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July 23rd, 2020, 3:11 PM
#19601
Man, I remember hearing the stories from back in the OVW days about Randy Orton only sticking it out in training for his $600 a week.
When they paid Brock Lesnar $250,000 a year just to train and do shows, it just about broke the industry.
And now Ciampa wants to stay in the developmental league until he retires instead of making millions on the main roster. And that's an actual, valid option? Wild.
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July 23rd, 2020, 3:23 PM
#19602
That’s Lesnar was though. Would take years for someone like Ciampa who’s no even the biggest guy so would make Main Event if he’s lucky to be called up.
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July 23rd, 2020, 4:14 PM
#19603
Week 01: 1,179,000 viewers
Week 02: 1,006,000 viewers
Week 03: 891,000 viewers
Week 04: 790,000 viewers
Week 05: 714,000 viewers
Week 06: 698,000 viewers
Week 07: 580,000 viewers
Week 08: 813,000 viewers
Week 09: 750,000 viewers
Week 10: 916,000 (first week to beat AEW)
Week 11: 810,000 viewers (higher than AEW)
Week 12: 845,000 viewers
Week 13: 778,000 viewers (tie)
Week 14: 795,000 viewers (win and win all the demos)
Week 15: 831,000 viewers (unopposed and Christmas Day)
Week 16: 548,000 viewers (review and awards show)
Week 17: 721,000 viewers (not in the top 50 for cable programming for the 18-49 demographic)
Week 18: 700,000 viewers
Week 19: 769,000 viewers
Week 20: 712,000 viewers
Week 21: 770,000 viewers
Week 22: 757,000 viewers
Week 23: 794,000 viewers
Week 24: 717,000 viewers
Week 25: 718,000 viewers
Week 26: 697,000 viewers
Week 27: 542,000 viewers
Week 28: 669,000 viewers
Week 29: 590,000 viewers
Week 30: 693,000 viewers (higher than AEW)
Week 31: 692,000 viewers (higher than AEW)
Week 32: 665,000 viewers
Week 33: 637,000 viewers
Week 34: 663,000 viewers
Week 35: 604,000 viewers
Week 36: 592,000 viewers
Week 37: 731,000 viewers
Week 38: 715,000 viewers
Week 39: 673,000 viewers (four thousand behind AEW)
Week 40: 746,000 viewers (26,000 behind)
Week 41: 786,000 viewers (higher than AEW)
Week 42: 792,000 viewers (higher than AEW)
Week 43: 759,000 viewers (higher than AEW)
Week 44: 631,000 viewers
Week 45: 615,000 viewers
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I would say that trend is not promising.
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July 23rd, 2020, 4:40 PM
#19604
Ooft quite a spanking. At the end of the day though apart from fickle fans changing over for big stuff, shame as it is NXT will always be seen as the third grade WWE show. Would have to take something drastic for them to beat AEW more consistently for three weeks.
It is what it is.
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July 23rd, 2020, 5:46 PM
#19605
World Champion
- Rep Power
- 740281