Mid-South/Turner Question!
By Scott Keith on 11 April 2014
Hey Scott,
I was reading this week's Observer and Dave was talking about how Watts and Turner had an agreement to go national together with Mid-South airing on TBS. Dave noted that Mid-South had a short but really strong ratings run on TBS before Watts lost the outlet.
My question is, why did Turner go with Jim Crockett Promotions over Mid-South, considering that Mid-South was the highest rated cable TV show while it was on TBS.
Yeah, Bill Watts was kind of wondering about that one himself. I don't know if it's ever been definitely stated why Turner made the call, but I'm guessing Crockett underbid Watts and because wrestling is not a very nice business Turner felt that cutting Watts loose was an OK business move. I mean, ultimately Turner picked the right horse to back, but it was definitely kind of a shitty move on his part.