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AEW HAVING TWO WORLD TITLES, HOW WBD CALCULATED 2.5 MILLION VIEWERS FOR BLOOD AND GUTS, MASS WWE RELEASES AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2023-08-03 10:00:00

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Are you able to reach out or find out if AEW is planning to officially have 2 belts going forward? One for each show? Since they didn’t do an official roster split it makes 0 sense so my gut tells me it’s going lead to Punk/MJF 3 and finally end this silliness?

Just because Punk is claiming to be the "Real" World Champion doesn't mean AEW "officially" recognizes him. 

One would think the endgame here is Punk vs. MJF at one of the major shows this year to resolve that claim.

Do you think that mass WWE main roster cuts are a thing of the past these days due in large part to the “don’t fire anybody” policy initiated by Triple H last summer?

It's silly to think that anything is ever forever in professional wrestling.,

Regarding the press release about AEW Blood and Guts ratings, and I apologize if this is a stupid question but where is 2.5 million coming from; any idea?

In speaking with WBD's publicity team, we were told "Our 2.5M reach was based off data of P2+, L3, and 1+ min viewership."

The P2+ is based on the idea at least two people were watching together per screen.

L3 is Live + 3 days with the idea that the show was watched via DVR within three days of the initial live broadcast on TBS.

1+ min means that those screens in that time period watched at least over a minute of that episode.

Do you think the success of Mike Bailey will lead to more martial arts based characters?

It's possible but you'd think that unless someone has that legitimate background, it's best not to build them in that direction.

Is Impact really celebrating they had 1,500 fans at a gym?  This company used to have way more fans.

Yes, they used to be a larger company but they were owned by a different entity that ran them into the ground and lost control of its ownership.  Anthem has slowly brought them back from the brink of disaster and should be commended for that.  Babysteps are still steps forward.

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