I can't see Netflix getting behind a weekly television program like RAW or SmackDown, but I think that's what appealed to them about Lucha Underground. A "seasonal" structure. If I were someone like a Paul Heyman or a Billy Corgan -- just someone who thinks about wrestling all the time and where it's next evolution takes it -- I don't think of wrestling in a weekly format anymore. It's just not how people prefer to consume anymore.
Stuff like the CWC -- with a finite commitment from both the platform and the consumer -- seems like it would be a more feasible relationship.
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