>>14799401Because everything else is going down even more. Look at a rankings chart and look at how fast the demo number absolutely craters.
The reality is, both AEW and WWE occupy a very specific niche where they
1) Hold up ALMOST as well as live sports
2) Are significantly cheaper than most live sports. AEW's 200 million a year or whatever it's gonna cost is a rounding error compared to the NBA and NFL.
3) Have no offseason.
And that's valuable to TV partners.