Vince McMahon is looking to sell WWE

[chinarice]

Ahh the ol vince is gonna sell wwe rumors

I remember when vince was gonna "sell WWE" like 5 years ago yet we are still here talking about the same thing 5 years later.

I say he hands it down to Steph and Trips if anything.

Until i see something on wrestlingnc, i dont believe it

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Does anyone actually watch this still?

 

[Peli]

Idk if I'm the only one but AEW is not very interesting IMO, yea it got ruthless aggression written all over it but then again Kenny Omega butchered the Exploding Barbed wire match.

I liked ECW more.

ECW had that death match shit. Personally I don't like matches like that. Sabu,Mick Foley were like the only guys that made that match work

 

[The Witcher]

Cool UFC news

 

[Peli]

Haven’t followed WWE in nearly 20 years but that’s really surprising. I always got the impression he wanted his family involved as much as possible in it (or they wanted to be), I wonder why he wanted to sell? he could retire and just let others manage it while he chills with the money

Nope. Vince has always left the door open for it to be sold. Never gave any inclination of passing it on to family.

Here's a link from 2017

https://thecomeback.com/pro-wrestling/wwe-vince-mcmahon-sell-wrestling-xfl.html

There's been multiple stories through the years when he's asked of he'll sell it or not or pass it on, and made it clear the door is not closed on any offers.

 

[Patman]

It's doing very badly, most of the fans left for AEW.

They’ve turned it into a full fledged business. Fan base is at an all time low yet they’re making more money than ever through global TV deals mostly.

 

[JumJum]

Your first response was defending the abysmal ratings, which I pointed out were at record lows. They may be profitable because of the Tv deals they have but how long will they last when ratings keep dropping? WWE is dying and good riddance. I stopped watching in 2004, tried a few times over the years but I literally cant even get through a show its horrific. Vince went senile decades ago.

Rating doesnt means jackshit nowdays. you got now so many ways to watch your shows and sports so rating of everything getting overall lower. they also went much more global while in the past they focused almost solely on USA. they got more fans than ever before despite if some oldschoolers hate it.

 

[Human Bass]

Prediction: Conor makes a bid.

Lol no, Conor doesn't have billions.

 

[ThunderL1ps]

WWE hasn't been watchable since maybe 2003-2005-ish.

All WWE has left is brand awareness and the awareness is that the brand has been limping along for quite some time. It's getting to the point where this is a "dead brand," even for a global company. WWE did a masterful job of turning off generational fans. At one point you had fans of all ages and now it's just a bunch of neck beard sloth types in their audience as the majority.

Outside of major events like Wrestlemania and Summerslam crowds are not good, which speaks to the lack of appeal of the product. The wrestlers are not "larger than life" and for the most part are generic and forced.

NBC will buy it, if anyone is going to. It seems like they have the right of first refusal. This will be just another company in their portfolio and it would not surprise me if they gave up on the WWE brand within five years of being acquired.

The industry as a whole is very stagnant. Pro wrestling is a giant mess and needs to die to be reborn into something other than "sports entertainment."

 

[abject]

Is Disney interested in bringing WWE to their cartoon and Marvel superheroes brand?

How about Jeff Bezos bringing pro wrestling into Amazon Prime?

WWE Sports Entertainment on Netflix, anyone?

Will WWE be a part of NBC?


Is WME interested running a pro wrestling promotion beside the UFC?

Unfortunately its become a kids show. Back in the day with the steiners, undertaker, flair and especially vince. It was epic. I loved it. Now, meh!

 

[Goatenstein]

Who the fuck told you that? Raw still gets over a million viewers per week while Smackdown still clears over 2 million (the most previous RAW taping did 1.91 million) while AEW averages between 600,000 and 900,000 thousand.

don’t comment on shit you don’t know because it makes you look stupid.

Oh look at the triggered WWE mark. WWE is garbage for pigs. Men watch AEW.

 

[BabyBlue_Bomber]

Even though the product is pretty awful now, the WWE is making more money now than it ever has before (partly due to COVID-19)…

It’s honestly just a rumor, as of now (though I believe it’s true). They just released one of their biggest stars in Strowman, and most people are thinking that it’s because he had such a fat contract with them, and they want to be able to say that they have extra money for hiring new talent when they present the deal…

 

[BabyBlue_Bomber]

M

Wrong, absolutely wrong. WWE is a sinking ship. You be the judge for yourself, get surrounded yourself with wrestling fans and hear what they have to say.

The product has been shit, there’s no doubt about that. But in terms of money they’ve been making, they’re making the most they’ve ever made (yes even more than they were making with Austin, Hogan, The Rock, and Cena main-eventing the cards)…

They have like the same 8 wrestlers fight every week but are able to pay all these other people that they don’t even use, just so AEW, AAA, and New Japan can’t use them…

And they can afford it.

 

[x__stylez__x]

Has nothing to do with MMA.


Ban

 

[flowoftruth]

i'd rather Amazon/Netflix get WWE than Disney.

but personally Vince is better off giving it to Dana.

what do you think dana gonna do with it lol

 

[OrigFan255]

Do they do MMA in it now..

Thought this was a MMA forum...
Just saying..

Ronda......Cain.......Brock, partially related

 

[BabyBlue_Bomber]

Ronda......Cain.......Brock, partially related

They were also pushing the fuck out of Baszler before they shit the bed with her.

I think Shinsuke Nakamura has some MMA experience as well…

 

[WaylonMercy5150]

M

Wrong, absolutely wrong. WWE is a sinking ship. You be the judge for yourself, get surrounded yourself with wrestling fans and hear what they have to say.

AEW only exists because of Tony Khan. Without him the company is red dead. The matches are ok but the Meltzer pleasing is fuggin embarrassing. I stopped watching AEW and just watch WWE ppvs now.

 

[BabyBlue_Bomber]

WWE hasn't been watchable since maybe 2003-2005-ish.

All WWE has left is brand awareness and the awareness is that the brand has been limping along for quite some time. It's getting to the point where this is a "dead brand," even for a global company. WWE did a masterful job of turning off generational fans. At one point you had fans of all ages and now it's just a bunch of neck beard sloth types in their audience as the majority.

Outside of major events like Wrestlemania and Summerslam crowds are not good, which speaks to the lack of appeal of the product. The wrestlers are not "larger than life" and for the most part are generic and forced.

NBC will buy it, if anyone is going to. It seems like they have the right of first refusal. This will be just another company in their portfolio and it would not surprise me if they gave up on the WWE brand within five years of being acquired.

The industry as a whole is very stagnant. Pro wrestling is a giant mess and needs to die to be reborn into something other than "sports entertainment."

The WWE has some amazing wrestlers, it’s just that creative is a joke there…

The storylines are always a joke, and they always give up new stars half-way after they push them. Keith Lee, Baszler, Ricochet, Gran Metallica, Shinsuke Nakamura, etc. would all be main-eventers in other organizations (and some were) but the WWE doesn’t know how to use their talent properly.

I mean Edge and Randy Orton was the WWE’s big feud not long ago, and those two were with the WWE when I was in fucking high school…

 

[GoldenAzazel]

Hasn't AEW been at the same ratings for months now? Rarely ever see it hit 1 million or more. It shows how great ecw was on tnn getting around the same ratings, and no promotion for the show by the cable network

Up until the NBA playoffs started they were getting over 1m, but yeah they're at a low at the moment. Same with the whole of wrestling. RAW just got a terrible terrible rating going up against NBA playoffs.