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post 1682867203 05-17-2023, 09:13 AM
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AEW launches Saturday night show

NEW YORK (May 17, 2023) – TNT launches a second night of professional wrestling with a new tentpole series, “AEW: Collision” on Saturday, June 17, it was announced today by Kathleen Finch, Chairman and Chief Content Officer, US Networks Group, Warner Bros. Discovery, during the company’s 2023 Upfront presentation at Madison Square Garden in New York City. This live, two-hour, in-ring show will air every Saturday night from 8-10 p.m. ET and feature more wrestlers, more stories and more action to super-serve fans. “AEW: Collision” will feature headliners including Miro, Samoa Joe, Thunder Rosa, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Andrade El Idolo.

In only four years following the launch of “AEW: Dynamite,” AEW’s footprint has more than doubled across TNT and TBS. Along with “AEW: Dynamite,” Friday night’s “AEW: Rampage,” the recent follow-doc “AEW: All Access,” and now “AEW: Collision,” TNT and TBS deliver the best matches and most entertaining moments in professional wrestling today. AEW has reached 23M total viewers so far this year across all of its shows on TBS and TNT.*

“We’re doubling-down on wrestling with ‘AEW: Collision,’ which gives fans two more hours every week,” said Jason Sarlanis, President, Turner Networks, ID and HLN, linear & streaming. “AEW’s roster of talent has expanded so quickly that we felt it needed another night to bring our audience the epic rivalries, unforgettable matches and stars they love to watch. Adding ‘Collision’ to our programming mix on TNT will allow us to satisfy the massive demand we’ve felt from our hardcore fanbase and be the ultimate complement to ‘AEW: Dynamite’ on TBS.”

“With the addition of ‘AEW: Collision’ on TNT, I’m extremely proud that a Turner network will be the home of Saturday night wrestling for the first time in more than two decades,” said Tony Khan, CEO, GM and Head of Creative of AEW. “The debut of ‘Collision’ is significant across numerous sectors including television, wrestling, entertainment and sports, and reinforces AEW as the bold property we envisioned when we launched in 2019. ‘Collision’ will deliver live every Saturday night more of what fans and viewers tell us they want – athleticism, big personalities, exciting storylines and hard-hitting wrestling action, all of which have become synonymous with AEW.”
Pretty weak use of the word headliner when seeing those names they tied in. Just sounds like an opportunity for an even more watered down and over saturated product.

There’s the argument that their target demo is out and about on Saturday nights, but it’s not like AEW super marks actually go out on dates, get invited to gatherings, etc,, so the time slot might not be too problematic for viewership

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post 1682867673 05-17-2023, 09:22 AM
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In b4 WWE announces a new Saturday show and a new Saturday Heavyweight Championship title on the new Saturday brand.
post 1682888943 05-17-2023, 03:07 PM
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could end up being the best weekly wrestling show. it's gonna need a few weeks or months to get into its groove, but it is going to be a compact two hours with some major big league talent and great crowds. it's a chit time slot, sure, but it has everything else going for it.

going live on saturday nights is going to be very good for their gates.

i hope they don't do a stupid draft, but a soft brand split with two separate traveling crews makes sense.

if all the mickey mouse guys stay on dynamite and cm punk gets a chance to help mold this new show with guys like mjf and ftr, it could be very good.
post 1682944963 05-18-2023, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted By yieldtonothing⏩
could end up being the best weekly wrestling show. it's gonna need a few weeks or months to get into its groove, but it is going to be a compact two hours with some major big league talent and great crowds. it's a chit time slot, sure, but it has everything else going for it.

going live on saturday nights is going to be very good for their gates.

i hope they don't do a stupid draft, but a soft brand split with two separate traveling crews makes sense.

if all the mickey mouse guys stay on dynamite and cm punk gets a chance to help mold this new show with guys like mjf and ftr, it could be very good.
CM Punk might not even come back now because Tony Khan doesn’t want to hire his buddy that allegedly bit Kenny Omega in the brawl to work on this show.
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post 1682946183 05-18-2023, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted By cheerupemokid⏩
CM Punk might not even come back now because Tony Khan doesn’t want to hire his buddy that allegedly bit Kenny Omega in the brawl to work on this show.
you do you but i'm done with the inside jokes, the wink winks/nudge nudges, the fake posturing and the working/getting worked by the sheets.

if this is the way an autistic manchild wants to get his kicks and and promote his company, that's his prerogative. i won't get caught up in it.

if you really think there's any chance that punk isn't coming back to the united center on june 17, i don't know what to tell you.
post 1682976033 05-18-2023, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted By yieldtonothing⏩
could end up being the best weekly wrestling show. it's gonna need a few weeks or months to get into its groove, but it is going to be a compact two hours with some major big league talent and great crowds. it's a chit time slot, sure, but it has everything else going for it.

going live on saturday nights is going to be very good for their gates.

i hope they don't do a stupid draft, but a soft brand split with two separate traveling crews makes sense.

if all the mickey mouse guys stay on dynamite and cm punk gets a chance to help mold this new show with guys like mjf and ftr, it could be very good.
Guess will have a wait and see approach. What talent will they bring in? They don’t seem to have a talent problem, that’s one of the least of their problems. But it is a problem that the pubic hair headed CEO, president, GM, Booker, head of custodial services, all encompassing and all worthy grand master of AEW doesn’t know how to utilize talent. Guy can’t even fuking put together a handful of compelling storylines simultaneously. He’s also had situations like FTR at their hottest sitting on his fuking lap, then failed to pull the trigger, only to eventually do it and get a “less than” result. Until he learns how to delegate in an impactful way and lean on some of the great wrestling minds that are ALREADY in the building, they will never sniff their full potential.

It seems like a while until they start consistently booking top venues in a given area and not 2nd and 3rd rate ones. I saw them at a low D1 hockey rink for a Dynamite/Rampage taping not long ago lol.

Anyways, would be neat if it works out. Do like the idea of a pseudo roster split, or some sort of differentiator for the three shows. Would think Rampage will feel more like a Velocity/WCW Saturday Night in 1998 with midcarders and those who were previously living on Dark/Elevation putting in work. As well as plenty of hype packages encouraging folks to watch the following night.
post 1683001173 05-19-2023, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted By BrickEX⏩
Guess will have a wait and see approach. What talent will they bring in? They don’t seem to have a talent problem, that’s one of the least of their problems. But it is a problem that the pubic hair headed CEO, president, GM, Booker, head of custodial services, all encompassing and all worthy grand master of AEW doesn’t know how to utilize talent. Guy can’t even fuking put together a handful of compelling storylines simultaneously. He’s also had situations like FTR at their hottest sitting on his fuking lap, then failed to pull the trigger, only to eventually do it and get a “less than” result. Until he learns how to delegate in an impactful way and lean on some of the great wrestling minds that are ALREADY in the building, they will never sniff their full potential.

It seems like a while until they start consistently booking top venues in a given area and not 2nd and 3rd rate ones. I saw them at a low D1 hockey rink for a Dynamite/Rampage taping not long ago lol.

Anyways, would be neat if it works out. Do like the idea of a pseudo roster split, or some sort of differentiator for the three shows. Would think Rampage will feel more like a Velocity/WCW Saturday Night in 1998 with midcarders and those who were previously living on Dark/Elevation putting in work. As well as plenty of hype packages encouraging folks to watch the following night.
Fightful is reporting that Bryan Danielson is going to work on creative for the Collision show.
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post 1683019483 05-19-2023, 03:29 PM
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Do they need a show not even 24 hours after Rampage?
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