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WWE Network Updates: 03/24/2016 • /r/wwe_network

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Gotta TON of Stampede coming in, too. I think every TV from 1987-1989, aka the Owen/Pillman/Dynamite/Benoit years. Very excited for that as I've not seen anything but a handful of clips from that era of Stampede, and I have friends from Calgary who swear to me it was better then than the 70s/early 80s.
 
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Just watched Steamboat vs. Flair from the Chi - Town Rumble in 1989 with JR on commentary and...wow brehs :wow::whoo:

Even tho it's been a known fact that wresting is a work since the very beginning, it's something about the way it was presented back then that made it so much more authentic and believable that it still had a level of mystique about it that was easily comparable to REAL competitive sports. And I'm not even just talking about just the characters that were believable but just the whole atmosphere in general. I found it amazing that If you watch this match and look in the crowd you will see it's dominated by mostly people in their mid 20's-early 30's and way older, that says a TON about how wrestling was viewed back then.
 

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Children (IE under 18) comprise of about 20% of WWE's audience today, and it's been declining for years. WWE's biggest group is I believe 45+ males. Wrestling is still dominated by that adult audience, even when the shows are marketed to kids.
 

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Just watched Steamboat vs. Flair from the Chi - Town Rumble in 1989 with JR on commentary and...wow brehs :wow::whoo:

Even tho it's been a known fact that wresting is a work since the very beginning, it's something about the way it was presented back then that made it so much more authentic and believable that it still had a level of mystique about it that was easily comparable to REAL competitive sports. And I'm not even just talking about just the characters that were believable but just the whole atmosphere in general. I found it amazing that If you watch this match and look in the crowd you will see it's dominated by mostly people in their mid 20's-early 30's and way older, that says a TON about how wrestling was viewed back then.


That's because of the kayfabe era and things not being exposed yet.
 
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