03-02-2014, 10:01 AM | #1 |
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Drawing ability
Couldn't find a previous thread that talked about this, so here goes...
Since the late 90's - early 00's, I've heard / read on a fairly regular basis about people that, to some, dont draw (for me the most famous example is Jeff Jarrett, especially during said time period). So that got me thinking; What exactly goes in to determining if a wrestler can or can't draw? I'm going to guess that merchandise sales and crowd reactions are at least part of it... So, aside from those, what else is included? |
03-02-2014, 10:12 AM | #2 |
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Attendance, ratings now since they can narrow it down to segments, buyrates. Crowd reactions can be deceiving depending on the type of crowd. Cena gets booed a lot, but he's far and away the leader in merchandise. Smarks don't like Cena for the most part but a fan in India is more likely going to buy a Cena shirt than a Bryan shirt.
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03-02-2014, 12:25 PM | #3 |
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Curtis is a draw.
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03-02-2014, 12:26 PM | #4 |
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03-02-2014, 01:24 PM | #5 |
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03-02-2014, 01:47 PM | #6 |
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it's such a big machine/empire now spread across so many mediums that, whilst it's not entirely redundant, drawing power doesn't mean close to as much as it did in the past
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03-02-2014, 03:16 PM | #7 |
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Jerry Lawler has good drawing ability
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03-02-2014, 03:39 PM | #8 |
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Bret Hart has good drawing ability, check it out:
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03-03-2014, 07:55 PM | #9 |
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Those Bret Hart drawings....wow.
I picture Rob Zombie's Michael Myers, sitting in his cell, painting his masks. |
03-06-2014, 11:01 AM | #10 |
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Workrate>drawing ability. Now let's talk about tatanka
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