All Elite Wrestling is in an interesting time as they need to lock down a new media rights deal for television by the end of this year while also trying to turn things around with fans after the promotion has seen a drop off in interest across television ratings and live attendance.
Future
The good news is that AEW is aware of the problems and is making an effort to change things for the better while maintaining its spot as the second-biggest promotion in the world with some of the biggest names in the business.
AEW is gearing up for its Revolution pay-per-view event next month with top matches confirmed, including Sting’s retirement, AEW World Heavyweight Champion Samoa Joe vs. Hangman Page vs. Swerve Strickland, AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm vs. Deonna Purrazzo, and AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy vs. Roderick Strong
Morale
In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported, “A couple of people have noted that the morale has really picked up and is the best in some time, even if the rating this week was universally disappointing for such a loaded show that was promoted as the biggest Dynamite of the year.”
This week’s show drew 805,000 viewers and a 0.28 key demo rating.
