>>19538475it was a great year for wrestling. bad year for sports entertainment, thoughbeit.
>>19538475Wrestling has had one bad year after another since the early 2000s.
>>19538475every year since 1989.
>>19538484This. Since around 2003, there hasn't been one year, not a single one, where the ratings have gone up on the previous year. Not one. They've been steadily going down, and that was before streaming, so it's not just that.
>>19538484>>19538490These.>>195384871989 is probably my favorite year in wrestling history, but that doesn't mean every year that followed was bad.
>>19538475It was a down one for WWE. After two great years, this one was very poor. It even gave us the joke term of Ruthless Depression.AEW felt better than the last two years, but the damage has already been done. They're stuck as the niche "workrate" wrestling company and can only plateau at this point.TNA is WWE's bitch. AAA is WWE's bitch. The entire puro scene is New Japan's bitch. New Japan is AEW's bitch. AEW is CMLL's bitch. NWA is a punchline.MLW is just there.
>>19538475if you've been watching since at least 97 then yeah you would say it was a down year. Retards born after 2001 with no culture besides jew approved slop will say otherwise.
For dronies it was pretty embarrassing
>>19538484Now imagine what would have happened to the industry if Turner didn't buy Crockett in 1988 and Lupton got monopoly then instead of 2001.
>>19538475nah, expect for AEW, lost over half its audience and basically confirmed meltzer is on the payroll
