Got around to watching Cornette's video on the network acquisition and he hits the nail on the head imo
They've gotten to a point now where the talent doesn't matter, the WWE will make money no matter what (which has been the case). The flip side is the product will remain terrible because the talent doesn't matter anymore, they don't have any incentive to ever improve now. There will never be anymore Rocks, Austins, HBKs, or even Cenas developed.
Cornette said his royalty checks were already small. Now since the rights have been sold & are offered to the public for even less than WWE initially offered, nobody except the McMahon's are seeing any coin period. The library will live on forever and generate money while the wrestlers & their families won't get a penny from helping create it.