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Dodgers#1:
--- Quote from: daWappla on August 29, 2007, 02:34:08 PM ---
--- Quote from: Now_I_Know on August 29, 2007, 10:29:53 AM ---
--- Quote from: daWappla on August 28, 2007, 04:48:12 PM ---I stopped watching wrestling on a regular basis years ago (simply because they don´t show it here and I can´t be bothered to download every show) but I still read all the results etc... So, while I don´t know too much about the performance of younger guys I don´t have the feeling that I´m missing out on something. I mean, wrestling/sports entertainment is basically dead since WCW went out of business. Without any competition it´s just boring.
I was a WWF mark to the fullest back around 89 to 94 and although a friend of mine was heavily into wrestling in general (WCW, Japan, taping trades and what not) I never got into WCW. It was just 2nd class to me. Then when the NWO started you know that it was the hottest thing going and I was watching Nitro every week. It was a mix of bringing in older WWF guys and the element of surprise. Every week there happened something. You couldn´t afford to miss one single Nitro , I was hooked. That also made WWF work their asses off and, of course, in the long run they won.
Nowadays it´s just shit. I don´t even bother downloading Summerslam now. Think about it, someone said that it´s disappointing that SS was so weak because it´s one of the original 4 PPV´s. It´s not only one of the original four, it used to be the second highest WWF ppv ever and people knew it by the caliber of matches. Rumble and Survior Series were "just" gimmick ppv´s. Now you guys say that this years Summerslam was disappointing and when I look at the results and the reviews it doesn´t make me go look for a download link like it should.
Even though they might be very critical about their product in Stamford, without some major competition it will be very hard to pull themselves out of this mediocracy.
(I guess though, just to really have an opinion, I go and look for a download link :D )
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I agree with most of that.
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What do you not agree with?
--- Quote from: Bangin' West Coast on August 29, 2007, 11:08:00 AM ---Finally watched Summerslam & I'm pretty dissapointed with some of the matches. Like the one with Rey Mysterio, I was expecting something way better than that (afterall, this was Mysterio's comeback). Booker T lost in a terrible way, it was like he was "just another" wrestler with no history behind him. Getting disqualified by using a chair at a PPV is just plain miserable & that's what Khali did. As for Cena beating Orton, I don't know, I'm just sick & tired of seeing Cena win every title match he gets. They put the belt on the wrong guy, clearly no one likes him so what's the fucking point at him still being the champion???
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He sells enough merchandise. Obviously they don´t have any one else at the moment that they could put the title on and the fact that he makes them enough money is reason enough to keep the title on him. I see it that way, kids will always buy his shirts and all that stuff but with putting the title on him they also sell more title replicas. Especially just his spinner title. They know that if he doesn´t have any title to show to the fans that they won´t sell any titles. It´s business in the end and if he makes the company the most money then they won´t change that. I rather have Cena as champ than Orton or Triple H.
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iam tired of seeing cena as the champ even though he sells enough merchandise but i still think austin sold more merchandise in his time then wat cena merchandise has sold today wat do yall think???
daWappla:
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He probably did.
Out of all WWF/E wrestlers I think it´s sure to say that Hogan has sold the most, then there is Warrior/Austin, where I would go with Austin but Warrior also sold a shitload, and then comes Cena. I doubt that HBK or Bret Hart sold that amounts. Unless I´m really missing anyone out at the moment I think that´s it. If you want to count the NWO as WWE then they might also qualify for selling a lot of merchandise (of course during their prime in WCW.)
Speaking of Austin, I´m not checking the WWE shopzone at all, but I could imagine that they still might sell a decent amount of his merchandise just by his sporadic appearances.
M Dogg™:
I've heard that Austin sold more than Hogan, though Hogan's draw to big areans were larger than Austin's. Who made WWE more money, who knows? Michaels though didn't sell the gate and didn't sell products too well, but his career had a 4 year gap just as he was hitting his prime. Imagion the DX gear had Michaels still been a member during the attitude era, so Michaels sales are unfair. Warrior sold a grip, and he was lucky to be champ when the roster was STACKED! I mean I'd give Hogan the benefit of the doubt, because he helped the WWF get to the position to have a stacked roster by the late 80's early 90's, but Warrior obviously benefitted from this roster rather than enhance it.
westkoastanostra:
--- Quote from: M Dogg on August 29, 2007, 10:16:19 PM ---I've heard that Austin sold more than Hogan
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ive heard this plenty times too
MontrealCity's Most:
there is 2 guys for wrestling being as popular as it is.
Hogan and Austin
guys like Bret Hart, HBK, Undertaker were always complimentary and help sustain it when times were down from 93-96
Rock, HHH, Mankind, Randy Savage, Ultimate Warrior are complimentary to wrestlers to Hogan and Austin who are the 2 REAL and only icons in wreslting. Rock could actualy in between the men i mentionned above and Hogan and Austin.
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