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The ratings may not be as high but they are far more important now than back in the Monday Night Wars era because the media rights money is leaps and bounds the biggest source of revenue in sports and TV wrestling.I agree
But ratings aren’t end all like in the 90’s or 00’s
WWE hasn’t got a 3.0 rating in a a long time but there’re hotter than they’d been in years
So because they can’t break into that it doesn’t mean they’re doing bad
The reason they tout
YouTube views
Twitter Views
Social Media Posts
Why Raw is being placed on Netflix
Is because Television Ratings are not the main focus
The problem is in the live attendance
If AEW did a cumulative million dollar gate every week for TV tapings, it would still be 10s of millions less than what they are making on their current TV deal.