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Originally Posted by The CyNick
In the case of a movie, I could see your point. However, I don't hold my own opinion above anyone else's. So even though I may not like a particular movie, I feel like if a ton of people went to see it, they must have done something right.
Better comparison would be a popular TV show. I watched The Big Bang Theory for 5 minutes one time and thought it was God awful. So I never watched it again. A lot of people do watch it though, week after week. So it must carry some appeal to the general masses. In that case, I kinda toss out my own opinion as irrelevant if so many people like the show.
With sports entertainment, I just don't see how the argument can be made that any other group is close. Sure, some other groups might do some interesting things, but if they were so great, other people would notice, and keep watching. Lots of companies have had the same opportunity WWE did, but they all were less successful. The collective masses must see those products as inferior, otherwise you would see growth, but you don't.
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WWE is a multi-million dollar publically traded company with decades of brand recognition and it's only big competition throughout the years shot itself in the head. They are the field leader by default and wrestling is not hot enough for anyone with any sense, either as a promoter or TV executive, to put any serious money into building a competitor. At this point it's like expecting a new brand of cola to come out and challenge the supremacy of Coca Cola and Pepsi, no matter how good it might taste, it's not going to sway a vast majority of those people who have been drinking Coke and Pepsi their entire lives.
Nobody is denying WWE is the business leader, but does that automatically make them the "best"? You even said yourself you don't watch anything else in the genre so how is it possible for you to even form that opinion? WWE is the "best" wrestling you know because WWE is the only wrestling you know and you seem unwilling to even give anything else a shot.