Scott Hall wrote:Nobody complained during the 80's, 90's and early to mid 2000's
The basic problem is the audience they have chased all these decades and are still chasing today is gone. The UFC has them and they're not coming back to the WWE.
These people tune into the WWE at a glance and they will say "This is fake" or "This is dumb" and then change the channel.
Right now you are only left with pro wrestling nerds and WWE brand loyalists, and they are losing the former group at a rapid rate to indie and international promotions while we're rapidly approaching a time where we can see what the company would be like if they lost every other audience demographic except the WWE loyalists.
So the WWE is under attack from a dwindling appetite for pro wrestling from the general public, a pro wrestling fanbase than gives the company's product terrible reviews more and more frequently, and an increasingly disinterested WWE loyalist fanbase. They're still making a ton of money, thanks to the TV deals and Saudi deal, BUT...what their financials often don't mention is the amount of spending they are are doing as well. NXT and the Performance centre loses money and the amount of money they have sunk into producing so much sheer content is almost as much as the money they are making. They may be making more money than they ever have...but they are also spending far more than they ever have as well. I think they will likely have to cut back on a significant amount of content at some point if the spending begins to become dangerously close to parity with revenue coming back.
Still, while fans are correct about the product's quality affecting viewer satisfaction, one thing fans consistently underestimate is Vince's creativity as a businessman in finding new revenue streams. The dude simply finds ways to make money no matter what people think of the **** he's cranking out. You could say that the WWE without the Saudi deals would be in a much more dangerous position than they are now...but the fact that these type of deals seem to happen shows how tenacious Vince is businesswise. He gets powerful people to pay a lot of money for his product.
I mean i enjoyed it in a peverse way at least because of how terrible it was. it was WCW Nitro levels of bad which at least is entertaining.
