Thread: The OFFICIAL Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson vs. John "John Cena" Cena **WRESTLEMANIA HYPE THREAD**
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Old 03-01-2012, 11:10 AM   #204
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Originally Posted by Destor View Post
oh hai geyes. ive got somes news infos to troll you with:

rantings for raw were down this week.

what does this tell us?

nothing you souldnt already know... the rock doesnt bring in a new audience. why?

because hes not an outside influance. his audience is already watching the damn show.

want some more obvious observations? movies that arent kids movies that have the rock as a lead tank these days because the wrestling audience (i.e. his entire fanbase) couldnt give a shit less. so what does this tell us? he needs to endear himself to the only fanbase thats every cared about him to keep his career afloat. spoiler: its not gonna work they arent even tuning in for his return after a 7 year layoff...but he can still squeeze a few years out of muscular villains once his deal with disney expires.

good chance we will get a few more desperation returns tho so hooray for catchphases...seriously hoped that trend was gone forever...
I've always felt this way when people try to say "Celebrity X" is going to bring in ratings or this guy from the Attitude era is going to bring back old fans. Wrestling stars may have crossover appeal into movies, sports, television, etc... but wrestling in this current incarnation does not and it gets proven time and time again.

Find the thread where David Otunga was going to be great for ratings because he was married to Jennifer Hudson and fans of hers would tune in. That turned out to be true right? Look at the Mania numbers with Floyd Mayweather (who does a million PPV buys on his own when he fights) and see the same thing. They were actually lower than the year before.

Fans who saw the Rock in Fast Five, fans of Floyd Mayweather as a boxer, fans of Jennifer Hudson, fans of Snooki, fans of (insert celebrity guest host here) who aren't wrestling fans at heart or familiar with the product aren't going to sit through 2 hours of Raw or pay $50 for a PPV just to watch their favorite athlete or celebrity be on the screen for 15 minutes and the stagnant ratings number and PPV buys show that. Peeps should stop assuming otherwise. The product as a whole needs to have broader appeal if the WWE expects to capitalize from such "celebrities."
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