>>5456861If AEW has lost 400k (which I'm going to assume you are using the first ever episode as your figure) then Smackdown has lost 2 million viewers, since it's debut on FOX did closer to 4 million viewers.
>How is it a gotcha that WWE got a better tv deal then AEW can even dream of getting?It's almost like WWE has been around for 60+ years and been on cable TV for over 30, whereas AEW is still on its first ever TV deal, signed with absolutely ZERO name value or previous TV experience. FOX wanted 4 million viewers a week and an edgier product, what they got was 2 million viewers and the Firefly Funhouse. USA Network wanted 3 million viewers, WWE can't even scrape together 2 million regularly. Both companies wanted a majority viewer in 18-49, not a majority viewer in 50+
