>5 years in and AEW still fails at making money
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>5 years in and AEW still fails at making money
>5 years in and AEW still fails at making money
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>they are number 2 though
a distant two, we'll never see the likes of a WCW tier juggernaut competitor again
>they’ve turned profits many months
The lines of cope are getting ever weaker
who cares they're putting on weekly bangers for people who like wrestling
>who cares
You will when Crynamite gets cancelled
yeah, I wonder
poop dick wrestling maybe
so tony khan has no worries about over spending? it's over.
AEW is declining in popularity?
afraid so
tesla would also be losing insane amounts of money if it wasn't for government subsidies
you do know how investment works right? I guess not
I can't wait for the Pakistani government to subsidize AEW
It already does. Shad owes his entire fortune to it.
Rating success by rankings is moronic. What's so great about being #2 when you've never made a cent of profit?
Cable TV is a dying medium and all those other entertainment shows he's so proud of AEW beating are replays of shows made for streaming services. And those shows are designed to be watched on demand at anytime for years unlike pro wrestling. No one rewatches old episodes of pro wrestling.
Of course he has his ppv cope since he's the only one who "knows" his numbers and of course he has no verifiable sources for his claims that anyone can follow up to see if they're legit or not.
WWE is still the only company that makes any money in wrestling and before trannies cry about caring about profits you have to remember profits come from fans buying tickets and watching WWE shows
lol right. Constantly strutting about MUH NON SPORTS #1 CABLE is like AM radio operators bragging about their antiquated radio dramas having the same ranking. AEW has absolutely zero competition and is still somehow losing demo share.
What's the point in making profits when your show is unwatchable slop that embarrasses anyone willing to sit through it
Exactly. Being number 2 means jack shit when you're heavily in the red with absolutely no signs of turning it around. Everything Tony does to gain more viewers, attendance, what have you, blows up in his face. And he's spending more and more.
AEW probably isn't even number 2 in being profitable. They literally don't profit.
AEW is the #1 indy in the world
it's not hard to be number 2 if you have money. tna was number 2 by default for all of the 2000s purely because they had a little bit of a budget compared to indies. it's not like it's the 90s where there are 2 big companies and a less bigger one like ecw. being number 2 was the absolute minimum anyone expected from aew
How is he wrong though? Like, yeah you're right that AEW isn't turning a profit but that literally doesn't matter to Tony because he has other sources of income (his daddy). So when you take out the "profit" aspect of it, AEW is indeed the 2nd ranked promotion of the world. What else can be number 2? New Japoo? Kek.
Because AEW sucks balls, that is why. Dave only loves them because they push his favorites like Will Assplay and Kenny Homomega.
>attendance is second most of any wrestling company
While true, how big is the gap? If I raced Usain Bolt 1v1, I would come in second place in a race with an Olympian, but by what margin?
Declining in popularity assumes there is a high q rating for AEW in the first place. Were squabbling over the difference between 2.5-4% of the population having any idea it exists.
>They've turned profits many months but overall likely have not
Wow, what a nothing statement holy FRICK is he desperate lmfao, "likely" lol we already know what's up.
>Turned profits many months
Guessing those arr months Cody and Punk were still there. They run shows at a loss now and merch sales are in the toilet so where would this money be coming from?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does
It was never meant to be good
>Describes 1999 WCW
>2nd most when there's barely any competition
that's like being 2nd place in a race against sonic the hedgehog when the other runners have limps or outright broken legs
Nobody has explained to me how it’s remotely possible that aew somehow sells 100k+ ppv buys each show
It doesn't. The numbers given by Dave and company are completely fabricated. DAZN ended their 3 year contract with AEW after 1 year. They cited minimal PPV demand as the reason for terminating the deal.
who is feeding those numbers to the press however
is it a legit accounting or is someone just saying that's what the numbers are
There has never been any kind of audit of those numbers. In fact, available evidence suggests that AEW's buyrates are next to nothing.
https://www.ringsidenews.com/2024/04/29/dazn-cancels-aew-content-after-just-one-year-due-to-underperformance/
>The reason DAZN dropped AEW was because except for All In, the PPV numbers were below expectations and not enough people were watching (except for select episodes and the first month of Collision) where AEW was available internationally so DAZN ended the deal early.
They ended a 3 year contract after 1. No one watches AEW.
>the first month of Collision
lol. signing Punk really was Tony's last chance at relevance.
Because people watch on FITE, not DAZN.
They aren't watching there either
Tony telling Dave the numbers
That’s all it is
>Dave tweets out before every show that the over/under will be X
>Tony says in the press conference that the guys were X plus 10%
>Dave marvels at how strong their PPV business is
Just trust Tony bro it’s legit
Because AEW PPV is the only worth watching than AEW weekly shows.
>AEW PPVs
>worth watching
Anyone can watch the same indistinct move spam bullshit for free
100k+ PPVs isn't all that much. The 200k range is considered disastrous for the UFC
>pays out the ass up front to become #2 competitor
>company doesn't profit after 5 years
this is a failure
>Every company declines in popularity
But Dave, the E and other companies have been around for decades. AEW is only 5 years old and already going off a cliff! Not good.
>Declining in popularity
Kek. AEW is hemorrhaging hundreds of thousands of viewers and their attendance is cratering. I can't even imagine the PPV are doing well. Declining popularity is an understatement.
>can't get people to watch the shows FOR FREE
>somehow gets nice ppv numbers
kek what absurd blasphemy
>attendance is second most
>overall they are the no 2 promotion
kek anything he can't defend he gives a bullshit answer to
Isn't Raw on? Don't you have your own show to watch? Or is it so uninteresting that you'd rather spend a Monday night seething over AEW
thread was made before RAW, dumbass
And all of the replies over the last 2 and a half hours since?
Womens matches exist for a reason you loony trron.
>gets canceled by DAZN 1 year into a 3 year contract because of no PPV buys
lol
>Fans in the DAZN market choose to use Fite instead because it's cheaper and a better streaming platform
DAZN screwed DAZN
AEWtists tried to blame DAZN for lack of marketing budget. You gays also claim that AEW is popular enough on its own to sell PPVs no matter what. You're not a quantum computer, (You) dumb troony.
The frick kind of schizo rambling even is this. Was Raw that shit tonight? The dronies are having meltdowns left and right
>Muelhausen highlighted that DAZN allocated less than 5% of its budget for boxing and MMA to promote AEW, which limited the exposure and growth potential of the wrestling content. Muelhausen described the situation as a missed opportunity, stating that wrestling “had a real shot” at DAZN but ultimately “never got the opportunity it deserved.”
cope
Show me a company that made money in the first five years. You legitimately can't other than freak instances.
But the thing is other companies are on their WAY to being able to turn a profit,
AEW is objectively getting lower and lower in every metric YOY
AEW was gifted a $250 million contract before one TV airing. You'd have to be a complete moron to not profit off of that.
E-drones are too dumb to discuss this with seriously, we need to just start no selling them. It's like talking to children.
I don't remember Dave this passionately defending TNA. At least they're number 2!
TNA didn't have as many people hysterically threatened by them to the point of lying about everything they do constantly
Dave and Bryan were doing that themselves to TNA
People shit on TNA all the fricking time back then zoom zoom, lmao. Probably not as bad as AEW but AEW is objectively way more embarrassing and cringeworthy than TNA.
not trying to make money, its not a business