AEW Collision/WBD upfronts MegaThread

[Comrade Khan]

but i also dunno their air schedules as I live in Canada lol

 

[Smart Marx]

yeah I think for the most part, they are more concentrating on getting that bag right now, all 4 of them are in negotiations for extensions

Exactly. Botb Punk and Elite are making bank, and Elite are negotiating for even more money. If either side blew their bag over this, they’d be idiots.

Deezy is right about one thing about this. It’s been way overblown. Batista and Booker T had a nasty fight backstage one time and you’d barely know it onscreen because they continued to go to work like professionals. Shit happens in combat sports.

 

[Chris]

Most likely would be because those two channels did this with WCW. They want equal programming.

But, yeah, the exemptions are a killer.

Would it get moved to Sundays?

Idk I don't remember the TNT sports schedule enough, might just be moved later in the night bc I think playoffs end a tad earlier on Saturdays and sundays than normal days

i am almost certain I read TBS but mb i am wrong. agree tho, tnt sucks , its too full of live stuff. dynamite has been way better off on tbs imo, been prempted like once last year iirc thats it

Zarian says he thinks TNT from what he's heard but feels like that wouldn't be the best move so he's questioning the source essentially without saying that explicitly lol cause he seems baffled by it

 

[Comrade Khan]

Exactly. Botb Punk and Elite are making bank, and Elite are negotiating for even more money. If either side blew their bag over this, they’d be idiots.

Deezy is right about one thing about this. It’s been way overblown. Batista and Booker T had a nasty fight backstage one time and you’d barely know it onscreen because they continued to go to work like professionals. Shit happens in combat sports.

it for sure is overblown, SRS and Meltzer get record subs when they post about Punk drama. facts.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Idk I don't remember the TNT sports schedule enough, might just be moved later in the night bc I think playoffs end a tad earlier on Saturdays and sundays than normal days



Zarian says he thinks TNT from what he's heard but feels like that wouldn't be the best move so he's questioning the source essentially without saying that explicitly lol cause he seems baffled by it

me and Zarian thinking the same way on this is nice

 

[Smart Marx]

I actually think the opposite, i dont think warner or aew want it on tnt. they have hockey and all that crap on there

It’s possible attitudes have changed, but WCW was their strongest non sports related programming so they wanted it on both networks and moved them when a sports thing needed the slots.

 

[Chris]

me and Zarian thinking the same way on this is nice

He also says that when he first heard about the Saturday show it was explained to him like it'd be a lower card show to get certain people more TV time and then all of a sudden he's hearing two hours in primetime and it being treated as another A show, so he's assuming that part is related to Punk but the show itself was always going to happen in some way

 

[Smart Marx]

it for sure is overblown, SRS and Meltzer get record subs when they post about Punk drama. facts.

Can’t blame them if it works though. I mean we’re like 10 months away from it and it’s still drives eyeballs.

 

[Comrade Khan]

It’s possible attitudes have changed, but WCW was their strongest non sports related programming so they wanted it on both networks and moved them when a sports thing needed the slots.

I think :
AEW probably does better numbers than non playoff hockey
but baskball probably does a lot better, especially this year

so i guess it depends if they play basket or hockey on saturdays or if they play any other sports. if not, tnt is fine actually.

 

[Comrade Khan]

He also says that when he first heard about the Saturday show it was explained to him like it'd be a lower card show to get certain people more TV time and then all of a sudden he's hearing two hours in primetime and it being treated as another A show, so he's assuming that part is related to Punk but the show itself was always going to happen in some way

sounds like TK is a good negotiator lol

 

[Comrade Khan]

Can’t blame them if it works though. I mean we’re like 10 months away from it and it’s still drives eyeballs.

the brawl out thread still lives and is the biggest drawing thread of all time for the section

we love this dumb shit

 

[Chris]

I think preemptions really only suck for the fans, Warner doesn't care if AEW gets a lower rating when they're moved to a new time bc a) whatever they moved them for is going to get a higher rating on AEWs slot and b) whatever time they move AEW to is still going to get a higher rating than whatever movie or show rerun they'd have played in that time

So thats a point that I could see for TNT

 

[Comrade Khan]

I think preemptions really only suck for the fans, Warner doesn't care if AEW gets a lower rating when they're moved to a new time bc a) whatever they moved them for is going to get a higher rating on AEWs slot and b) whatever time they move AEW to is still going to get a higher rating than whatever movie or show rerun they'd have played in that time

So thats a point that I could see for TNT

yeah that is pretty fair actually

 

[Smart Marx]

sounds like TK is a good negotiator lol

Criticize his booking if you want, but no one can deny this man’s ability to negotiate.

It took TNA 5 years to get on tv and it was a terrible Saturday one-hour at 11 pm slot.

Tony now has two prime time slots and one one hour 10 pm slot and gets the bag on PPV.

 

[Comrade Khan]

I am more worried about UFC and WWE trying to stick as many events on saturdays now lol