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Two-time Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett weighs in on Paramount acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery, and how that will fare for AEW.
TNA and WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett holds his guitar up in the air and poses in front of the crowd before his scheduled match - Jason Kempin/Getty Images The war of the streaming platforms outbidding and expanding their services is at an all-time high, especially when Netflix and Paramount went tit for tat in their bids to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, with Paramount outbidding its competitor. That said, AEW's broadcasting partner merging with Paramount would allow WWE's biggest rival to keep its assets together, as Paramount plans on picking up more television stations, including TBS and TNT, where AEW's flagship programming of "AEW Dynamite" and "AEW Collision" broadcast on, respectively.
Like AEW President and CEO Tony Khan, Jeff Jarrett sees the pros of this upcoming merger, which he discusses in a recent episode of his "My World" podcast. "Some think Netflix let them do it, so that Paramount falls on their face. They'll buy it for chump change.
Now, I don't think that... I don't think Netflix let them do it," the two-time Hall of Famer began. "I think they looked at it very clearly and what they wanted was the studios.
They're not the TV business. They are a hell of a successful, the biggest streamer in the world. And I think when the price got where it was at, those folks said, 'Keep the main thing.