Eric Bischoff has weighed up the pros and cons of a wrestling company expanding their yearly pay-per-view line-up.
By the end of 2023, AEW will have presented 8 pay-per-views in total, doubling their output compared to 2021. With Tony Khan looking to expand his content even more in future years, there have been reports that AEW may consider expanding even further to 12 big shows a year, much like WWE. This is a similar strategy to one Bischoff used with WCW in the 90s, gradually increasing the number of pay-per-views each year until 1997, when the company would present one big show each month.
Speaking on Strictly Business, Bischoff was asked about the advantages and disadvantages of hosting big shows each month. The Hall of Famer stated that there was a positive of significant financial gain as more shows meant more tickets to be sold and more pay-per-views available to buy:
“Having those monthly PLEs they generate great revenue,” Bischoff said on “Strictly Business.” “You kind of become addicted to that, right? That’s great cash flow, that’s predictable, you know you’re going to get a great return on your investment. That’s all the good news.”
Bischoff continued, stating that although there is financial success in holding more events, the creative can suffer as a result:
“You don’t really have time to let stories sink in, or you have to tell them so quickly that the nuance some of the subtle aspects of stories that people like to read into and speculate about, you don’t get to do that,” he said. “Your speed reading through the book, you don’t really get to enjoy the book.”
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H/t to Wrestling Inc.