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Yeah, and the fact is that catering to that demographic is providing results. Why should they worry about pleasing the unpleasable demographic when they can find new ones to provide profit with less work?
The operant question here: Why is WWE in business?
Wrong answer: To provide quality wrestling, well thought-out storylines, endearing characters, and memorable moments.
Correct answer: To make money.
And whether you or I like it or not, they're always going to go with what makes them the most profit. If catering to grandma and college chicks is what provides the biggest revenue increases with the smallest amount of work, they're going to do that. It's going to be much easier than trying to please the crowd that hasn't been consistently pleased with anything since 2001. We can bitch about wanting "real wrestling" all we want, but from WWE's profit perspective, what has "real wrestling" gotten them? Two dead vanilla midgets complete with tons of bad global publicity, a hotshot-turned-MMA fighter with a penis tattoo, and a mentally unstable Olympian ship-jumper. So what are they going to do, A) keep sticking their hand on that hot fire, or B) parade some hot bodies in front of the growing female demographic? If you said A, you're a moron, and if you said B, you're still a moron, but you happened to pick the right answer. Broken clocks and all.
And for fuck's sake, quit wanking your crank about how the fans they don't want to market to anymore are the ones that made them. We paid our money, they provided product. Unless you happen to be a shareholder, WWE owes you nothing. And if you are a shareholder, take it up at the next meeting.
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