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AEW down 28% in key demo year over year, despite all the out-of-ring buzz. As a WWE fan, I was hoping Khan would side with Punk so the Bucks could jump to the big leagues. But the company is flailing either way. Punk has always been an overrated cancer and now he is even less athletic than...

If Manny's "wins" were judged by Tony Khan's standards, we'd be 5-1. More people watch WWE and they make more money. Where is AEW winning?

This is about where AEW was before Punk debuted. For comparison:

Things look to have stabilized a bit after AEW cashed their chips. Despite competition from football, Raw beat AEW last two weeks in demo (including loaded Grand Slam show) and continues to win easily overall. In general, the numbers for Smackdown/Raw/Dynamite are strong now that fans are back...

Totally agree, that was the best show in two years. Those dudes are real professional wrestlers. You can suspend disbelief when they kick someone’s ***. Edge v. Seth Rollins was good, too. And Bianca Belair is both fine as **** and more physically talented than UM’s linebacker corps.

I said that post-PPV show would be a big demo number for AEW, especially compared to RAW on a holiday. Punk popped a similarly big number on Dynamite after his debut and then it dropped. The key for AEW is the next step. They've cashed in their biggest chips. Maybe they add a Kevin Owens or...

So every time a business sells off a product for an obscene amount of money, it's a failure? Think about what you're saying. The esteemed and unbiased world of "wrestling media." Why is WWE's stock still outperforming the S&P 500 and making so much money? These guys have been sounding the fake...

That's not what Khan said at all. He said it was time for WWE to get out of the streaming business because they aren't a tech company and it wasn't worth it to keep up technologically with the big streaming players. Then he bragged about signing a ONE BILLION dollar deal for professional...

That's like saying that wrestling was at its peak with Gorgeous George when there were 2 channels. RAW and Smackdown are still beating the nightly competition, which is why the WWE landed those monster rights deals. They were ahead of the curve on streaming and sold the library for a cool...

It reminds me of a place you and I used to know well, the WEZ. The growth is exponential early because you get consumers who are dissatisfied and want things the other company/website isn't providing. But it peters out quick because it's a limited market. The difference between WWE and Scout is...

I live with two hardcore fans who aren't smarks. They're my kids. They made me turn off the Lucha Bros/Bucks because "they're too small" and "they aren't tough." They wanted Peacock clips of guys like Reigns, Kane and Goldberg. Vince understands that mindset. When I went to Raw yesterday (6500...

You need to step out the smark bubble for a second. Who do you think spends the time to post a Cagematch review? Look at the PPVs you listed. NXT and ROH are very popular with a limited demographic, but the average person who likes/liked wrestling knows nothing about those "all-time great" shows...

Or the extreme element. Brandi Rhodes opened the first PPV with a promo about inclusion. At the old FTL War Memorial shows, we would've been chanting something much different at her.

This is a cult.

AEW has the undersized bearded white guy demo covered.

AEW has goofy stuff, too. Kenny got over by wrestling a little girl. Orange Cassidy’s whole style is a joke. It’s not exactly 80s NWA and that’s OK. Vince still has the best track record of making stars. Lately he’s been making movie stars. I don’t think stars are the problem. Roman is peaking...

I was at that show. I actually like AEW. But when you see the two shows up close, you can tell the physical difference between well-trained, D1 level athletes and modern Indy dudes.

Yet they are running multiple stadium shows a year and breaking records on social media. When was the last time any wrestling promotion was running multiple stadiums a year? All the old shoot interview cliches ("selling tickets, drawing money") can't be used against WWE because they are doing...

If the 18-49 demo was all that mattered, WWE would be booking Sasha Banks in evening-gown matches. They switched gears because they realize that a wider audience is more lucrative. That's why they're printing money and filling arenas every night. Come on man. I've been to two Dynamites and...

And then the next day, WWE had a main event with real athletes and professional wrestlers in front of 44k as part of a billion-dollar Peacock deal. AEW is a fun show but they have too many goofs. There is a dramatic talent gap. Too many of their top wrestlers are not credible. They are more...