AEW Cracked The Code Of How To Compete With The WWE In The 21st Century

[Bryan Danielson]

My point is that if those companies had almost a million people watching them like AEW, yeah more people would point out goofy shyt just like they do with AEW & WWE. It ain't got fukk all to do with taking spotlight from WWE, it's just having a more visable product is going to lead to more reactions to that product & some of them might just be negative.

Everybody here shyts on parts about or stuff happening in WWE all the time. People usually aren't being weirdos about it though to try & argue the points just because of the logo. It's like saying the AEW womens division is pretty bad because they have terrible depth when it comes to women who are good, & then having someone take the stance of bringing up how many more women they have signed than WWE has on Raw or SmackDown. They could have 60 women signed but if only 5 of them are any good what difference does it make how many they have signed?

Maybe.... but I just have to fall back to the history of say the last 10 years. And that trend says otherwise.

I do think people will argue shyt just because of the logo so I respectfully disagree based off what I witnessed the past few years.

Like all the love Adam Cole is getting now, I literally remember when he was in ROH and in that fued with Lethal he was getting shytted on, I remember people clowning the infamous Super Kick party and him becoming champ but now some of those same folks proclaiming him to be the best wrestler last year and future big time champ. And he’s essentially the same thing he’s always been before he signed to the E. That to me is weird.

I will admit it would be more productive if more people had honest real discussions like you and I having and I can’t front, this shyt here is pleasaint with me hearing your point and then I state whatever my counter point. But some niccas just fiend for the confrontation and fukkery..... and some of us are like “fukk it, let’s go”

 

[krackdagawd]

WWE Defenders Of The Universe continue to make themselves look BAD

50+ age group acting up again

 

[VegetasHairline]

It is done in RAW and Smackdown threads though so the disrespect is very much so a two way street.

An AEW fan was just in the SD thread laughing that AEW's thread had more posts.

I made that post. It was just a simple observation. That's all. I watch WWE and AEW. I'll praise both and call out both.

 

[Rell84shots]

NXT isn't the WWE's flagship, but still.
also, I think AEW's ratings would be higher going up against raw or smackdown. im not saying that they would defeat those shows just yet, but they wouldn't have to split their audience like they do with NXT.

So much of this doesn't make any sense. You actually think more people would watch them going against the bigger shows? If they can only manage 900k against NXT that manages 700k, then they're not going to increase that by going against shows that average over 2mil. Also they're not splitting the fans at all, and I'd put money on AEW maintaining the same ratings if NXT went back to the network. There is no wrestling war, and the ratings those shows are getting makes it more like a Wednesday night pillow fight.

 

[Barnett141]

If any of these other companies had national TV with any type of reach like AEW has people would crack jokes about them too, getting worked up over it is the part I don't get. Are these places supposed to be above anybody saying something about them just because their on national TV?

None of these other companies are "competition" or "a threat" to WWE, that shyt is too big to fail without it being it's own doing. People crack jokes because they get a reaction from people who can't take AEW getting any slight criticism just because they have a different logo than WWE. You could always ignore it but since people would rather post that Simpsons gif anybody has a negative opinion about something since you can't watch something & think parts of it are bad.

lol at bytching about the Simpsons gif.

Who's big time mad now huh?

That simpsons gif wouldn't be used so much if you fakkits stopped hating on a company that challenges Massa Vince and his company.

Hopefully the gif keeps getting used until you quit this section you pathetic crybaby.

 

[DoubleJ13]

lol at bytching about the Simpsons gif.

Who's big time mad now huh?

That simpsons gif wouldn't be used so much if you fakkits stopped hating on a company that challenges Massa Vince and his company.

Hopefully the gif keeps getting used until you quit this section you pathetic crybaby.

I don't give a fukk about that gif being posted. I just think it's a stupid response for the reason stated.

Also please do me a favor & go fukk yourself in the mouth with a taser you fukking weirdo

 

[Barnett141]

I don't give a fukk about that gif being posted. I just think it's a stupid response for the reason stated.

Also please do me a favor & go fukk yourself in the mouth with a taser you fukking weirdo

*Says he doesn't care about the Simpsons gif*

*Proceeds to bytch about the Simpsons gif*

 

[darryl]

WCW is the closet federation you'll ever see being a threat to WWE. AEW will Never be a threat or overtake wwe. That company is just too big at this point and wrestling just ain't popping like that anymore. Aew is doing good for themselves, but you'll never see the Monday night wars again Wrestling just dont got that juice anymore unfortunately

 

[Wacky D]

When Raw does 2.5 Million, it’s a record low


AEW is doing a consistent 800k


Who are you lying to, besides yourself?


But with that said, AEW’s success shouldn’t be gauged on their numbers against Raw. Raw is expected to win.. As long as AEW is doing its thing, growing at its own rate and putting out a product that keeps TNT happy, it’s a win.

Im pretty sure raw fell to like a 1.9 recently.
I know for sure that they've been doing less than 2.5

which aint far off from what AEW would be doing if they didn't have to split the base with NXT.

 

[Wacky D]

So much of this doesn't make any sense. You actually think more people would watch them going against the bigger shows? If they can only manage 900k against NXT that manages 700k, then they're not going to increase that by going against shows that average over 2mil. Also they're not splitting the fans at all, and I'd put money on AEW maintaining the same ratings if NXT went back to the network. There is no wrestling war, and the ratings those shows are getting makes it more like a Wednesday night pillow fight.

it makes lots of sense.

NXT & AEW are similar products that differ from Raw & smackdown.
just because theyre all wrestling shows, it doesn't mean that they attract the same audiences. for example, raw & smackdown don't even cross my mind when theyre on TV. I tend to forget that theyre even on. meanwhile, I usually plan my Wednesday nights around AEW/NXT.

the WWE knows this and the reason theyre on board so hard with NXT lately is because they know that it neutralizes AEW.

AEW could co-exist better with a raw or smackdown on the same night. they wouldn't win the ratings war over them at this point, but they would be doing 1.5s at least. NXT would be doing similar numbers un-contested as well.

same way nitro co-existed with raw from day one. first episode did a 2.5 un-contested. next week in the first head-to-head with raw, they only dropped 0.1 in ratings to a 2.4 while raw did a 2.5. also, look at those numbers. neither show was doing 5.3s in ratings. those numbers are similar to what we are seeing right now.

only reason to pull back, is if AEW were to move to a Monday or Friday slot, the WWE would be making crazy lop-sided roster moves to stack the deck.

 

[Wacky D]

WCW is the closet federation you'll ever see being a threat to WWE. AEW will Never be a threat or overtake wwe. That company is just too big at this point and wrestling just ain't popping like that anymore. Aew is doing good for themselves, but you'll never see the Monday night wars again Wrestling just dont got that juice anymore unfortunately

everything comes around full circle.

wrestling has seen less popular days than this.
and on the flipside, wrestling has seen bigger days than the Monday night wars era.

as for the idea of no company ever being bigger than the WWE again, I bet that's what people thought of the NWA, who had a much stronger stranglehold on the industry than what the WWE supposedly has now.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

I really don’t get they whole “wrestling isn’t as popular now as it was 20 years ago” thing.


I feel like that statement is grossly false and the complete opposite. I don’t think wrestling has ever been this popular or as popular as it’s been the say the last 3-4 years.

Think about it back there there was only really 2 companies (WWF and WCW) so of course they kinda held the main spotlight but even ECW got some shine and there wasn’t even social media

But with the help of SM they world shrinks drastically

Now we have like 7 or more companies all getting they share of attention and promotion and at times all hold or held the spotlight at one moment or another.

Most of these companies people can easily name 3-5 guys off the rosters with ease

When has the business ever been like this before?

 

[Wacky D]

Think about it back there there was only really 2 companies (WWF and WCW) so of course they kinda held the main spotlight but even ECW got some shine and there wasn’t even social media

But with the help of SM they world shrinks drastically

Now we have like 7 or more companies all getting they share of attention and promotion and at times all hold or held the spotlight at one moment or another.

Most of these companies people can easily name 3-5 guys off the rosters with ease

When has the business ever been like this before?

yep

the closest example I can think of post-80s, is the early '90s thread I made, where we had GWF, USWA, SMW, IWCCW, UWF, etc

 

[Playaz Eyez]

I really don’t get they whole “wrestling isn’t as popular now as it was 20 years ago” thing.


I feel like that statement is grossly false and the complete opposite. I don’t think wrestling has ever been this popular or as popular as it’s been the say the last 3-4 years.

Think about it back there there was only really 2 companies (WWF and WCW) so of course they kinda held the main spotlight but even ECW got some shine and there wasn’t even social media

But with the help of SM they world shrinks drastically

Now we have like 7 or more companies all getting they share of attention and promotion and at times all hold or held the spotlight at one moment or another.

Most of these companies people can easily name 3-5 guys off the rosters with ease

When has the business ever been like this before?

Yep, awareness of a lot of companies is pretty big now.