>>4826379>Did this guy like anything that was over?Yes, but only on the small scale in an American market.
When the WWF exploded in the 80s, it didn't just go national, it went international. Everybody around the world with two brain cells to rub together knew that wrestling was fake. So #1 he discounted all the international market, regardless of whether they were kayfabed or not. Citing that no one cares, whilst ignoring the huge revenue stream from there. #2 he argued that much of the US were still kayfabed, because not everybody had cable and thus, were exposed to the cartoonish WWF. The local promoters would cite that "the stuff on TV is fake, OUR wrestling is REAL". Remember, back then, there was a severe lack of dissemination of information (especially video) and a lot of people were either lacking in education or came from an era when they thought pro-wrestling was real and refused to face facts. Not to mention, no one knew what real fighting looked like back then. Blah blah blah, wrestling was still legitimate in hick towns and THOSE are the markets that matter.
Then came the 90s and to be honest, not much changed from the 80s except now even more people were watching WWF and WCW, and thus, knew that wrestling was fake.
By the '00s and '10s, kayfabe's dead and buried. But like a loyal doggo who won't leave his master's grave, Corny insisted it was still alive. But that if it WERE dead, you know, just for the sake of argument, then it was the fault of modern day wrestlers. Not because badminton racquet wielding managers from the 70s/80s, or even the repo-men in the 80s/90s, exposing the business.
