didn't get the first part right, they should have just bailed out of it. Couple of other ugly spots here too. Logan didn't get the distance he needed on a splash making the gimmicked ladder not break. They decided to do a buckle bomb off a ladder into a ladder which just seems dumb when the regular buckle bomb has caused major injuries. 

Overall Money in the Bank was a decent show. Somewhere in the C+ to B- range. Bloodline stuff was great, everything else was ok. 

JWeinCom said:

Ratings for Collision are in for people who care about that sort of thing.

Just above 800,000, which I think is decent in context. It's a bit lower than what Dynamite has been doing, but it's on a worse night, and without an audience conditioned to tune in at that time. So, I think that should be on the higher end of what AEW could have reasonably hoped for.

I expect the rating will go down next week to somewhere between 730 and 770k. Not because it was a bad show, but because it's only the first episode once. Some people who checked it out like Jumpin will come back, and others like me will have had their curiosity satisfied. From there, if they put on a show of that consistent quality, I think they can build back up to that 800,000 and maybe beyond. To get beyond that into the million plus territory, I think they need some kind of Xfactor. At this point, Punk is not it. He has his audience, but I can't see droves of new fans coming in. They need to find someone to fill those boots.

Well, this aged poorly. Collision's numbers are down to about 400,000 a little below rampage. Could say it's Saturday, or Punk's not a draw, or w/e but this is a consistent pattern that applies to AEW's other shows as well.

People are going to be upset I'm saying negative things about AEW, but the numbers are what they are. The product is really not resonating beyond that core fanbase, and some of them are losing interest. 

And, the ratings have been climbing back up. Most recent episode did a bit over 700k, which is the right trend. Apparently it's been a good program. Will be interesting to see if it starts beating Dynamite.