>>18301600Nta but when Vince was the majority owner you could argue that it was no longer wrestling but at least it was still sports entertainment. WWE was THE thing generating money for Vince. Similar to how the Buss family owns the Lakers, they had no other business interests anymore. It’s not like Steve Ballmer owning the Clippers and happily paying the Luxury Tax and building brand new arenas. It’s the primary source of their income so the product has to be generating money. To do that fans have to at least be interested in what you’re putting out. The Lakers had the appeal of LA and the championships. Vince had the appeal of the #1 company.
WWE is for all intents and purposes an arm of a talent agency now. The purpose is not to entertain fans so they watch and spend money. it’s to push Endeavor backed artists and get them exposure. WWE sold their PPV’s to NBCUniversal and they don’t care about buy-rates. They sold RAW to Netflix they don’t care about ratings. They sold every inch of ring space to advertisers, down to the fucking tables they crash through. The perform privately for the Prince of Saudi Arabia. It exists to make Jellyroll look like a big star. Or Travis Scott. Or Bad Bunny. Whoever it will be two months from now.
You see what the product looks like when you do not have to entertain fans. Same as AEW who also do not exist to make a profit, except it’s more singular and autistic. That exists to entertain Tony.
