>>19149713Well yeah, everyone is saying this.
The thing that really killed wrestling actually wasn't anything that happened *in* the business.
It started its death when WWE went public. Not all at once, obviously. But that was the point that the company had to start answering to shareholders and focus on producing obscene profits to provide increasing returns.
That meant more ads and watering down what was offered. Not all at once but it dragged everything down over time.
People who don't understand business might say, "Well, then, why didn't something better just replace it then," but that overlooks the huge role that brand name, marketing budgets, and overall market share play in any business. When you control a good 70% of the market there ain't anyone who's going to unseat you because you have other forms of leverage you can apply to take the wind out of them. That's why TNA never made it.
