they'll hover around what they are now or get worse, but they'll never sniff a million viewers and 10,000+ seat houses again. Maybe they can draw 10k a few times a year for PPVs.

I don't know if that many people really wanted an "alternative" as much as they just deep down wished WWE was better. And not only did the alternative get worse year over year, but WWE got way better...like best it's been in 25 years better.