It maybe back to throwing pancakes and midcarding. WWE considering Cena\Bryan for Mania

Rayzah

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From a business standpoint, Cena vs Bryan easily makes more sense than Kofi vs Bryan.

From a standpoint of building a character, Kofi vs Bryan would make most sense. When fans are ready to embrace a character, you have to jump.

They'll get much more attention and $ from Cena/Bryan, but the argument of them not building new stars (and I know Kofi is a vet) continues to hold true.

that doesnt even make sense, Mania already sold out, and they are only airing on the network, trust me by now if you arent aleady paying for the network, Cena/Bryan isnt going to change your mind.

The people that are going to watch mania are already watching, they arent going to lose money by giving 99% of their fanbase what they want to see. If that was how they thought they would have never replaced batista in 2014, this is basically the same story

You all need to stop doing this to yourselves.

Kofi was never considered for any of this.

He wasn't even supposed to be in the match at ec

He got thrusted in because ali got hurt. If he didnt get hurt no one would have been talking about Kofi.








Referring back to the OP... why are you singling out cena? The report also mentioned zayn, Owen's, taker and batista. Cena is unlikely to face bryan anyways because he signed up to film a tv series in the spring. Of course he could have the time to be back in the wwe before leaving so I may be wrong.
Whats the difference in Zayn Owens and kofi? other than :mjpls: They already have a storyline and the interest of the entire industry, why throw all of that away and have to start all over with Zayn or KO? They would be doing more work than they have to by trying to create a new story around a bunch of dudes that aint been on tv in months. Taker and batista are obviously not going to happen
I know they wont do it but

they already have their main events in seth vs Brock and Ronda vs Becky vs Charlotte

New day arent building up to anything
D Bry doesnt really have a program going on right now
Mania sold out already
so, why not dbry vs kofi at mania?:patrice:
Exactly, people always go to well a big star makes more money so I see why thing, I dont think thats proven tho cause like you said Mania already sold out, Cena wasnt on the card last year and the numbers was just fine. This aint the 80's they arent struggling to sell out shows, Vince has already made his money off WM this year. What would it really hurt to ride this kofi movement? the core audience wants to see it more than anything, Cena aint drawing like that because drawing in 2019 is merch sales and having a buzz around you. New day sales merch, so thats not really a legit excuse
 

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Whats the difference in Zayn Owens and kofi? other than :mjpls: They already have a storyline and the interest of the entire industry, why throw all of that away and have to start all over with Zayn or KO? They would be doing more work than they have to by trying to create a new story around a bunch of dudes that aint been on tv in months. Taker and batista are obviously not going to happen



Because:


1) it's the wwe and they rarely do everything correct


And 2) :mjpls:
 

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Meltzer was randomly throwing names out there when assessing possible mania matches, so of course that leads to the click bait sites running with it
Im almost certain thats what happened, most of those site probably didnt even hear Meltzer in context and just wanted the clicks
 

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Everyone just needs to stop hyping things until after they happen.


The fans made this though. He was only a replacement for an injury so there was nothing to get disappointed or hyped up about honestly. Plus vince usually has his mania plans set months ahead of time
 

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that doesnt even make sense, Mania already sold out, and they are only airing on the network, trust me by now if you arent aleady paying for the network, Cena/Bryan isnt going to change your mind.

The people that are going to watch mania are already watching, they arent going to lose money by giving 99% of their fanbase what they want to see. If that was how they thought they would have never replaced batista in 2014, this is basically the same story
Yeah no sorry, I get your argument that the name "Wrestlemania" sells itself but John Cena is garnering more casual interest and attention and thus, more $$$ than what Kofi would. Maybe not some huge lump sum, but definitely more.

Atlanta and the NFL made good off this year's Super Bowl. Rams vs Patriots got good ratings and bought in money. But guarantee if it was Saints vs Patriots, the numbers would have been higher across all platforms. That's what I'm getting at when I'm saying from a business perspective, WWE is thinking Cena/Bryan will do more than Kofi/Bryan.
 

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Yeah no sorry, I get your argument that the name "Wrestlemania" sells itself but John Cena is garnering more casual interest and attention and thus, more $$$ than what Kofi would. Maybe not some huge lump sum, but definitely more.

Atlanta and the NFL made good off this year's Super Bowl. Rams vs Patriots got good ratings and bought in money. But guarantee if it was Saints vs Patriots, the numbers would have been higher across all platforms. That's what I'm getting at when I'm saying from a business perspective, WWE is thinking Cena/Bryan will do more than Kofi/Bryan.
The huge difference is WM is NOT on network TV, its not airing on FOX, they are exclusively behind a paywall, so ratings dont really matter as there are no major ad companies paying to run their ads on the show. So again I dont see how Cena equates more money
 
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