Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-29684190-20190607194505/@comment-4141313-20190612031724

Except they would be if it would negatively affect their business. The biggest complaint about Weiss vs Mitsuru is the potential shilling of a Rooster Teeth character over a stronger character for the sake of promotion. Doing so could alienate viewers from either watching or continuing to watch RWBY or Death Battle. Each alienated viewers means the loss of money through First Memberships and loss of Web Traffic, and if that happens it equals a loss of revenue. While the numbers may not seem large upon initial glance, it creates a domino effect. So if Matt Hullum, CEO of Rooster Teeth, foresaw something that could damage not one, not two, but four of their products, he'd have to step in. (Four since Death Battle has also done Red vs Blue and it can fall under the same area, and because of RWBY Chibi.)

Death Battle is ultimately another product of their business now, and they need to do what needs to be done to avoid the loss of revenue. And with the fuckups Death Battle has been having as of late, it wouldn't surprise me if Rooster Teeth decided to micromanage them from now on for the sake of the company, if not cancel them outright should the backlash become too great.