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The average show WWE puts on costs $885,000. Now this ignores start-up costs, but that's $46 million a year for one show every week. Vince gets about $100 million a year per hour of television. But to cover that overhead, not including what you'd make off merchandise, gate revenue, streams, etc. -- you could cover your production costs with $50 million per hour. They'd probably be looking to do two hours per week, so if they can lock themselves in for $100 million in rights fees for a year, essentially half of what Vince is asking for, they could price him right back down come next negotiations.
God damn, the whole industry would change. Vince is counting on that sweet, sweet television money, but if Khan's hypothetical group simply wanted to run healthy, they could burst the bubble on Vince. Talent would no doubt be cut and eventually Vince would start trying, but what can he really do if, say, USA Network drops him and picks up Khan's group in a few years?
They could also treat talent in a way that gives them more benefits, etc. They could really edge some structural changes that challenge the way WWE does business. And once they've got the Khans as backers, a network is going to put that money in so they might be sitting pretty wealthy pretty quickly.
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