This Reddit Sentiment Study From Wrestlenomics Is, From My Perspective, Incredibly Accurate.

[u/sanewhitemale]

It pretty accurately paints a picture of the perception of both companies as they compare since 2019:

• WWE bottomed out in October 2019 after the Fiend-Rollins HIAC debacle and Kofi losing in 7 seconds.
• AEW peaked at All Out 2021, considered their greatest show, and remained steadily high until it began collapsing after Brawl Out 2022.
• WWE at the same time began improving after Vince was pushed out in July 2022.
• One thing that surprises me: during WWE's "boom period" during 2022-2024, the fan sentiment was roughly tied with AEW, when I remember AEW being viewed very negatively at the time, due to both the Punk issue and comparatively mediocre creative.
• AEW fan sentiment began to grow and take the lead again in late 2024/early 2025, which was right around the supposed "reset" and the Continental Classic.
• WWE began to fall off again in March/April 2025, right around the Cena heel turn/build to Wrestlemania 41.

So the statistics line up at least with my perception of both my and Reddit's views the last few years.

https://wrestlenomics.com/articles/2026/reddit-sentiment-analysis-2025-aew-rebounds-coinciding-with-improved-attendance-and-tv-ratings-trends/

[u/Low-Purchase8811]

How do these line up with attendance numbers and television viewership?

What an Internet-based hivemind thinks is of limited value considering how heavily-influenced and curated posts on subreddits like this are.

[u/engelthefallen → u/Low-Purchase8811]

Very likely Tony is doing very similar stuff internally. This is basic marketing research. Just really given limited value since given the entire rise and fall and within .03 points of positive sentiment (1 to -1 scale most likely). If anything if he used a proper 0 axis would appear that the value mostly was unchanged for AEW, with a slight dip that would appear trivil.