>>12414664>>12414681Unironically, they do see them as a threat. The numbers don’t matter, for WWE’s mindset you need to stomp out the embers before it becomes a wildfire. They won’t actually acknowledge it as a threat, but they’ve gone for smaller.
Just look at the mess they made in the UK:
>Progress and ICW getting hot with the smarks as the new alternative show>send Triple H out with a contract to put both shows on the Network so it’s their property now, and then sap away all their identity>tiny website WhatCulture make an online YouTube wrestling show picking up steam?>create a weekend UK tournament and anyone who joins has to sign on to a contract that prevents them going on the show>ITV want to bring back World of Sport but are so out of touch it’s going to be a train wreck>time for NXT UK!>nobody putting up a threat anymore and we’re back to holiday park tier wrestling there?>Ok folks, time to fire everybody and shut it down, our work here is done for another decade 
