WWE-AAA Worlds Collide Sets Record For Live Streaming Broadcast On YouTube

WWE says its Worlds Collide crossover event shattered a company record for live-streaming on YouTube.
WWE and AAA presented Worlds Collide in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon. The event featured El Hijo del Vikingo defending the AAA Mega Championship against Chad Gable, as well as Ethan Page putting up his NXT North American Championship in a four-way match.
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On Monday, the company claimed that the event set a record for the 'largest live audience in company history for a YouTube broadcast.' According to the promotion, the event peaked at 764,389 live concurrent viewers across the WWE and WWE Espańol YouTube channels. The figure was observed during the main event between El Hijo del Vikingo and Chad Gable.
In addition, the event was also:
Watched by more than 4.1 million viewers on YouTube in the first 24 hours.
The No. 1 trending topic globally on Saturday on Twitter/X
Generated more than 32 million social views across all platforms in the first 24 hours
Worlds Collide can be watched back on WWE's YouTube channel, with Spanish commentary here. Catch up on full results from the event here. This weekend also featured the 2025 edition of Money In The Bank, capped off by R-Truth's surprise return to WWE. Check out everything that went down at Money In The Bank here.
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