Anthem thinks they're worth investing in, but whatever money they're bringing in must be razor thin margins because they urgently want to make a big boost of incoming revenue/profit
They fired Scott because they thought he was a cheap wrestling guy who was holding it back. He was. All the backstage crew were his buddies. John E Bravo? Santino?
Dreamer? Delirious? This is your brain trust? The TV product looked low rent, like a super indy with a local tv deal. He openly encouraged talents to use it as a stable pitstop on the way to getting a bigger deal elsewhere.
He booked consistently; he didn't have the trainwreck mindset of Russo or a drunk Jarrett or lawsuit headache like Don Callis. Paydays were always on time. Talent was treated with respect and allowed to pitch ideas. All good things that should be maintained... but not enough to grow a wrestling company on an international level.
Since he's been gone, they've swinging for the fences on venues, bigger arenas within the borders of a major metropolitan city. They're throwing money at the stage designs with lights and lasers and LED screens. They're working with Endeavor to improve their streaming site. They're toying around with the idea of going live every week from a set venue, basically running the NXT model.
They brought in one of the Fight Network documentarians to take over filming backstage vignettes. The creative is being run by an Anthem entertainment exec.
Seems like they're willing to settle into the role of USWA/ECW to WWF, the stable, locally drawing territory where "New York" can send talents to work out the kinks.
There's no carny wrestling fuck ups with too much power behind the scenes. All that can go wrong is your typical boring corporate bullshit.
