>>11295527Thats horseshit.Wrestling as a whole was getting bigger but with the territory system it was getting bigger locally. Its why the Von Erichs Lawler ior Dusty could be living gods in their home territories and nobody cared about thwm 2 states over.
What Mania did was have a national program that kept up with the media explosion of the 80s when people had more disposable income than ever. Sure a lot of certain territories knew who the Freebirds were but every little kid in the country watched Hulk Hogans rock n wrestling. It only started to shink later as quality declined and Vince raided their talent . WCW might have been able to hedge them out if it formed earlier but even Vinces ideas were getting stale by the time it got going and a whole generation grew up thinking "Wrestling is WWF and comes on after cartoons where I see jobbers lose to guys that matter"
