WWE is looking to secure a new home for Monday Night Raw next year and AEW is looking to secure a new TV rights contract. One way or another 2024 is shaping up to be an interesting year as in recent weeks it’s been reported that WWE has had talks with Warner Bros. Discovery.
Of course right now AEW programming airs on TBS and TNT which are under the Warner Bros. Discovery umbrella, but Dave Meltzer recently noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that a deal between WWE and WBD is in play.
“It’s majorly in play. Absolutely in play, yes. Look, you know that in the TV world, having number one has its value over having number two. (In terms of) cost per viewer, RAW is so much more expensive than AEW, even if AEW had a big raise, it’d still be cheaper per viewer. Also the AEW viewer is a 13% higher money earner than a WWE viewer. There’s that value too which is rarely talked about. But in the end WWE is still number one and WWE also has the ability, whether on TNT or TBS, to raise the station average (ratings).
With AEW, it’s a very successful show on Wednesday, it raises the TBS weekly average a little bit, but very little, where RAW would make a much bigger difference as far as raising the average and making the station look better in the rankings of the stations.”
Stay tuned for more updates on WWE’s negotiations with WBD as they become available.
H/T WrestleTalk.com
