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Originally Posted by Rock Bottom
I think you're right, Feared, with more of an emphasis on your latter statement that getting those viewers back isn't impossible and needs a lot of work.
The WWE had to fuck up to lose those fans. And that demographic is not the only one that exists contributing to the empty space left by all those viewers.
MMA has been around for a while now. Yeah, it's bigger now, but honestly, the only factor it could really play is in the absence of a good product. You could simply watch both.
MMA also cannot speak to every reason people in that demographic or any have watched or stopped watching wrestling.
And just as a tidbit, if I understand correctly, a big part of the emergence of staged wrestling was because original wrestling began to get stale and boring.
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Yes, but wrestling was "cool" back then. MMA is what is in now. MMA was a clusterfuck during the Attitude Era and once Dana White took over it gave those 15-18 year old kids something more realistic, plus the personalities in MMA are pretty close to those in Wrestling. It's one thing for Stone Cold Steve Austin to say he's gonna kick your ass, but it's another thing for Rampage to do it, because it's actually happening.
The WWE is going through a transition. Instead of focusing on winning back old fans which I don't think they can, they should continue to focus on creating new stars, but just do a better job of it.