>>13218864>On the plus side, maybe the territories come back.No
I'm so tired of hearing this shit
You wanna see territory wrestling in the modern day? Indies.
Entertainment is global now, internet streaming and ubiquitous TV means everyone has access to everything. Not only that but travel, despite the anti-car push, recent cost of living rises, etc. distant travel is far more common, comfortable and affordable now for most people than in the 70s.
A local entertainment company cannot draw like a territory did because that local audience now has access to distant entertainment instantly, there is so much choice and variety of other things not just wrestling but other media, so territories can't get big ratings by being local, and territories won't draw big gates because that same access of entertainment and information also means you can't create the illusion that your limited roster of loyal locals are amongst the best in the world, because people can instantly see otherwise. Territories are by their nature niche as a scale issue, they don't have the equity or resources to cater to a wider or larger audience or they wouldn't operate so locally, which also means they will have to be a niche product in order to keep their slice of the pie.
The landscape of entertainment, transportation and society has changed, Indies ARE modern territories. People seriously need to step outside their own heads and own tastes and think 3-dimensionally about things.
Whether you're an e-drone or not, if you can't grasp that the industry needs WWE to survive for major, big--global-interest arena wrestling to survive (outside of Mexico and Japan which are domestic products, not global), you're letting your personal tastes override your ability to think. Look what happened to the UK scene when Joint Promotions crumbled after ITV deemed wrestling too undesirable an image to support so moved it around until they could axe it. The scene died.
