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Is Pro Wrestling Dead?
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Multiple questions here...so multiple answers. Is pro wrestling dead? No Not a question but on the topic of young fans not knowing about ECW/WCW...there's an ENTIRE network dedicated to that stuff. It's easier than other to get in to OLDER stuff. Is this simply a reflection of the cycle of boom and bust that wrestling goes through? No. What it is is the reality of network TV and the decline of money marks. There's no one person with complete control of a network who wants to be in the wrestling business. Combine that with the death of big time local promotions, and you don't get a local promotion doing as well a JCP (aka WCW in the NWA days) getting on to TBS. Will any wrestling company outside of WWE ever make money again? You should check on [url=http://blogofdoom.com/index.php/category/wrestling-observer-flashback/]Scott Keith's Wrestler Observer Flashback[/url] series to get a reminder of how much money was sunk on wrestling in the 80's. Or read/watch about ECW. Not a lot of people had a lot of success for an extended period running a wrestling promotion. Are we approaching an era where the ONLY wrestling available to us will be in a WWE ring? No. There's so much stuff that's out there now if you want it. ROH, NJPW, and Evolve. What has happened is that the chances for another Monday Night Wars is over. And much like how the NHL swallowing up the WHL, or the NBA taking over the ABA...Vince buying WCW and ECW didn't kill off pro-wrestling. There's other stuff out there. But what it did do is establish itself as the world leader, and made it next to impossible for anybody to compete on that level. But who knows...maybe the next Snapchat level success will be from a kid who is a die hard wrestling fan, who has no problems wasting money on TNA, ROH, or a new promotion and PAYING to have his show aired on a decent network.
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