My dad is a 62 year old lifelong wrestling fan and still watches Raw most weeks. But by "watches" I mean he throws it on in the background out of habit while he's sitting back on his recliner doing something else on his laptop.
That's not very much wrasslin' for a 3 hour show. Might as well cut the whole roster, they're obviously not using most of it. That said, if AEW rolled out Omega v Fenix every week for a first to 7 out of 13 showdown, I'd be down.
Habit, that's been going on for decades. To many, WWE is wrestling. I'm 43, so not in that 50+ group yet, but I watched WWE for about a decade while I was no longer enjoying it before I finally quit. I had watched WWE/F since around the time of Wrestlemania 3, it was basically what I had done my entire life. I knew it had sucked for a long time, and I mostly just had it on in the background , but having Raw on my TV Monday night was simply what I was supposed to do because I always did it.
Lol that's the logic I have been using when it comes to WWE but of things continue, maybe it will change going forward. We shall see, all depends on how both shows are doing when it comes to contract renewal time.
USA will still push for Raw and probably has first refusal, like the last renewal. I'm not so sure if Fox will be happy with Smackdown. The key demo has been strong recently but I can't see it going any direction but down, so will be interesting to see what the situation is this time next year.
Considering AEW would have been profitable in year 2 (of not for the games division investment), I can only imagine how profitable they will be on e they get their new TV deal since they could easily double it if not more.
Yeah the opening match was super sloppy of AEW standards. I imagine the heat had something to do with it.
