@ the bolded. I wasn't referring to the '80s with the "we weren't alive" comment.
you do know that the world existed for centuries before we touched down, right?
as for stone cold drawing "more than anyone in history". you have to remember that there were more outlets when he was around as opposed to previous eras. with that said, wrestling was certainly bigger in the '80s. of course more money is gonna be made in the late '90s when youre providing more content to purchase and the prices are higher.
and yes, the WWF's biggest ratings pop was in the '80s. go do your own research, since you know it all.
as for AEW, I don't see how theyre creating their product towards you. theyre basically modelling themselves after '90s WCW.
you "refuse to argue about TNA anymore" because you exposed yourself as not being qualified to argue about it in the first place. no need to save face. theres no prize at the end.
now I see youre in your feelings dapping my trolls in other threads. it aint that serious.
I’m confused how is AEW not catering to me? If they wasn’t I wouldn’t be watching it? I don’t get your point. Wcw was cool for a minute I just always thought of it as a number 2. Outside of sting and flair they didn’t have the stars that I cared to see.
as far as impact goes, Their top stars when I watched was AJ styles and Samoa joe, neither of them had the belt as much as they should have. Jarrett has more title reigns than both of them combined. And that’s just stupid, and that was their best chance at creating their own stars and not relying on wwe talent. Decisions like that is why they lost so many tv deals and ultimately became a joke to me. They may have improved , they may do some things better but as a wrestling fan I can get my fix from other places now. They had their chance and blew it and most wrestling fans like me have moved on.
Every company that has featured “real serious technical wrestlers as their top guys has ultimately failed to wwe. Because fake fighting isn’t popular. I’m business if it don’t make dollars it don’t make sense. And yes sometimes money gets in the way of creativity but at the end of the day it’s not worth it to spend but so much money catering to a niche audience. Wwe has nxt for that now, and now that they are live they need to draw more money and that means they will need to have more storylines. It’s really that simple. Despite how bad creative can be and despite how out of touch Vince is, if you can’t make it in wwe then you are not as good as you think you are. And until a company becomes just as big as them , you can’t go anywhere else and be more successful. AEW Shouldn’t be ok with 800k a week for too much longer, by next year they need to have grown to be over a million. Or else why would I want you on my channel.
if I’m Tony Khan I’m trying to be more like wwe and less like ROH. Wwe makes money impact and ROH don’t. As great as new Japan is in ring they will never have a chance on tv in America because the majority of fans here like storylines and characters. Wcw had a few in flair and sting, and dusty but ultimately they weren’t enough and after flair got old and dusty became booker, wcw survived the 90’s because of the nwo, which was wwf guys bringing wwf style fukkery
So for AEW You can be like wwe as far as creating interesting characters and drama with out being a mini wwe. That’s why I said if they keep doing everything they are doing and catch a big angle that creates a home grown star then they Will be a legit competitor. Jericho and Cody are killing it right now, if they can get one of their home grown guys over like that and get them to carry a feud then they will Be a real force.
If fukkery and drama wasn’t the biggest money then why has wwe dominated so long? Those of us that still watch it only watch it for fukkery, when I need my flippy shyt fix I go to NJPW and now AEW and NXT. Like I said impact and ROH should merge their shows look low budget and just very “Indy” it’s not appealing to me.
Hell of a number for crimmuh.
