Big Red Machine wrote: ↑Mar 8th, '22, 19:11

cero2k wrote: ↑Mar 8th, '22, 11:41 I think it actually does "diminish" the accomplishment (at least in the literal sense). If others have managed it when adjusted for inflation, then doing that means that AEW is "merely" a strong, established brand that will have to take some major screw-ups by management in order to fail (rather than just "bad luck" or being "too far ahead of its time"), but that it's not some particularly unique accomplishment.

You're comparing two completely different eras of wrestling, WCW existed during a time that wrestling was a HUGE household thing, where there was no internet PPV, it's an unfair comparison. I can even say that it was unfair comparison for WCW too because they couldn't sell tickets online.

Even if you don't want to acknowledge their accomplishment, the idea that there are financial concerns is completely unsupported. Don't get worried until we know that Warner doesn't want them on their network anymore, not because they bought comatose promotion for an amount that we don't even know how much it was.

cero2k wrote: ↑Mar 8th, '22, 19:42

Big Red Machine wrote: ↑Mar 8th, '22, 19:11

cero2k wrote: ↑Mar 8th, '22, 11:41 I think it actually does "diminish" the accomplishment (at least in the literal sense). If others have managed it when adjusted for inflation, then doing that means that AEW is "merely" a strong, established brand that will have to take some major screw-ups by management in order to fail (rather than just "bad luck" or being "too far ahead of its time"), but that it's not some particularly unique accomplishment.

You're comparing two completely different eras of wrestling, WCW existed during a time that wrestling was a HUGE household thing, where there was no internet PPV, it's an unfair comparison. I can even say that it was unfair comparison for WCW too because they couldn't sell tickets online.

Even if you don't want to acknowledge their accomplishment, the idea that there are financial concerns is completely unsupported. Don't get worried until we know that Warner doesn't want them on their network anymore, not because they bought comatose promotion for an amount that we don't even know how much it was.