WWE selling off their mats like a NASCAR car: thoughts?

[NOSaintsFan02]

 

[NOSaintsFan02]

One of the good things about Vince is he treated the mat sacred. I get why WWE is doing this and from a business sense I can't be mad but I sure don't have to like it. But I'm sure TKO/WWE is like "whatever fans will bytch for awhile but still watch and then in due time ads on the mat will be accepted as the norm"

 

[NOSaintsFan02]

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

Like in every other live event, it was inevitable. There's too much money involved to pass on it, especially when it's a public company.

But I don't like it. Just like I don't like logos on jerseys and courts/fields, arenas and stadiums with bullshyt corproate names, stupid ass corporate college football bowl game names, etc.

There are ways it can be done to negate some of the negatives of it when it comes to logos, but that's largely by making it blend in with what you see on screen, which kind of negates a bit of the purpose of having it. And then some companies aren't going to want to do that because of branding reasons if it means changing colors of their logo.

 

[3Rivers]

Not really surprising I suppose. If there is more ways to make money they're gonna do it. NJPW does it as well. I don't really pay it no mind when they do it either.

 

[Wolfpac]

If this was AEW, we’d never hear the end of it.

But it’s WWE and they’re teflon with a certain fan base so this thread will go quietly in the night….

 

[CBoz]

Get your photo shop skills ready

 

[prophecypro]

It sucks but its not the first time a wrestling company has done it

 

[CBoz]

If this was AEW, we’d never hear the end of it.

But it’s WWE and they’re teflon with a certain fan base so this thread will go quietly in the night….

What you didn't like the Texas Chainsaw, Draft Kings and Rick and Morty sponsorships all over the ring?

 

[Elim Garak]

 

[CBoz]

Expect all kinds of these shots at PLE's

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

As a casual observer, it wouldn't be so bad if the logos were so big and prominent. One of the things I was happy about when the nba did it was that those logos are small. Furthermore, because I never heard of some of these brands, I looked them up. Exactly what was intended from the perspective of the advertiser.

 

[StarClout]

Snickers will prob see this and want parts like how they did with WCW Halloween Havoc 1998

 

[3Rivers]

Snickers will prob see this and want parts like how they did with WCW Halloween Havoc 1998

One of the GOAT wrestling sets/mats

 

[CBoz]

One of the GOAT wrestling sets/mats

Slim Jim

Snickers