While speaking about the topic of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer mentioned the significance of this week’s show within the promotion. He noted that AEW does not have high expectations for the third hour of the show, known as Battle of the Belts. Meltzer stated that if the ratings for this week’s episode are similar to those of the previous week, the company would be satisfied. However, if the ratings significantly drop, particularly considering the loaded lineup featuring a tag team title match and a match between CM Punk and Ricky Starks, it would be a cause for concern.

>“For, that third hour (Battle of the Belts) is like, do they have high expectations for that third hour? Not that I’m aware of. No. I haven’t discussed that with anybody. I know that if they do a number (Collision’s ratings) similar to last week every Saturday, they will be very happy. If it’s way down from Saturday, they will not be happy, especially because it’s a loaded show with a tag team title match, and with the Punk match with Starks, I think that if it’s close to last week, it’s great. If it’s close to the July 4th weekend show, with this loaded lineup, it’s not good, you know? I don’t think that we still have a read on what Saturday’s gonna do on a normal week because I didn’t think last week was a normal show. Last week was much better than normal. As far as the normal show, I’m thinking, I don’t think this week is either, I’m thinking maybe Newark is when we’re gonna, like, kind of go, unless he totally loads up Newark too.”