Wrestlings Popularity

[Moonlight Drive]

Will it ever become as big as it once was?

Back in the '80s, with Hogan at the helm, wrestling was huge. In that time, Saturday Nights Main Event got a 15.2 rating, the highest a wrestling show has ever got. Wrestlemania 3 has more than 90,000 people packed into the arena.

Since then, the most popular time was probably the Attitude Era. A lot of Raw's highest ratings took place then, and a lot of big stars rose through.

Do you think wrestling could ever become as huge as it once was? If so, what do you think it would take?

I think it has the potential, but there has to be a mega star come through sometime soon for it to happen. Another Rock, another Hogan, something along those lines. Someone who can captivate a crowd like they could. The only guy on the roster right now who I honestly believe could do something like would be Cena possibly, but with the crap he's being forced to say atm, I doubt it.

Discuss.

 

[Airfixx]

Not sure they'll ever repeat the peak of popularity in '87, but IMO, the next chance of a 'boom' period is when all the teeny Cena fans get older... (Clearly the way VKM sees it too given the way they have aimed the product in recent years*). As long as the WWE have their shit rockin' during this time period then I can see the popularity snowballing.

(*Not that I think it's gone childish just cos they cleaned up the language etc. a little.)


Obvioulsy there's the peripheral issue of competition bringing the best of the fed another time and place for that discussion.

 

[World Champ]

Never say never but i dont think it will be that good again, in the attitude era raw use to get ratings of 8.2 and stuff like that i think but now they get 3.2 's