All Elite Wrestling presented a big edition of "AEW Collision" on October 10, with its "Grand Slam: France" episode, but, up against various college football games on Saturday night, the show's viewership was slightly down from the previous week. The show saw further lead-up and build to the company's next pay-per-view, AEW WrestleDream, on October 17.According to Wrestlenomics, the October 10 edition of "Collision" drew 372,000 average viewers, down 10 percent from the previous week's 415,000 viewers. The episode was also down in the rating for the ever-important ages 18-49 demographic, earning a 0.04 for the week, down 50 percent compared to the previous episode's 0.08 rating.Viewership was up two percent compared to the trailing four weeks average of 365,000 viewers, however. Compared to this time last year, "Collision's" average viewership, 394,000 at this point of the month, is up 53 percent compared to the October 2025 average of 257,000 viewers.The main event of "Collision Grand Slam: France" saw the Young Bucks successfully defend their AEW World Tag Team Championships against The Dogs' David Finlay and Clark Connors. After Matt and Nick Jackson's victory, they were taken out by their WrestleDream opponents, the Don Callis Family's Kevin Knight and Kyle Fletcher.Elsewhere on the show, Andrade El Idolo defended his AEW National Championship against Michael Oku, and Swerve Strickland defeated Carlie Bravo. The episode also saw a Clockwork Carnage match qualifier ahead of WrestleDream, with "Speedball" Mike Bailey earning his way into the match with a victory over Lee Moriarty.
