TransJenner
Banned
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What could a modern wrestler do to become as big of a star as Rock/Austin?
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Cartier Murphy
Apathy’s a Tragedy & Boredom is a Crime
It'll never happen again because they won't allow it
Against Miz and R truth? Hell nah...did it blow away the numbers WM 24-26 DID WHEN HE WAS ON THE BIG STAGE? Of course..Taker didn't do that. Punk didn't do it. Cena didn't do it. Cripple H didn't do it. Michaels didn't do it. Blandy flopped HARD. Nexus was held down if they were drawing.
And anywhere else or he would of been Daniel Bryan status instead of being a clown for Cripple H at Night of Champions.
qnsfinest
Superstar
Nothing, wrestling just isn't as hot or as mainstream as it was back those days. You'll get superstars who get big but will never be household names like hogan, rock or austin.
It has nothing to do with it being PG, the "wrestling" is better than its ever been. But people just don't care anymore
It has nothing to do with it being PG, the "wrestling" is better than its ever been. But people just don't care anymore
JoogJoint
In my own league.
Vince would have to be retired and Triple H. and Stephanie nowhere near the creativity of the product.
Fam, wrestling may be more popular now than it was during the new generation era. Austin, WCW and the attitude era took it to a new level.
Regardless, what can a wrestler do to make wrestling as mainstream as it was back in the day?
NotAnFBIagent
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Leak a sex tape
qnsfinest
Superstar
As far as ratings go, it will never get back to the 10+ mil wcw and wwe were doing combined, not only did wwe lose half their tv audience but also wcw's audience. It might be bigger globally but they won't be getting above the 4 mil mark anytime soon.
If you really wanna ask who can be mainstream in today's market. I would say Finn Balor, he can be their connor mcgregor. He has the look, is already a superstar in Europe and in Japan. If they market him properly and push him rather than reignz, he can be the face of the company for the next 10yrs.
One of the aspects wrestling always had in its back pocket was the allure of that blurred line. You reach a certain age and find out about dirt sheets and it all being a "work", but they could still flirt with that gray area. Social media and all the exposure that comes with it completely killed that card from their deck. So that's one thing that hurt their popularity in regards to the numbers they'd do then vs now.
going PG took away a decent amount of the content they could work with, and along with that came scripts and a lot less freedom for wrestlers. Punk was lightning in a bottle, he would've been just another guy had he been around in the late 90s in either company, but coming when he did and being edgy and pushing limits helped spark his popularity. DB was another lightning in a bottle where right guy right time happened and he ran with it.
Those two are probably the closest someone's come to becoming that star in this new day & age, and neither really came all that close to Rock/Austin. I think the company itself played a significant role in those guys not doing it, among other things. That leads me to believe it's never gonna happen again, or at least not until it's privately owned again, if ever.
going PG took away a decent amount of the content they could work with, and along with that came scripts and a lot less freedom for wrestlers. Punk was lightning in a bottle, he would've been just another guy had he been around in the late 90s in either company, but coming when he did and being edgy and pushing limits helped spark his popularity. DB was another lightning in a bottle where right guy right time happened and he ran with it.
Those two are probably the closest someone's come to becoming that star in this new day & age, and neither really came all that close to Rock/Austin. I think the company itself played a significant role in those guys not doing it, among other things. That leads me to believe it's never gonna happen again, or at least not until it's privately owned again, if ever.
Wrong. Lol.
Unfortunately in this day and age probably dating a Kardashian or Jenner
There is a humongous void in not having CM Punk and DB as weekly competitive talent
Wrestlemania lacked star power
cooled off punk by bringing him back too early to tv when he should've been cooking with belt all over media.. Then putting him in a feud with a not cleared to work Nash. Then putting the belt on Del Rio. Lastly beating Punk clean. They don't want stars that big anymore unless they are puppets.
If the E was really just about business Punk could have been gone months. All they had to do was bring him back before Mania. He could have wrestled in all the promotions they have decent relationships with, ROH, PWG, NJPW. He could have lost the belt to a non WWE wrestle (who they would sign and debut after Mania) but got it back after a rematch.
