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March Wrasslin' |OT2| The Rollercoaster to WrestleMania XXXIII!
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I thought this was a joke post, but then I googled......
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
I need to watch this.
WWE would be an excellent case study in extracting maximum possible value from a dwindling, yet dedicated, audience base
The funny thing is graph you used is from the person who disagrees with your notion.
The article basically has this point.
http://www.fightful.com/wrestlemania-business-stats
Sweeney Tom
Banned
They're about to successfully bully Mauro out of a job, this sentence is far too abrupt and long
What?
HazySaiyan
Banned
You'd think Goldberg would do even a little cardio so he doesn't get gassed in 15 seconds
Welcome!
You can never leave
Mauro has been out for weeks after JBL bullied the living shit out of him. Mauro has battled severe depression for a long time.
EDIT: And WWE doesn't seem to care that much from an outside view.
Naw, Vince legitimate thinks this is a good card, I he wouldn't be doing it if he didn't.
excelsiorlef
Member
It is a good card.
I like this card better than last year but also I don't remember most of Mania last year.
Where is the story that JBL caused it?
He was talking shit about him both on air and on Twitter.
I just assume it was part of it.
All the usual Twitter insider suspects are hinting at something like this happening
It would explain why that match is happening at all honestly
I don't think our points are all that different; WWE's overall popularity is definitely down but the way they structure their business means they pull in a lot of revenue from a small base of very hardcore fans, focused around Wrestlemania.
So they seriously did an angle where they randomly used ladders on Raw with the tag champs and now the Raw tag title match is a ladder match?
Not that I'm not happy about seeing Cesaro in a ladder match, I am.....it's just....damn. They really rushed that shit.
Then, I see the Hardy brothers being offered a WWE contract, closing their web store, and the Meltz saying they're going to WWE and it's really only a matter of Mania or Raw after Mania.
I think the ladder match essentially confirms it.
Not that I'm not happy about seeing Cesaro in a ladder match, I am.....it's just....damn. They really rushed that shit.
Then, I see the Hardy brothers being offered a WWE contract, closing their web store, and the Meltz saying they're going to WWE and it's really only a matter of Mania or Raw after Mania.
I think the ladder match essentially confirms it.
or HHH, or Steph, or most people in WWE.
SallyIsNow
Banned
They don't have the reputation that JBL has.
Yep.
No one is a bigger bully than JBL, but that doesn't mean the others aren't bad too.
Good.
Did anyone expect different? Classic WWE booking
I mean, yeah.
I want Bray to win but I know that's unlikely
Cause this is not the first time he has missed a event due to this problem.
Its not dwindling according the article. This no boom period but since end of the attitude era the popularity has been stable for the last 15 years.
What WWE got booming is the whole Wrestlemania experience.
excelsiorlef
Member
Hell in making the coldest match on the card, the raw tag title triple threat, a ladder match there is now no match that I'm not looking forward to for one reason or another
31GhostsIV
Banned
Blandy Boreton, in 2017.
Orton has been good with this angle though. He was great in a tag team with Harper and he's been good with Wyatt.
He's only boring when he doesn't care, and he likes this angle.
I'm super disappointed they didn't use the burning down of the shack change Bray's character at all. Surely something that huge should make him more vicious, maybe shed some of the hocus pocus. But nah, he's actually regressed, bringing back the weird mask dudes and going off to fucking crazy town with this Sister Abagail shit
FlammableD
Banned
Another live show to add to the pile, Wrestle Circus is running "Midnight-ish After Mania", which is an after show for Mania. iPPV at WrestleCircus.com/ippv
Card so far:
Candice & Joey v Sami Callihan & Jessika Havok
Brian Cage v Dezmond Xavier
Shane Strickland v Mike Elgin
ACH v Martin Stone
Card so far:
Candice & Joey v Sami Callihan & Jessika Havok
Brian Cage v Dezmond Xavier
Shane Strickland v Mike Elgin
ACH v Martin Stone
That is the change though, apparently allowing Sister Abigail to be inside of him has made him more powerful.
I think the Harper match tonight is his first match back since that happened.
Ladder match, elimination match, non sanctioned match, ARMBAR, probably a NO DQ with Styles / McMahon
Brock vs Goldberg and Taker vs Roman are both gimmick matches, kinda
BewareTheBatsie
Member
I'm waiting to see what they do for Ambrose vs Corbin. If no gimmick it's pre-show.
slightconfuse
Banned
WWE is basically supported by big add TV deals and increased ticket prices
blackaroni
Member
Maybe you shouldn't make those assumptions. Nothing about those two things you list are considered BULLIED THE LIVING SHIT out of someone.
Actually, their ticket prices are only increased for Mania, everything else is reasonable for a comparable rock show.
BewareTheBatsie
Member
Sheamus has done a few ladder matches before and has definitely done a couple of ladder spots.
It's Cass and Gallows who really don't seem suited for it.
slightconfuse
Banned
Lapsed fan summa slam 02 is up
JBL is an asshole. I think I can live with making assumptions about him.
excelsiorlef
Member
We'll see what happens tonight against Luke Harper we might see a more vicious Wyatt
Roland_Gunner
Member
I'll probably get the VOD eventually but plan on taking a week off from wrasslin after RAW the next night.