AEW NEEDS TO FOCUS ON MAKING ONE TV SHOW GREAT



One of the main reasons WWE's writing is so lackluster nowadays is likely just how many shows the company puts on per week. Between 3-hours of Raw, 2-hours of SmackDown, and one hour each of NXT, NXT UK, 205 Live, and Main Event, WWE produces a whopping 9 hours of new wrestling content every single week of the year. When one adds on to that all the monthly 4-hour pay-per-views, quarterly NXT TakeOver shows, annual series like the Mae Young Classic, and other random live specials - such as the Saudi Arabia shows - that stream on the WWE Network, WWE's creative staff might be the most overworked in the TV business today.

AEW has yet to firmly specify its plans for weekly TV on TNT, outside of the fact that the show will be 2-hours long, debut sometime this fall, and likely air on either Tuesday or Wednesday night. Thankfully, that would mean AEW wouldn't air opposite either WWE Raw or Smackdown, the latter of which moves from Tuesdays on USA to Fridays on FOX this fall. For at least the first few years of its existence, it's imperative that AEW not try to support multiple high-profile TV shows at once. AEW needs to focus on crafting a weekly 2 hours of TV that wrestling fans come to regard as must-see, before even considering additional weekly programming.