Take away the college football games as an excuse and Smackdown is still getting very close to losing their advantage in the key demo group for FOX.
Its already been struggling to stay ahead of the viewership minimum FOX wants for the show and lost the 1.0+ weekly average needed for FOX to break even in ad revenues due to the lower ad rates.
If there is one thing that can be proven without a doubt is AEW's arrival on TV hasn't led to WWE bothering to improve their main roster shows in terms of quality. They are way too content in just letting NXT handle that issue and blow through the brand's good will in order to beat AEW.
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