Did a wrestling legend this big really deserve to retire in a half empty bingo hall? Man was a WWF and WCW world champion for crying out loud
>>19461127>Lowest drawing WWF champion>Killed WCWHe's about as much of a wrestling legend as Virgil.
>>19461127>half empty bingo hallThat's very obviously a minor league baseball stadium. It's outdoors. Are you fucking blind?
>>19461127Must real retirement/last match typically were always like this. Only Goldberg, Cena, and Flair(if he never wrestled after WWE) got the big shebang
>>19461127It must be quite sobering to most wrestlers just how far they can fall and the business just moves on while their name has no value anymore
>>19461127Well it’s all because of that whole Detroit Summer Slam thing that happened in ‘92.
>>19461141>>Lowest drawing WWF championWWF Prospectus filed in Oct 1999 with SEC:https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1091907/000095013099005812/0000950130-99-005812.txtMay-Apr Fiscal Year - WWF Net Income (Profit/Loss):1994-95 - $87,352,000 (-$4,431,000)1995-96 - $85,815,000 ($3,199,000)1996-97 - $81,863,000 (-$6,505,000)Bret was WWF Champ from May 1, 1994 - Nov 23, 1994 & WWF made loss of $4.43 millionDiesel was WWF Champ from May 1, 1995 - Nov 19, 1995 & WWF made profit of $3.19 millionHBK was WWF Champ from May 1, 1996 - Nov 17, 1996 & WWF made loss of $6.50 million>>19461141>>Killed WCWThat was the AOL/Time Warner merger.
>>19461796>jew secret business profits are the same as talent draws
>>19461819Those who point to WWF's house show business increasing in 1996, as evidence that Diesel didn't draw, conveniently omit or are completely oblivious to the fact, that the main reason for the rise in business, in addition to higher average ticket prices, was WWF had just started running with one touring group after cutting out the money losing "B" shows & thus the cards were stronger because all of the names appeared on the shows. The other lesser reason in my opinion, was Diesel's new anti-establishment persona resonating with the audience & thus providing Bret, HBK & Taker with their strongest box-office heel opponent in aeons. Let's examine...“Most of the big houses were drawn for Bret vs. Diesel cage matches. In most cities, the crowds are about 50-50.” - Dave Meltzer [WON - 23rd January 1996]“It was another big weekend for the house shows as besides the MSG show, the other shows this past week were 3/15 in Hartford, CT with the same tag match main event at MSG (in this case, Bret pinned Diesel to win the match) which drew 7,317 & $104,273 which was the best house except for WrestleMania in the Civic Center since 1990. The next night at the U.S. Air Arena in Landover, MD turned out to be the one & only Triple Threat match with Bret, Diesel & Taker & drew 6,660 fans & $118,976, which wasn't the most fans, but was the most dollars because of raised ticket prices, also since 1990 for a regular house show.” - Dave Meltzer [WON - 25th March 1996]
>>19461824“Diesel/HBK vs. Hart/Taker headlined MSG on Mar 17, 1996 drew 17,000 (14,824 paying $299,596) - first sellout at MSG for a non-PPV since the mid-80's & also set an all-time record house show gate.” - Dave Meltzer [WON - 25th March 1996]“Diesel's final show at MSG, a cage main event against HBK on May 19, 1996 drew 18,800 (16,564 paying $319,411) - first time in 11 years that WWF had two straight MSG sellouts & first indoor non-PPV house in WWF history to top $300,000.” - Dave Meltzer [WON - 27th May 1996]The best performing In Your House PPV's in 1996 were IYH 6 (headlined by Diesel vs. Hart) & IYH 7 (headlined by Diesel vs. HBK).The common denominator of...- big houses being drawn in January 1996- 3/15 in Hartford, CT being the best house except for WrestleMania in the Civic Center since 1990- 3/16 in Landover, MD being the most dollars for a regular house show in the U.S. Air Arena since 1990- record setting MSG shows on 3/17 & 5/19- two best performing In Your House PPV's of 1996...is they were all headlined by Diesel.
4th highest selling PPV in WCW history had Big Sexy in the main event. Nash was also the fan favorite while Goldberg got booed.
>>19461148Kevin was raped outdoors.....
>>19461824>>19461827okay wolfcuck calm down on the tylenol
>>19461141>>19461796Sting killed WCW at starcade 97 I was there. I got up to take a piss and they were scraping Bischoffs name off the office door before the show even ended and when I was walking to my car I saw them put up the “4 Sale HUGE discount” sign on the lawn
>>19461827Do you have the info on his summer of 1992?
>>19461127If Nash is a draw why couldn't he save TNA
>>19461796>That was the AOL/Time Warner merger>So this wrestling thing makes us a shit load of money we should get rid of it>So this wrestling thing isn't making us any money we should get rid of itWhich is more plausible?
>>19461127Hes the reason his son died.
>>19462117>When the dot-com bubble burst, we weren’t owned by Time Warner. We were owned by AOL. What do you think happened when the stock went from like $70 to $17? So was the closing of WCW from the “Finger Poke of Doom”? You have to realize, you can’t live in a wrestling bubble. They didn’t just sell WCW. They sold the Atlanta Braves, the Atlanta Hawks, the Atlanta Thrashers, the building that they played in. They sold any tangible asset they had because they were going under. WCW being shut down was just set up to fail & to look like it never made a dime.>Yeah, if the stock had stayed strong. It was always a redheaded stepchild of Time Warner. Turner Home Entertainment did a made-for-TV movie & they spent $65 to $70 million shooting the film. It did like a 1.1 rating. We were doing 5.0 to 6.0 after a $60 million budget for the year. But they didn’t want to talk about wrestling. Ted Turner himself was never going to let anything happen to wrestling. Once he lost power, that was it.
>>19462149It was corporate trickery done to make people think WCW was losing money. The fact that they were spending out the ass on inflated contracts and bringing in next to no revenue due to running off their paying customers doesn't factor in.
