>>19519105Pretty much this.
2024: AEW hit a major lull while Tony was shopping the product around looking for deals. The PPVs were good but everything else felt stagnant. Meanwhile WWE was white hot and had gotten a lot of goodwill with fans.
2025: AEW's PPVs still don't miss, they're doing great things with in-ring product, story-telling, and you don't have to break the bank to take the family to a show. Meanwhile WWE's product is stale af, pricing their fanbase out of shows, and putting profits over literally everything else.