what´s USA Network expecting?

By Scott Keith on 20 August 2019

So it´s seems very clear what´s the idea to show NXT at wednesday on USA Network.

We could know it from the WWE side. But what´s with the USA Network side? Do they expect any numbers for that show? Besides AEW, I think that´s not what the channel cared. They want this or that way an calculated numbers at tv rating, no matter what other channels will show against them. So would be half of Raw be a success for USA Network?

Depends on what they're paying, which I'm assuming isn't much. Here's the thing: They got BLINDSIDED by Fox basically stealing Smackdown from them for the billion dollars, a deal they had no hope of matching, and that's a giant amount of ratings gone with nothing to replace it. So it was inevitable that WWE was going to have to pony up some other form of content to replace it in October, and NXT makes the most sense. From USA's perspective, anything is better than the nothing they're now getting from Smackdown, so they're likely happy with the million viewers it'll do.

Either way, it's a good day to be Vince as long as these networks keep demanding programming.