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Is Pro Wrestling Dead?
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I was talking with a friend who is very knowledgeable in the wrestling business. He said that pro wrestling as we know it is a dying industry. He is of the opinion that there are people who are WWE fans and those who are wrestling fans. Many WWE fans will buy WWE PPVs and merch but would never consider attending an indie show or following Japan or ROH or TNA. He says that WWE is an industry unto itself - outside of the pro wrestling business. Many younger WWE fans do not remember WCW or ECW. Meanwhile, non-WWE wrestling is a niche market and niche markets rarely make much money. Look at the top inide promotions in America. TNA's financial issues are well-documented. They are on life support. Ring of Honor, for all it's critical acclaim among hard core fans, lags behind in ratings behind the moribund TNA. Pro Wrestling Gurerrila is reportedly doing poorly financially. They only recently started turning a profit and now their primary moneymaker - DVD sales - begins to bottom out. Lucha Underground doesn't know if it will be renewed year to year. My point is that outside of WWE (which is simply in a different category) pro wrestling is struggling financially. Independent wrestling sees smaller and smaller crowds and smaller and smaller financial returns. Is this simply a reflection of the cycle of boom and bust that wrestling goes through? Will any wrestling company outside of WWE ever make money again? Are we approaching an era where the ONLY wrestling available to us will be in a WWE ring?
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