So I'd like to start off by saying NOTHING I'm about to say is based on anything at all. It's just me making wild guesses with no basis in fact or reality as a wrestling fan. Just asking "What if...?"
Ok. So what if AEW Shockwave is a 3 hour show that goes live every Monday, and is broadcast.....ON NETFLIX???
That's right. Technology has never before been able to have two competing shows airing live on the same network at the same time.....UNTIL NOW!!!
Assuming Netflix payed peanuts for this 3rd show, they would have nothing to lose by allowing it on their network to directly compete with WWE. Because you either watch Netflix, and watch the thing they paid big money to get.
Or.....
You watch Netflix to watch the thing they paid next to nothing to get.
Either way, Netflix wins. And I'm sure WWE has some exclusitivity clause. I'm sure this is just me talking out of my ass. But can you imagine a modern day Monday Night War???
It's probably not that.
But what if they start airing a 2 hour show on FOX??? Taking the old Smackdown timeslot. It's been said that FOX major issue with WWE was their dealings with Vince. That wouldn't be a concern for AEW.
Plus they'd run the show at a fraction of what they payed WWE. They just trained their audience to assosiate Friday nights on Fox with Pro-Wrestling. The formula worked. They just overpayed for WWE. This rectifies that.
Or, what if it's a gameshow? Kind of like the first version of NXT where they had to do fitness challenge. Except on this version, they're inside an electrified steel cage! Just like that one WCW show from the early 90s. Or maybe they wear shock collars. So the losers get shocked.
AEW Aftershock!!!
They can't have the SmackDown slot, Fox already sold it to college sports and the UFL which will bring in more ad revenue than wrestling.
I'd love for them to be on FOX though, I always thought it was crazy that AEW were trying to put all their eggs into one basket.
Current rumors flying around are it's possibly a streaming show for FOX's Tubi service, if so I'd guess it's likely to be a lot like AEW Dark or Rampage, something they can pair with Collision the way they do Rampage with Dynamite.
Personally Shockwave sounds like the name of a PPV to me, but we shall see.
Also... I love the crazy theories. Reminds me of the stuff back in the old forum days.
How mad would MLW be if AEW just silly walked into Tubi?
TK better be paying Smart Mark Sterling some good retainer money, they might end up in court with Court... assuming his head doesn't explode, lol.