AEW Double or Nothing Thread

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Originally Posted by Damian Rey 2.0 WWE is losing attendance and sales in merchandise as well as weekly tv viewers. They're not unstoppable nor are they immune to attrition. Clearly. AEW just produced an excellent ppv, got a prime time deal on an excellent network, and is creating buzz for themselves. Of course they're not going to overthrow WWE. But if tonight proved anything, it's that they can deliver a compelling, competitive product with all the production value and shine that the wwe can.

AEW put on a great show, WWE produces at least 6 great PPVs a year.
AEW got a no rights paid deal on a cable channel.
WWE got a $1 billion paid rights deal on a network.

This is not trying to bash AEW whatsoever, but WWE doesn't just go away because another wrestling company has a great show. The whole narrative is foolish.

WWE attendance was down by like $4 million the 1st quarter compared to the first quarter in 2018. They also ran 9 less shows, and has zero international shows in the first quarter of 2019.

For perspective, their new tv deal will add an additional $75 million to their quarterly income.

Even if WWE attendance went down an additional 75%, from $26 million to $6.5 million, they STILL will make $55.5 million more per quarter once the new TV contracts kick in.

Point is they are going to be making so much money that AEW having good shows every few months is almost inconsequential to WWE.

It is great for AEW and us wrestling fans, but that is not the debate point.