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But Dave believes is that there is no demand for adding hours of wrestling content and wrestling fans have as many hours now and can’t watch all of them, which is a reason Rampage numbers are sliding.
>In the recent Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave reported that Kathleen Finch, the Chairwoman and Chief Content Officer for WBD made what sounds like a major vote of confidence for AEW in a Hollywood Reporter interview. She said they are looking at doing 4,000 hours of original content for their U.S. Networks and are looking for new scripted series’ for TBS and TNT, as well a new sports franchise that would work on those stations. She said, “We really play in the sports space. One of the things that we’re doing around sports is creating shoulder programming to hold onto those fans. AEW pulls huge numbers, so we are working with the wrestling team to figure out what new kind of content can we build that’s not in a wrestling ring.”
>As noted before, WBD had been filming a reality show with AEW couples to fill the slot of “Rhodes to the Top.” Tony Khan is also pitching ROH as a separate show and All Elite Women as a separate show. But Dave believes that there is no demand for adding hours of wrestling content and wrestling fans have as many hours now and can’t watch all of them, which is a reason Rampage numbers are sliding because of the major shows, it’s the most “can miss” because of lesser star power. But he added that Rampage is still top five in its time slot on cable most weeks and WBD alone has 30 stations.
>In the recent Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave reported that Kathleen Finch, the Chairwoman and Chief Content Officer for WBD made what sounds like a major vote of confidence for AEW in a Hollywood Reporter interview. She said they are looking at doing 4,000 hours of original content for their U.S. Networks and are looking for new scripted series’ for TBS and TNT, as well a new sports franchise that would work on those stations. She said, “We really play in the sports space. One of the things that we’re doing around sports is creating shoulder programming to hold onto those fans. AEW pulls huge numbers, so we are working with the wrestling team to figure out what new kind of content can we build that’s not in a wrestling ring.”
>As noted before, WBD had been filming a reality show with AEW couples to fill the slot of “Rhodes to the Top.” Tony Khan is also pitching ROH as a separate show and All Elite Women as a separate show. But Dave believes that there is no demand for adding hours of wrestling content and wrestling fans have as many hours now and can’t watch all of them, which is a reason Rampage numbers are sliding because of the major shows, it’s the most “can miss” because of lesser star power. But he added that Rampage is still top five in its time slot on cable most weeks and WBD alone has 30 stations.
