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The problem is that the people they would be wowing are the people that would most likely have watched anyways. They have been trying to reach more people by watering down the product into a more all encompassing entertainment field, and in turn, have driven away people who actually wanted to see wrestling. Any fans they could potentially gain from this type of activity would be fad fans who like their seasonal reality television; they wouldn't be there for the wrestling. It's like Vince is saying to the public, "Hey, come watch this shitty movie we're releasing! We got wrestling too sometimes, you know?" It's bad enough that there is already the stigma to the public of "Isn't wrestling fake??!" but when you're trying to compensate for that fakeness by making your wrestling world into a media extravaganza, you sacrifice your original agenda. So really, it doesn't matter if they announce comebacks or not. We all miss the way it used to be, but they know where the consistant ratings are.
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