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The WWE gives a shit about money. That's what all their business dealings are about. The only interest the WWE ever had in AEW was if it were going to pose a risk to their future dealings when it comes to TV rights fees. Then the TV show dropped, AEW chased away about half the live viewers interested in it and they got super-excited about a $45 million per year deal that has them locked in for years and years. Vince is fucking laughing. Raw and SmackDown are so far ahead in terms of viewership, demos, international penetration and basically everything, and AEW so keen to box themselves into what was basically coverage for their production costs, that Vince McMahon basically has carte blanche to do whatever he wants.
NXT was successful in doing what it was put on the USA Network to do. Monetize developmental and prevent another company for gaining weight to be able to fuck with TV rights deal negotiations in a few years time. You don't have to love the WWE to accept that. I fucking hate it, because I want something different and something good. But AEW ain't it. Vince's "Eye for an Eye" shit is staring you right in the face and winking.
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