>Dave Meltzer reported on Wrestling Observer Radio that The CW was ready to make a deal with Tony Khan to air Ring of Honor as a weekly TV product. But instead of taking it, Khan shut it down—and it had nothing to do with money.>“There was a point when ROH could have gone on CW. It wasn’t speculation—it was real,” Meltzer said. “But Tony didn’t want to do it because he didn’t want WBD to think that he wasn’t loyal to them. And so he walked away from it, and then CW later made that deal with WWE for NXT. That’s literally what happened.”>“And now, looking back on it, ROH doesn’t have that kind of presence anywhere, and CW has NXT. So that’s how it played out.”
Rejecting an unprofitable deal is not a fumble. It's a fumble that Nick Khan agreed to the same bad deal just to get NXT on the air after getting cancelled from USA.
>>19424162kek what a sloppy shop
>>19424162is he retarded arent WB owned minority share in CW?
>>19424174You're a psychotic retard making up copes for Tony fumbling his one and only chance to get ROH on TV. WWE's wrestling school got the deal instead and now it's beating AEW every week. This makes you very upset.
>>19424162kek dog wanking cuck
>>19424174that pork
>>19424190you're mad af breh
>>19424162>>19424188https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_CW
>bad at booking wrestling>bad at business>bad at football analytics>bad at emulating human emotions and facial expressions is Tony Khan good at anything he tries?
>>19424207Nah I'm not an AEWtist, I'm fine with NXT mogging AEW
>>19424174well i guess tony engineered a much better deal that was more profitable for everyone and roh is currently airing on tv
>>19424213he's good at making you seethe
>>19424213He's good at making us laugh at his sheer incompetence
>>19424228>Tony's good at making people laugh at himAnd sadly it's the only thing he's good at
>>19424223You would guess that, wouldn't you ya dumb bitch
>>19424162>because he didn’t want WBD to think that he wasn’t loyal to themonce again magoo is full of shit
>>19424267>turns down CW>turns down WBDHow much does that cocaine brained motherfucker think ROH is worth?
>>19424312We broke him. He know the IWC would make fun of him if he didn't get at least a 7 figure deal.
>>19424174See a psychiatrist. NXT wasn't cancelled by USA, CW offered more money than USA did. This is the same pathetic coping mechanism like you retards insisting Fox cancelled Smackdown. Fox put in a bid to renew Smackdown, and USA offered more money because they knew they were losing Raw to Netflix. WWE's always going to go with whoever offers more money for the TV rights.
>>19424188>is he retardedYes. Tony is legitimately retarded. He's on the autism spectrum which is why he can't maintain eye contact and has to mimic typical human emotions.
when you try to be nice to a girl and she goes off to fuck some jerk
>>19424337NXT was cancelled for poor ratings and they took an unprofitable deal at CW just to keep it on TV.
>>19424379Nice headcanon. Too bad it doesn't line up with reality.
>>19424211kekMeltzer should have at least taken a quick glance at wiki before floating his latest turd, but research isn't necessary in his brand of journalism
>>19424379>poor ratings>beats the tranny AEW slop every week
>>19424174source on it being unprofitable?
>sits on this news until aew has carrier troubleway to know which way the wind blows. dave - you fuck - suddenly you can do aew bad stories because they're in real trouble, trouble that could've been avoided if you reported at the time that they were making a bad decision instead of sweeping everything under the rug and saying it's fine. that shit doesn't actually help a new business grow and instead lets bad habits fester and makes the issues compound until they bring the whole house downit's like only giving positive reinforcement, they will think their farts don't stink while they make serious errors with supreme confidence
>>19424174>less air time is actually GOOD
>>19424475AEW is still on cable because it draws. NXT isn't because it failed.
>>19424500His own coping and made up nonsense.
>>19424522NXT isn't on cable because a broadcast network outbid their previous cable network, and now they have even more viewers than ever.
>The CW's first choice was AEW>they couldn't get it and had to settle for the sloppy seconds of NXTlmao
>>19424522AEW doesn't draw...
>>19424379Why do you make up things like this? If you aren't trolling, you seriously need help. This is just sad and weird, man.
>>19424541>a broadcast network outbidThey wanted ROH.
>>19424543So what channel did ROH go with then?
>>19424555If CW picked up ROH, it would be airing at like 11:00 PM on Saturdays. It would not have the same primetime slot as NXT.
Why did CW prefer ROH over NXT bros?
>>19424588Why did you ignore this question >>19424558
>>19424162“It wasn’t speculation—it was real,” Dave is using AI now? Kek
>>19424522it draws because it gets fewer viewers than the show that got cancelled for not drawing?
>>19424522AEW can’t draw flies to shit
>>19424558He’s not going to like this…
>>19424616Yet they're still on cable and CW wanted Tony's show on their channel
Honor club is too profitable, the networks can’t afford it.
>Tony turns down all offers from everyone but WBD>WBD gets sold to Netflix>Netflix forced to sell RAW due to the Sherman ACTTKO KWABOTY
>>19424588It seems like CW just wanted a wrestling show on their network and went with the lowest hanging fruit that would be easiest to get (i.e., zombie ROH). Then that deal fell through and NXT's USA contract was coming to an end, so they made a bid for that instead.
>>19424672If anything, Netflix would just sell off WBD's share of AEW back to Tony Khan. They're not going to break off their deal with WWE and pay hundreds of millions in penalties just because WBD has a minority stake in AEW.
>>19424682You mean Shad Khan. Shad is the billionaire, not Tony.
>>19424174>Rejecting an unprofitable deal>unprofitableYou say this as if ROH doesn't still exist and isn't doing weekly shows anyway. He tapes it regardless during AEW events. Any network deal whatsoever would essentially be free money not unlike what WWE does with Main Event. Not to mention the number of new eyes it would've gotten on the CW. Tony is a retard who not only turned down a network deal for ROH but created the space for NXT to end up on the CW where it's beating not even ROH but AEW's A show's assKWABOTY
>>19424694hmm sweaty, he was also thinking about the slot on fox that shockwave was gonna take over after smackdown got cancelled, like swerve said
>>19424174this one really riled up the bacon population
>>19424733you still haven't told us about the amazing profitable deal that tony got for roh after turning down cw
>>19424753>>19424733Or how the deal was unprofitable.
>>19424733it's not difficult to get them squawking, just tell the truth
>PLEASE TONY, WE WANT YOUR SHOWWWWW WE WANT IT NOW>sorry babe
>>19424811Stop replying to your own posts, retard.
Can't believe they settled for NXT sloppy seconds lmao
>>19424828>Mom, I posted it again.
>>19424174>Rejecting an unprofitable deal is not a fumble. It's a fumble that Nick Khan agreed to the same bad deal just to get NXT on the air after getting cancelled from USA.what channel is ROH on?
nxt sloppy seconds lmfao
>>19424174There's nothing in this about the deal being unprofitable. You're just desperately coping and making shit up.
>>19424162PEDO trev has been melting down for 24 hours straight
>>19424849Wouldn't sloppy seconds imply they're getting reruns of NXT? Do you not know what sloppy seconds means? Of course you don't, you're a virgin incel.
>>19424724KEK
the sloppy shop aew dynamite always finishes second on the wednesday ratings war, we know
>>19424828>NXT sloppy secondsWhy are the sloppy seconds kicking Dynamite's ass?
>>19424162Roh would have just been cancelled for low ratings. It's the most fucking wrestling nerd niche shit. All the dumb rules and lack of storylines kill it stone dead for even casual wrestling nerds.
>>19424906>Roh would have just been cancelled for low ratings.Again
>>19424906I'd still argue that buying ROH and almost putting AEW second for bit while he tried to shoehorn it into the product was the biggest misstep for AEW
>>19424906ROH is just AEW Dark with a different graphics package and announcers. Even AEW belts get defended on ROH shows and vice versa. There's nothing distinguishing the two promotions because they are ostensibly just one promotion.
>>19424926Tony only bought ROH because that's what you do when another promotion goes into debt in TEW games. It's been 2 and a half years and he's proceeded to do fuck all with it. He hasn't even managed to do anything worthwhile with the ROH tape library, which has tons of great matches from guys that went on to be big stars.
Why is NXT so sloppy bros
>>19424917>>19424926>>19424929Roh, especially the Adam Cole era has ruined pro wrestling. Every twat like Bob Holly or Fag Bradshaw was proved right that gatekeeping is needed.
>>19424162Tony KWABOTY 2025
Why did CW want ROH on their network?
>>19425120They didn't. Dave is lying
>>19425128So this thread is fake news?
>>19425120AEW's network deal with WBD was reaching its end the other year. The exclusivity clause with WBD expired as well which allowed Tony to shop around and see what other interests there were out there for AEW. There were absolutely reports of the CW being interested and Tony blowing them off. I can't speak on the reasoning or anything like what Dave's talking about, but this isn't something new. He turned them down and WWE slid right in and landed the spot for NXT that's done wonders for them. This was all when NXT wasn't even looking to have a new home at the time because their deal with USA for it had reached its end. It was a major bonehead play by Tony
>>19424733>>19424811No matter how much you reply to yourself it won't save AEW or make your legs work
>>19425120And that time CW want any wrestling program, they even signed with NWA for a deal before NWA fucked all out with cocaine spot in their PPV which leads NWA been put on CW apps.
>>19424162>>19424267>Ring of Fumble
>>19424658Not for long lmao
>>19425120>Why did CW want ROH on their network?Because they vastly overestimated its value. Luckily they got NXT instead which kicks the shit out of Dynamite every week so I imagine CW must be pretty fucking happy they didn't get ROH.
>>19424162i'm 100% confident that this did not happen and they did not bid for rind of hognor rights
>it's ok to trust Dave when he says something I like
>>19425580>Rind of Hognor
>it's ok to distrust Dave when he says something I don't like
>>19425646>>19425679>trusting a Jew
So what I'm hearing is that CW canceled ROH. Is this true?
>>19426374Giving the benefit of the doubt to all parties, CW likely didn't offer enough to pay for ROH to be aired live every week. It's currently taped before/after Dynamite/Collision, to have it's own taping schedule, it would need it's own buildings, own audience, etc, which means 1 more day of work/travel for control freak TK.Compare that to NXT, which airs from the PC 80% of the time, which is where talent are already reporting to whether NXT airs on CW or Peacock or YouTube or wherever else.AEW can't afford to build their own performance center, they'd rather sign away acts from indy's that count on them to stay in business. If AEW didn't gut the indies, DPW wouldn't be shutting down. You can't build around talent that's signed to AEW, that AEW can pull at any time. Without talent they can build around, that won't defect, they have no choice.
>>19426374'fraid so
>>19426451Why does that narrative keep changing from Tony has infinite money, he can lose billions and not care to Tony can't afford to do X without Y?
>>19426451>CW likely didn't offer enough to pay for ROH to be aired live every weekAnon $5 would be offering more than ROH was making to air live every week. Also the shows are produced and recorded regardless as it's already been mentioned. Run it as a taped show and it'd be even easier. No matter how you want to slice it, it's now like 3-4 years later and ROH still isn't on tv. Tony's an idiot to have turned that down. If even for nothing else the fact that it opened up the opportunity for NXT to slide in and get that timeslot where it's outperforming AEW's top show each week
>>19427991Kek this part
>>19424162Wait why didn't Meltzer spin this into a pro-AEW anti-WWE story????
