One Bill Phil
By Scott Keith on 12 September 2024
So rumors now are the WBD/AEW deal is done, even though this has been the rumor for over a year, with Uncle Dave and Cousin Bryan originally predicting this would be announced at the Warner Bros upfront last June. They also said they heard the deal was a billion dollars for 5 years back then, which is how the nickname One Bill Phil was born. So if you are keeping track, this deal has been done since CM Punk was still liked in AEW and Collison hadn't even started yet. My question is, whenever it is finally announced, if it's less than a billion dollars without having to give up potential buys for all the PPVs, is it a disappointment? I think it would be, only because that's what we have to compare it to since those were the rumors Dave and Bryan put out there. And they obviously got that info from someone in AEW, so it had to be a number that was discussed as some point in time. It already looks bad how long it's taken, and it seems like no one else was really bidding for it. Plus, I am sure WBD will overpay because they are spiraling already from losing the NBA. So what would you consider a good deal that everyone should consider a success?
Tony certainly seems happy with WBD so far.