Yeah but all of that sale is assets & IPs.

WWE is assets, IPs, live broadcast, ticketing & a fan culture that still engages in pay-per-view.

Honestly, for the right leader with the right strategy, WWE is a Lucasfilm level asset with millions in ticket sales in any given week, with millions in residuals. From a pure revenue/cash flow perspective, WWE is one helluva business. It has an almost guaranteed weekly, monthly & annual cash flow regardless of whether or not the current storylines stick. Much easier for WWE to recover quickly from a Solo- or ROS-situation with no brand damage than for Star Wars to be exiled to TV with no box office revenue for 5 years while they figure out what to do with it.

I love the multicam sitcom with a laugh track. It's partly a comfort thing, having grown up with that being the predominant style of show.

But it's also, IMO, the superior form. It helps with scene transitions, it's relatively low-cost and, when applied tastefully, helps with the pacing and cadence of the show. There's always the opposite point, where The Office made great use of silence and awkwardness, but IMO time has shown that lightning was only caught in that bottle.