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[Immortal Weapon]

AEW is paying to be on TNT apparently

Those rumors were debunked a while ago.

[Gryphon]

Those rumors were debunked a while ago.

Apparently the debunking wasn't true

[Kal-El Summers]

Ted Turner has wanted pro wrestling back for a number of years. He's stated as much that he was angry that WCW was sold out . That he really didn't seem to realize by the mergers etc he would lose the company.

Having a billionaire owner behind AEW makes the deal easier. Hopefully this works and the company can do well. I know people will say NOOO...NOOO to this. But I'd bring in Eric Bischoff as an advisor for the live TV show aspect. Don't put Bischoff in charge or anything. Just bring him in as a consultant role and advise on putting a live weekly TV product on. Because has the experience doing that and how it worked.

If Tony Khan runs AEW like he does Fulham, it may turn into one hell of a shitshow. If Shad is more hands-on like he is with the Jags, then maybe they have a chance.

[steve2275]

roh Saturday night episode #399 with ian riccaboni and caprice coleman war of the worlds weekend 2019
match 1
shinoby shadow squad members ryan nova and cheeseburger (298lbs) vs coast to coast vs the bouncers (728 lbs)
Kenny king talks cosplay lanny pofo (about jay lethal)
match 2
flex? vs josh (the goods woods)
mmm mcquinn McKay talks to josh
main even shane taylor (338 lbs) vs bandido (183 lbs)

its the soldiers of savagery https://411mania.com/wrestling/roh-s...s-of-savagery/

[BigLbo]

in some sad news, famous luchadore silver king has passed away.

fuuuk. he was so underrated. he had a hell of a run in AJPW 2005ish, culminating in this awesome title match

[BigLbo]

jack swagger turned heel in bellator(mma). he held his choke long after the guy tapped and when he was getting booed in the post match interview he said he was "rock hard with emotion" and that he had a "boner"

LOL


man i would love to see swagger go back to wrestling and team with matt riddle someday. SwagBros.

[XPac]

Those rumors were debunked a while ago.

Honestly I would guess whatever network they land on AEW would have to pay rather than the other way around because AEW isn't a proven comnidity and wrestling isn't that hot at the moment.

[Immortal Weapon]

Apparently the debunking wasn't true

I haven't seen anything that disputes it. Some guys believing they have to pay for airtime because they are an unproven commodity.

[BigLbo]

Honestly I would guess whatever network they land on AEW would have to pay rather than the other way around because AEW isn't a proven comnidity and wrestling isn't that hot at the moment.

networks need content, why would somebody pay them to fulfill their needs??

I haven't seen anything that disputes it. Some guys believing they have to pay for airtime because they are an unproven commodity.

triple debunkture!!!!

[XPac]

networks need content, why would somebody pay them to fulfill their needs??



triple debunkture!!!!

Networks at times do charge a wrestling promotion to be on their programing because in many cases they can. A lot of the time the wrestling promotion needs network exposure more than the network needs wrestling programing. It'll especially be important for AEW as their business model pays the wrestlers well plus benefits while running less shows. So they NEED to get on tv.

But AEW does have a lot of buzz, so perhaps they will be lucky enough to land a favorable tv deal. Fingers crossed.

[master of read]

fuuuk. he was so underrated. he had a hell of a run in AJPW 2005ish, culminating in this awesome title match

silver king was one of my dudes from WCW. my heart is shattered.

[BigLbo]

Networks at times do charge a wrestling promotion to be on their programing because in many cases they can. A lot of the time the wrestling promotion needs network exposure more than the network needs wrestling programing. It'll especially be important for AEW as their business model pays the wrestlers well plus benefits while running less shows. So they NEED to get on tv.

But AEW does have a lot of buzz, so perhaps they will be lucky enough to land a favorable tv deal. Fingers crossed.

xamples of when this worked??

and they don't NEED to get on TV if it costs them money rather than earns them money.

[XPac]

xamples of when this worked??

and they don't NEED to get on TV if it costs them money rather than earns them money.

Examples of when the wresting promotions needed networks more than the networks needed the wrestling promotion? WCW and ECW. They flat out folded without it. A small indy promotion can theoretically exist without any sort of national platform but if you're talking about an organization that's paying their talent millions of dollars TV is necessary. Which means they don't necessarily have a whole lot of leverage when negotiating with networks. When wrestling is hot or the promotion has a proven track record, it can go a long way towards getting them better TV deals, but neither of those scenarios are true at the moment.

That's the precarious position AEW potentially is in right now. They're paying millions for talent in addition to paying for benefits and medical while at the same time running less shows. In order to be a viable business model they NEED to get a very very good TV deal to make up for that. Which they might be able to do. We'll see.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Networks at times do charge a wrestling promotion to be on their programing because in many cases they can. A lot of the time the wrestling promotion needs network exposure more than the network needs wrestling programing. It'll especially be important for AEW as their business model pays the wrestlers well plus benefits while running less shows. So they NEED to get on tv.

But AEW does have a lot of buzz, so perhaps they will be lucky enough to land a favorable tv deal. Fingers crossed.

xamples of when this worked??

and they don't NEED to get on TV if it costs them money rather than earns them money.

It worked for TNA if we remember. TNA was moving from the weekly PPV concept and rolled the dice going to air on FSN back in 2004. They paid for that year on that network basically much to everyone laughing. But it led Spike TV to sign Impact to air the next year after they saw the program. The deal was one they had to prove they were a viable company that was gonna be around and it worked as we saw.

Meltzer and others in April are disputing that AEW is paying to air though.

https://411mania.com/wrestling/detai...g-for-tv-time/


So we shall see. Also TV helps a company for exposure. AEW has already done a big PPV and if they can roll out 4 of them in a year and run small shows card wise that won't lose money then they could have something here.

[XPac]

It worked for TNA if we remember. TNA was moving from the weekly PPV concept and rolled the dice going to air on FSN back in 2004. They paid for that year on that network basically much to everyone laughing. But it led Spike TV to sign Impact to air the next year after they saw the program. The deal was one they had to prove they were a viable company that was gonna be around and it worked as we saw.

Meltzer and others in April are disputing that AEW is paying to air though.

https://411mania.com/wrestling/detai...g-for-tv-time/


So we shall see. Also TV helps a company for exposure. AEW has already done a big PPV and if they can roll out 4 of them in a year and run small shows card wise that won't lose money then they could have something here.

At this point, paying to air is better than nothing. I won't help them thrive, but it'll at least help AEW survive. If they can generate numbers, they can negotiate a better deal down the line. TnA/Impact to it's credit is still around.

But obviously best case scenario would be if they can get a network to pay for them. It's ultimately what they need given their costs for talent and benefits are likely going to be very high given their business model. I think they are banking on that at least down the line. They have talent and are generating a nice buzz, so hopefully people will take a chance on them.