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Originally Posted by molson
Can the smaller promotions survive without live events, potentially until next year? Or beyond? I guess it's not like a regular sports league, they probably don't have to pay anyone and can just pause and hope for the best down the road.
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Not sure they'll be much different than most businesses suffering through the shutdown. I figure maybe 1/3rd to 1/2 tops reopen.
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I also wonder of the impact on the TV contracts of AEW and WWE. Obviously WWE played some politics to keep a live show going, I guess that satisfies the contracts and they still get paid. But if ratings are down, maybe the networks cancel or want to re-negotiate. Same with AEW, whatever their deal is.
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Eh the ratings are fairly stable for AEW at this point. They're rather lackluster as programming goes but that seems to be enough to satisfy TNT so I sense mostly {shrugs] about it.