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People seem to talk about the wrestling "economy" as being exogenous. Exogenous btw means that it happens outside the model (in economic terms). This is not so. Wrestling peaks and troughs dont simply just happen. They re triggered by something.
In order for wrestling to BOOM once more, they require an endogenous variable (endogenous means something happens inside the model.) This is like Hulk Hogan capturing the attention of the world, or the NWO, or the rise of WCW.
Wrestling will not boom again until something happens which gets people interested. Possibly, the whole concept of the roster split was to try and make the two shows rival each other...however, they are still far to linked together.
I'd say, in order for wrestling to once again boom, they require fans for each show. This will create a rivalry between the shows, and a fan base for each show.
The reason why wrestling isnt booming now is because there is nothing for Mr. I dont mind wrestling, but dont love it, to get excited about.
I think the best way would be to get smackdown and raw to go up against one another, in a competitive manner. This has slowly begun with bischoff and Heyman going up against one another. However, more needs to be done if they want this to happen.
The other hope is that NWA-TNA can become a force in the wrestling world. However, this is probably still very unlikely (as we in Australia dont even get it).
The final hope is for a big star (ala Hogan, Austin) or a big collective of stars (NWO, DX) to start up.
I remember i was a fan of wrestling up until about '96, and then i dropped out of it till around 2003 (and am only now catching up to it once more). I remember walking around my place and just seeing people EVERYWHERE with NWO t-shirts. You hardly ever see people with wrestling shirts on now (u see very occasionalyl a hogan shirt), but certainly never a john cena or rey mysterio shirt.
so, in order for it to boom once more, they need either:
a new, big star (which no one in the wwe currently is or will be)
a new stable to capture ppl's attention
competition
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