Cody Rhodes has responded to Vince Russo’s recent comments, saying that AEW’s TV ratings are going to sink to the point that they’ll have to change who they are. When a fan tweeted Cody and Chris Jericho and asked about Russo’s claims on his latest podcast, Cody sent back a reply. The fan originally said “We need a product that appeals to the masses, not the marks.”
Cody said that AEW and TNT are very happy and said they overshot their projections for their debut episode. The show set a record for a WarnerMedia programming debut. He continued that this is the “era of cord cutting, simulcast and DVR bumps. We are proud of how incredible the numbers have been and know we need to work hard now more than ever.”
Cody also said the two “AEW Dark” episodes have done almost 2 million views combined on YouTube.com. As of now, they both have 1.782 million views. The first episode drew 901,136 while the second drew 875,514. These numbers are still growing.
We are happy and our partner is happy. We overshot projections and set a record for a WM debut. This is the era of cord cutting, simulcast and dvr bumps. We are proud of how incredible the numbers have been and know we need to work hard now more than ever.
— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) October 21, 2019
Both episodes of our bonus Tuesday night show “ #AEW DARK” have nearly received 2,000,000 viewers 👀
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Check it out here and tune-in for a special episode tomorrow at 7et here https://t.co/iAZrhLan5w https://t.co/n2m7eH5m3d
— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) October 21, 2019
