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Lopen, TNA has never and will never have the level of pure unadulterated backing that allows for high quality lighting, camerawork and soundwork that AEW already has. And that's because Tony Khan comes from the business of professional broadcasting that Dixie Carter didn't. And that, quite frankly, Jeff Jarrett didn't. This is a professional product with very few hitches out of the gate. The personnel could use more experience filming in-ring action, but this IS that experience. Khan also has so much more cash on hand to fund a venture than TNA ever did. Dixie was constantly trying to hoodwink her parents in the same way WWE cooks its books for its financiers now.

AEW not only has this massive backing with value in terms of fiscal and physical resources it can use, but it also has a strong deal with a network that TNA never had. Just because the deal hasn't kicked, that doesn't mean it isn't a better deal. The company has more value without having started TV than TNA did at its peak of business.

The only comparison you can reasonably make with AEW is WCW. A strong financial backing and a TV deal that mitigates the cost of TV is, in many ways, similar to WCW. The exception is that Turner provided both of those things for WCW and only one of them to AEW. You're line of thinking - comparing it to TNA - is exactly the WWE line of thinking. It's flawed and it's dangerous. You should always overestimate your opponents. Because when you don't, and you become apathetic to competition, you stagnate.
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