Triple H on what he looks for in future talents

[F.R.I.E]

Everyone knows Triple H is looking for this......

 

[Leo C]

He's wise to look for talents like this. Considering he's in the US market and there are the people that make the most success, it's a no brainer.

 

[Lockard 23]

Honestly you're under rating the ability of these foreign guys to draw the US is the biggest but it seems your suggesting the gap is a lot bigger than it is.

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It's wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_awards#Best_Box_Office_Draw but the stats should be available elsewhere.
These are the stats for the biggest draws over the past 6 years according to wrestling observer (ignore the UFC ones as that's neither here or there as Brock wasn't pro wrestling at the time if you want to count MMA Sakuraba and Sapp x 2 are further for Japan) That's a 3 on 3 split in wrestling and two of those for the US were from a guy who spent the majority of the time in movies than wrestling. The US was dominant during the AE but now it's pretty damn close.

I never said guys from Japan and Mexico didn't draw big in their own home countries. I clarified my statements saying that I was referring to the US scene since I was talking about why Triple H would obviously say what he said, given that he's the soon-to-be-owner of an American-based wrestling company. Getting big in the States typically means you have a chance to achieve global notoriety. It's no coincidence either that the vast majority of the biggest draws in wrestling history are guys who got big in the US. WWE does good business in other countries whereas a lot of guys like Konnan, Sin Cara/Mistico, Tensai, Inoki, etc. draw big in one place but not so much elsewhere.

Btw, this stuff from Meltzer can be fairly flawed. Is he basing it on actual money made from ticket sells (which could differentiate between countries and continents) or is it his usual criteria of whoever had the most gates of 10,000 people or more?

 

[Laura]

"You pay to see superstars" - exactly, so why is HHH on TV all the time?

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

"You pay to see superstars" - exactly, so why is HHH on TV all the time?

he has a superstar schnoz

 

[Testify]

all that the future WWE announcers need

 

[Dat Kid1]

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