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Originally Posted by The Optimist
The In Crowd, what a faggy name.
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Originally Posted by Vastardikai
Well, it's Miz and Morrison, so it's apropos.
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Originally Posted by Jeritron
So 13 is hurting the promotion now, but 12 wasn't hurting it 10 years ago? When it had less titles and less talent?
The brand split, the amount of titles, and most importantly the booking is the problem. Having 1 more ppv a year than they had in the hayday isn't the problem.
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No, the booking is a problem, but the big problem is still the fact that
they have more PPVs now than they did in the biggest period in their business. With the financial crisis in banking recently, and the real estate crash, we keep hearing the phrase "living beyond their means," and WWE is living beyond their means. Yearly, their attendances are going down, and realistically, 13 PPVs now is worse than 12 ten years ago. Why? Because they could pull it off back then. Even their shittiest PPVs would draw because they were popular at that point.
Whether the reason is booking or simply a "down cycle" in the sport, not cutting back on PPVs will hurt them. Even if they turned the writing around today, and made everything attitude era quality, the prudent thing would be to tighten their belts until they started packing in Austin-level crowds and drawing Austin-level numbers.
The size of the roster and the number of titles should benefit them.