People that are connected to the entertainment and television industry outside the wrestling industry are saying AEW is not getting the money they expected from WBD, a company that is going through and slashing their budgets. They're turfing things that have been staples of their channels, like NBA coverage. The expectation is that if AEW stays with WBD, it will be for less money than anticipated. They do mention that another network may make a large offer if the AEW/WBD talks go past the exclusivity date.
People in the wrestling industry (mostly just AEW's own Baghdad Bob, Dave Meltzer) are saying that AEW is still likely going to get the big pay day that they have been talking about for the last year, bucking the WBD trend of cutting.
Bryan Alvarez' heel turn on AEW was not something I foresaw.
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