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Old 08-02-2020, 12:06 AM   #56569
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Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat View Post
According to PWI, WWE's newest plan to combat AEW and fix NXT's ratings issues is to simply hire more writers for their NXT brand.

They recently hired 2-3 new writers specifically for that brand but don't think they let go or demoted any of the ones that had been working for the brand.

Ever since moving to USA Network, think they had been using somewhere around 4-5 writers with Road Dogg and HBK among those in NXT Creative. Before it used to be just 1 writer with a couple of NXT agents helping out with ideas.


Or they just hired new writers because that's something they're basically constantly doing and they cycle people in and out and like the appearances of being a machine that churns out people for the production side of things? NXT hiring new lighting people is not some grand conspiracy to battle AEW -- it could just be them getting new lighting people/providing new training opportunities for Full Sail. Writers are the same deal.

It's possible that with Vince obviously getting closer and closer to moving away, they want to have more writers in because a lot of the NXT crew will be more involved in the main roster stuff, or possibly different ventures altogether. But that doesn't put AEW at the center of the narrative.

Also, lol at "ratings issues." They basically have the same viewership as AEW. Does it have a ratings issue? If they wanted to drastically increase NXT, they'd put big stars there more frequently and take it off the WWE Network so that people don't watch it the next day so readily. At least block it in the United States. NXT are fighting this "battle" with an arm tied behind their back at all times.

But sure, let's pretend that Vince McMahon is stressing out because AEW has a slightly higher demo and is a distant, distant #3 with hours six and seven throughout the wrestling week, and all he could think of was to hire some writers.
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