AEW’s WWECW is a more apt comparison.DougN wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 6:23 pm Legit question:
Would you have preferred TK just run the three PPVs this year with nothing else on AEW TV?
Or was the ROH direction on AEW TV fine to you?
Cause honestly, all this year has done is make me think ROH is going to be a feeder-system, NXT for AEW. Which is not something I really have time, energy, or desire for.
I’ve been really impressed with Jericho’s matches and enjoyed Garcia/Yuta. Those are the only positives to ROH on AEW tv for me. The DBD YouTube preview was awesome - that’s what I want ROH to be. A clearly distinct product in and outside the ring that’s not a watered down version of AEW.
Even if ROH gets a streaming deal, there’s a lot of issues to sort through. If they tape ROH before Dynamite / Rampage, it’s going to give it even more of a WWECW vibe, which will (slowly) kill interest. I could see doing tapings at small venues like Impact does, but how does that affect talent pay? It’s clear ROH will never make the money or draw the crowds AEW does. So, if you’re an ROH talent, are you making proportionally less, which will make it a feeder system, or are you paying guys the same money to work in front of a crowd that’s 1 / 10th the size of a Dynamite audience?