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Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect
I think there's a lot of supposition going on here. The WWE Network is "probably" only strong enough to cover the live and DVR gaps? Where's that coming from? How do you know it's not 300k people from the US? That more than overtakes that gap. Plus you would have AEW viewers who would casually follow NXT having another day to actually keep up.
Is there any evidence that the Network audience skewers older? Streaming services are usually accessed by younger audiences. WWE still gets a lot of older fans to order things on PPV, which seems bass ackwards, but happens. I think that's where a lot of that "key demo" is for NXT. It's not that AEW is some hot young thang that people are really into -- the younger crowd just watches Thursdays on their tablets and shit.
It's one of the biggest spins Meltzer puts on things to make AEW look great. Droford is right, these audiences are probably way closer to being the same few saps who still try to give this bullshit a chance every week.
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Because if the numbers were a lot stronger, then NXT would constantly be in the Top 2-3 for the Network's weekly show rankings when that hasn't been the case the past few months. Plus wouldn't need the Network for NXT if you have DVR capabilities on your tv to watch the show later.
Network likely does skew older considering how much its been struggling to grow compared to other streaming services and a lot of its content caters towards older WWE and wrestling fans.