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>"Any other show in television that did not increase their ratings over four years would be gone," Russo said. "They would be gone. I'm gonna go back to my original theory — there's no question in my mind that Tony Khan is paying for TV time. The dude's a billionaire, he wants these shows on the network, he's going to the network and saying, 'What do you guys think you can make through advertising, etc.? Ok, no problem, I'll double it.'"
>Russo added that no TV station would retain two shows that average less than 500,000 viewers a week — "AEW Collision" and "AEW Rampage" — if not for an underhanded deal. Ross believesFOX and WWE parting ways on a "WWE SmackDown" extensionis proof of his theory, seeing as FOX reportedly expected WWE to average over 3.5 million viewers a week, a number that the show rarely ever hit.
>"There's no way they [WBD] are happy with the numbers AEW gets," Russo concluded.In fairness to AEW, last week's episode of "Collision"hit a two-month high in the ratingsand was watched by an average of562,000 viewers. Yet, the viewership has surpassed the 500,000 mark on only two occasions since July 29 — a trend that Russo believes does not bode well for the company.
>Russo added that no TV station would retain two shows that average less than 500,000 viewers a week — "AEW Collision" and "AEW Rampage" — if not for an underhanded deal. Ross believesFOX and WWE parting ways on a "WWE SmackDown" extensionis proof of his theory, seeing as FOX reportedly expected WWE to average over 3.5 million viewers a week, a number that the show rarely ever hit.
>"There's no way they [WBD] are happy with the numbers AEW gets," Russo concluded.In fairness to AEW, last week's episode of "Collision"hit a two-month high in the ratingsand was watched by an average of562,000 viewers. Yet, the viewership has surpassed the 500,000 mark on only two occasions since July 29 — a trend that Russo believes does not bode well for the company.
