How sad is it that companies still lean heavily on Stone Cold and The Rock to sell their WWE product

[NOSaintsFan02]

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Look at the cover photo. Austin and Rock.

Imagine companies putting out WWE games during the Attitude era and putting Hogan and Macho on the cover to sell it.

It's not a big deal, but it kinda is. It shows WWE still doesn't have big enough stars currently to stand on their own merit. Anytime these companies do business with WWE they ALWAYS go down the Stone Cold or Rock well for visibility (ie. The Smackdown on FOX commercials).

 

[Da King]

 

[luckyse7enz]

That's show business.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

People don’t consume the product the same/as much as they use to so it’s not surprising that they haven’t had a star reach that level since those guys.

 

[Fanservice]

They’re still my two favorite wrestlers and I’ve actually dabbled in wrasslin from time to time over the years.

I saw the rise of talent like Brock, Cena, Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, Randy Orton, etc. But none of those guys ever resonated with me the way Rock and Austin did. Not even close.

 

[Max.]

Imagine starting a new company and making ur first 2 champions ex wwe guys

 

[norfwestdc]

Those were their biggest stars and wrestling ain't mainstream like that no more.

 

[Metal Face]

this dude already brought up AEW for no reason

 

[Metal Face]

What do you expect though
wrestling has had no stars since Cena & Batista

 

[staticshock]

You know WWE is done when that overrated dweeb Edge got one of the biggest pops in years when he came out for the rumble

 

[Kinguno]

They legends and the biggest stars of all time and the reason casuals would play

 

[NoMorePie]

No one tryna play that shyt if they see Becky lynch and roman reigns

 

[thaKEAF]

shyt is embarrassing. I understand why they do it but it says a lot about the current product.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Imagine several of your biggest stars in your company being WCW stars

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]