>>10098291that's the thing, they weren't smarks.
they used to watch in the attitude era and got back into it when The Rock faced Cena at mania 27.
We all kept watching because of guys like Daniel Bryan, Ziggler and Punk.
Then Ryback, The Shield and Wyatt Family were the hottest things from 2012-2014
did you watch this era live? the revisionist history of Bryan being a smark favourite and Roman being over with the fans is simply not true. You can go back and see for yourself.
Bryan was over with everyone. He started out as an indie darling but he got over with the casuals and normies.
Roman has never been over. He got over as a heel in the last 2 years but it's all manufactured.