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SFHalfling t1_j91sy62 wrote

Reply to comment by NaRaGaMo in Vince McMahon Wants $9 Billion for His WWE Wrestling Media Empire by Sisiwakanamaru

Compared to the Premier League? Yes absolutely.

3million viewers is fuck all. Match of The Day gets 20+ million viewers in the UK alone.

1.5billion people watched the world cup

3.2Billion people watched at least some of the Premier League in the 2019-2020 season.

WWE isn't even close.

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LlewelynMoss1 t1_j95xthq wrote

Your really sourcing the daily mail lol

You're right in some senses though. I'd take a soccer team for longevity over WWE. The WWE has a lot of merchandising, tv deals, theyve diversified their assets, and generally are a well run company. It's a bit more complex it how it can grow compared to a soccer team, which will always retain value. The WWE could grow more valuable if you continue to run it well, or go to shit if it's poorly run and be worth much less. Most soccer teams, especially like Manchester United, is only to go up in value. But I think the expansion past a team is a lot rarer than what the WWE grew into.

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dpjg t1_j91u48h wrote

And wrestling fans aren't exactly advertisers most sought after targets. The poor and the stupid, mostly.

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East_Pianist9042 t1_j9275or wrote

I've met plenty of poor and down right stupid pitch fans. More so than the redneck demographics that watch wrasslin. Just because it's popular doesn't mean the fans aren't just as stupid or more so.

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dpjg t1_j927w09 wrote

In England EPL fans tend to encompass the demographic as a whole, but EPL fans in USA, CA, Japan, SK, etc skew middle class or higher. It's a very valuable world-wide product, and WWE isn't close to it.

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East_Pianist9042 t1_j92d82m wrote

So is wrasslin, just not to you, just like I haven't watched a futbol match since the US women's team started protesting after losing to a team of teenagers. Same with baseball. Sports in general are beginning to experience a plateau with more and more becoming a social protest venue. It's really sad but sports is just a soap opera now that is mostly scripted.

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Hawklet98 t1_j92qe5m wrote

I honestly can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic and writing stuff a typical American MAGA idiot might believe or if you’re just being yourself. If it’s the former that’s a spot on impression. And if it’s the latter you’re inadvertently supporting dpjg’s argument.

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East_Pianist9042 t1_j945g54 wrote

Nah just when sports are scripted because why not be greedy and make terrible calls that change the entire game and create profit for people. It's why more and more players are getting caught betting. Futbol is the worst offender. Now throw in protesting to the corruption and it's a no brainer to tune out and go cheer on the kids and collegiate level. I'm just not dumb enough to keep supporting it like y'all dumbasses. Trillions of dollars wasted on all the major sport organizations scamming you for their million dollar salaries. Support your local sports not the trash organizations like all of fifa.

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SFHalfling t1_j91ufc0 wrote

I wouldn't go that far, even if the one I replied to thinks 3,000,000 is a bigger number than 3,000,000,000.

They are apparently all very upset that the average person doesn't give a fuck about wrestling though.

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