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Originally Posted by Kane Knight
IT's all in the WWE's hands. They have awesome talent right now, and could easily make a new era.
Or they could stumble upon it out of sheer luck.
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That brings about another set of questions. Back during Hulkamania, the Attiude era, it was actually cool to liek wrestling. However, during the wanign days of those glorious era's, die-hard wrestling fans went back int he closest, disguested at the marks who in a sense ruined it. The people in this forum are all fans that would watch wrestling, even if it sucked. WWE needs to attract the casual, mark fan. WWE last did this by having wrestlers play more to the crowd (i.e Rock, Godfather, DX, Austin). Currently, only Cena plays to the crowd, and is the only wrestler that marks would watch. Cena should be pushed more because he has that appeal to attract the casual fan. You are right that it is in the WWE's hand, and they must realize Cena is the man to give the ball to like they gave the ball to SCSA in 97. ALso, creating a buzz will get back fans who lost interest after the attitude era. Look at it this way- Back in wrestling's last boom period, the Nielson ratings were a 10 (combined Nitro and Raw score). However, Raw now only averages a 3.5. They have a huge market to capture back, so creating a bizz will help, and this is most evident from when the nWo was formed. The nWo created a buzz, and brought back fans who hdan't watched wrestling in years.