Cody Rhodes spoke with Talk Sport about how much the people inside AEW pay attention to the ratings while battling NXT head-to-head each Wednesday night.
Here is what he had to say:
“Obviously the rating, they almost matter more to the respective brands individually,” said Rhodes. “Warner Media and TNT, they’re looking at the ratings and the demographic, that P1 demo and how you’re doing there, and then I’m assuming USA are doing the same for NXT. It’s more of the fans that put them in contrast to each other. ‘Well they did this and they did this’.”
“We’re aware [of what NXT do] more because we have friends in both locker rooms,” said Rhodes. “We diligently make sure that we don’t have it on the monitor in go-position because, again, we’ve got to be more aware of the audience that’s watching on TNT. There’s a difference between playing to the audience strategically that’s flipping channels from, perhaps, TNT to USA.”
