How many UFC fans are also WWE fans?

sdpdude9 said:
I watched wrestling when I was a kid. Not gonna judge anybody that watches, we’re all into different shit.
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This has always been my take as well, and it is always weird to me when people go out of their way to bash wrestling and the people who enjoy it. Movies, comics, video games, etc., are all fake/scripted entertainment, but nobody typically cares when someone is a fan of those, so I treat wrestling the same. Why would I care what another grown adult finds entertaining?

As for the question, there is probably a lot of crossover appeal. The UFC has tried hard for years to play up the drama and build these fighters as character personas, so if anyone thinks there is no common ground between WWE and UFC, that horse left the barn a long time ago.
 
i haven't watched wrestling since i was 10. Not disparaging anyone that does but in general prefer to consume as close as i can get to non-fiction when i read or watch tv.
 
I used to be a wwf fan when I was a kid in the 80s but cant say im a fan of wwe pro wrestling now as an adult.
 
mahavishnunj said:
I saw pro wrestling live last weekend. I live in bumfuck Alabama, so whatever you're imagining-it was worse. The only guy who got legit hurt was this skinny dude who worked there. He got knocked out during the big battle royale at the end, and they couldn't figure out how to make it seem like it was part of the show. There were also two wrestlers there smaller than me. I weigh 130 lbs.
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Soooo... you lost a bet and had to go to make good on it?
 
jsbx45 said:
Perhaps you are sir. I am not. MMA (at least for now...) is real. Pro Wrasslin' is total theater. There is a distinct difference.
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I was mostly just teasing. However, I think it can be successfully argued that combat sports took lot of their marketing and promotion straight from prowrestling. Muhammad Ali for example stated in interviews that he was heavily influenced by the prowrestler Gorgeous George.
 
seanwongster said:
How much synergy is there actually between these two businesses?

How many people were fans of WWE? How many people are still fans of WWE?

I used to watch MMA off and on (sometimes for big fights) before Brock Lesnar came to the UFC. I knew big names in the industry but that was it. I used to be a big WWE fan though and was a huge fan of Lesnar, I started watching MMA once Brock came to the UFC and I heard he became champion. Eventually, I stopped watching WWE and now I just mainly watch UFC and once in a while some other fight promotions.

Yeah... I'm one of those fans that migrated over with Lesnar
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Im not haven't been a fan since the attitude era..

I cant watch pro wrassling for more then 5 mins if there talking and 10 mins if there actually wrestling ..which doesn't happen that much ..

Ive tried several times to get back into it...or even just watch a weekly show to see if its gotten any better...always disappointed..

So to me theres no synergy at all...
 
Was never really into WWE. Only guys I know of from there are Brock, CM Punk and the rock because they went to mma(or tried in cm punks case) or movies. Never heard of them before that. Oh and my college roommate's girlfriend used to babysit Ric Flair's kids.
 
I respect wrestlers.. the product seems.. strange to me..
 
last time I took interest in ‘rasslin I was a kid and it was still wwf
 
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i could never get behind the idea of a fake ass fight, with pre-determined outcomes and the over-the-top bullshit along with it. it's entertainment for elementary/middle schoolers.
 
seanwongster said:
How much synergy is there actually between these two businesses?

How many people were fans of WWE? How many people are still fans of WWE?

I used to watch MMA off and on (sometimes for big fights) before Brock Lesnar came to the UFC. I knew big names in the industry but that was it. I used to be a big WWE fan though and was a huge fan of Lesnar, I started watching MMA once Brock came to the UFC and I heard he became champion. Eventually, I stopped watching WWE and now I just mainly watch UFC and once in a while some other fight promotions.

Yeah... I'm one of those fans that migrated over with Lesnar
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Not me.
 
I am! Not really that big WWE follower nowdays, watching more nipponese stuff and anything with a bit less of the McGregor era UFC style circus added to the wrestling matches but I keep tabs on the cool matches and try to eventually watch Wrestlemania every year. When people fall from high places and/or do a couple of somersaults when dropping on an enemy, i'm entertained.

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I dunno why there should be "synergy", tho. I mean "how many UFC fans also watch movies?" or "how many UFC fans also read books?" (probably not a lot) etc.
 
Ufc is lame as fuck compared to wwe

Only redneck virgins deny that
 
BreatheSherBro said:
I was mostly just teasing. However, I think it can be successfully argued that combat sports took lot of their marketing and promotion straight from prowrestling. Muhammad Ali for example stated in interviews that he was heavily influenced by the prowrestler Gorgeous George.
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Cant deny the popularity of Pro Wrasslin'. Wrestler/Promoter Fred Blassie even had a top 40 hit back in 1977. Check out "Pencil Neck Geek" for a laugh.
The wrasslin ain't for me though.
 
chaos_36 said:
I was a die-hard pro wrestling fan long before I was ever a fan of actual combat. I remember watching Bad News Brown smash a trophy over Bret "The Hitman" Hart's head after they co won a battle royale. I thought it was the most despicable, cowardly thing as a kid and had to watch to see if the dude in the pink ever got him back. The art of pro wrestling has truly been lost though, the characters are unappealing, the story lines are lame, the moves resemble video games and look too choreographed to resemble anything close to plausible. The promos are horrible and cringey, the story arcs genuinely have little to no pay off. Everything that made pro wrestling great just doesn't exist anymore and it's because this younger generation of performers don't listen to those that paved the way because they think they know how the business works. Wrestling will never get back to what it was because the wrestlers are now marks for themselves.
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They didnt co win the battle royal, Bret tried that cowardly shit but ole Bad News wasnt going for it so he hit Bret with the Ghetto Blaster and eliminated his sucka ass
Then poor sport Bret smashed up the trophy like the sore loser he's always been!
 
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