Watching AEW......

[Mammoth]

No audience. Is this possible for boxing or not?

[Mammoth]

Bout to start a RBR lol

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Seems like boxing promoters are too greedy to miss out on the live gate.

At least wrestling companies care about their fans.

[famicommander]

They already did this on Shobox from Minnesota last Friday and then UFC in Brazil the next day. Worked out fine.

[famicommander]

Seems like boxing promoters are too greedy to miss out on the live gate.

At least wrestling companies care about their fans.

Wrestling companies don't care about their fans at all. Especially not Vince McMahon. He has spent the last 20 years actively crapping all over his fanbase. Bob Arum is a saint compared to Vince McMahon. Only Don King even comes close to comparing to that carny bastard.

The reason WWE and AEW are doing this is because they have TV deals with Fox, NBC Universal, and Warner Bros respectively which demand a certain number of hours of live content per year.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Wrestling companies don't care about their fans at all. Especially not Vince McMahon. He has spent the last 20 years actively crapping all over his fanbase. Bob Arum is a saint compared to Vince McMahon. Only Don King even comes close to comparing to that carny bastard.

The reason WWE and AEW are doing this is because they have TV deals with Fox, NBC Universal, and Warner Bros respectively which demand a certain number of hours of live content per year.

Vince is a legend. He lives the gimmick Ric Flair style. I ain’t watched it for years tbh. It’s gone really soft IMO.

Tbf to WWE though they’ll be losing a lot of money having WM behind closed doors instead of delaying it and putting it in front of a live crowd and that’s not part of their TV deal is it? Isn’t that just broadcast on their Network.

I doubt any boxing promoter would cancel a stadium fight and put it on behind closed doors and miss out on the gate.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

They already did this on Shobox from Minnesota last Friday and then UFC in Brazil the next day. Worked out fine.

I actually enjoyed watching it, hearing the directions from the corner clearly was an interesting aspect IMO.

[Mammoth]

Is gate really the only reason?

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Wrestling companies don't care about their fans at all. Especially not Vince McMahon. He has spent the last 20 years actively crapping all over his fanbase. Bob Arum is a saint compared to Vince McMahon. Only Don King even comes close to comparing to that carny bastard.

The reason WWE and AEW are doing this is because they have TV deals with Fox, NBC Universal, and Warner Bros respectively which demand a certain number of hours of live content per year.

So very, very true. Thank you!

[Fanofreason]

There was a great new one based out of Ohio called Chaos for pro wrestling. They signed a deal with Facebook and had worldwide live streaming. Instantly got bought out.