Billy Corgan has chimed in on the reports of the NWA’s reported TV deals, saying that there’s some untrue “speculation” floating around.
While Corgan said last month that the NWA had signed “two television deals” with a “top 20 network,” the rumored deal with The CW Network may be off due to WWE NXT moving to the network in October of 2023.
Speaking on a recent edition of the “Drew Garbo Live” podcast, the NWA President commented on the status of the company’s TV network deals. He said,
“I’d like to say, first and foremost, we are a television content producer. Wrestling in the 21st century is television first and everything else second. That’s not to say that the second is not important, but if you can’t drive from television down, you’re going to have a hard time building an audience. Certainly, being on national television in any capacity, digital or otherwise, broadcast network, that’s how you reach the most people. Going into a market like Sarasota, as we’ll be Saturday after next, having people have a routine to reach your television product is part of what makes people want to see the matches.”
He continued, “We are free on YouTube, but the way YouTube works, and the way people’s schedules are, unless they go looking for stuff, they may not know you’re there. TV deals are at the core of it, and there has been a ton of speculation lately, and I stand by what I said. We have two TV deals with a top 20 network. That’s all I can say for now. There is lots of speculation that’s not true, but I can stand here and say, hand on heart, that is absolutely true.”