UPDATE: Shane cuts promo to 75% empty arena

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Like I just don't get it. This Is a weekly thing now. Roman cut that "ticket sales are better than ever " to a crowd 60 percent epmty.

Even with brock and cena can barely feel half an arena.

These nikkas catering to kids when kids got shyt like toys r us closing but keeping the call of duty franchise alive. Wwe target audience on some 1980 shyt while their target audience no wear close to resembling that. They focusing so much on that they treat their actual audience who's here thick n thin like shyt.


Like these mother fukkers in the back probably thinking we need more Shane Vince steph n hhh to bring more people in instead of pushing The talent who could actually succeed if let loose.


I'm convinced Vince just stuck in the "no they are out of touch" stubborn 70 year old man mindset.
 

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I wouldn't blame the writers for this, there are like 30. That is way too many especially when only Vince's vision is the one that comes through. Better matches? WWE has a stacked roster and this year we saw Cena Vs Nakamura on free television. WWE has most of the best wrestlers in the world they just lack character, storylines and general direction so it doesn't matter how good they are it just doesn't matter if we don't know who they are (see Apollo Crews and the Cruiserweight division). Catering to kids is what they wish they were doing because their audience is only growing older, the adults outnumber the kids and the product is completely irrelevant to most teenagers.
 

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I wouldn't blame the writers for this, there are like 30. That is way too many especially when only Vince's vision is the one that comes through. Better matches? WWE has a stacked roster and this year we saw Cena Vs Nakamura on free television. WWE has most of the best wrestlers in the world they just lack character, storylines and general direction so it doesn't matter how good they are it just doesn't matter if we don't know who they are (see Apollo Crews and the Cruiserweight division). Catering to kids is what they wish they were doing because their audience is only growing older, the adults outnumber the kids and the product is completely irrelevant to most teenagers.
A simple solution would be to strictly enforce kayfabe. Just that one change gets the storylines buzzing more especially if guys and girls tweet and appear on ESPN in character.
 

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A simple solution would be to strictly enforce kayfabe. Just that one change gets the storylines buzzing more especially if guys and girls tweet and appear on ESPN in character.
Agreed but I think Vince wants them seen as entertainers or like real celebrities but they're not. They're seen as normal guys while the wrestlers from back then seemed larger than life because they acted like it.
 

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Agreed but I think Vince wants them seen as entertainers or like real celebrities but they're not. They're seen as normal guys while the wrestlers from back then seemed larger than life because they acted like it.
Exactly. Flair, Hogan and Savage were always in the gray area of kayfabe/real when they made appearances. Warrior and Sting damn near always wore their paint in public, hell even the NWO and DX guys were real life slime balls. These days Alexa/Nia and Roman/Braun have already been seen chilling together while in on-screen feuds. No way that would happen in the 90s.
 

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By the way, how the fukk are they gonna sell tickets for Survivor Series weekend? 4 straight shows in Houston, u finna see tumbleweeds my g :russ:
I thought about going see Adam Cole but i'm feeling like fukk WWE as a whole right now
 

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I'm really looking forward to seeing the attendance in late December. :mjgrin:

That Christmas show. :lolbron:


I don't even understand why they don't lower prices? Surely they gotta be experimenting with that because they can't honestly think things will just pick up like that.

Prices already are pretty low. The low attendance is from lack of interest.
 

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The arenas look like the beginning when you are playing Real Deal Holyfield and you start out in bars and bingo halls
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:deadrose:Breh
 

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A simple solution would be to strictly enforce kayfabe. Just that one change gets the storylines buzzing more especially if guys and girls tweet and appear on ESPN in character.
This right here. It's not about pretending it's real, or getting one over on people. Keeping kayfabe keeps the fans invested in the storyline, and brings in interested outsiders.

Hell, you pretty much have comedians, rock stars, and rappers "in character" all the time, but God forbid a pro wrestler does it.
 
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