WWE’s Merchandise Sales Have Never Been Higher Including in the Attitude Era

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I literally only have one WWE shirt and it’s The Rock’s Just Bring It tank top :lol
 

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And yeah WWE have found a way to incorporate themselves into the technology filled world we live in now which is why their numbers are so high. Good for them.
 

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I think they got in the internet commerce game early too in the early 2000s, wanna say that was a Shane McMahon thing bc I know he was pushing the website real hard early but I could be way wrong there
 

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I know wwf.com was a thing so that puts it at least before 2002 :lol
 

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They'll have sold merch through the magazines aswell so i'm sure a decent chunk came from that.
 

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They'll have sold merch through the magazines aswell so i'm sure a decent chunk came from that.

Ahh I forgot about these I used to love the merch sections of the magazines especially seeing all the random non-clothing items they'd sell lmao
 

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So much foam shit you could buy, fingers, LOD spikes etc :banderas:
 
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You're welcome WWE.

I used to buy shit out of the magazines all the time. I had the DX, Austin 3:16, and nWo shirts from their magazines.
 

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The online argument is a valid point.

I wonder what merch sales look like at concession stands today
lines for merch are crazy at TV didn't even think about getting on it at Smackdown Friday as I definitely would have missed the dark segment/match, and may have missed the beginning of the Tribal Court (got there at like 715 and the dark segment was at like 735. it was slightly less so at the MSG live events but still fairly long.

Online is a big deal as online purchasing is more commonplace even if they had WWF Shopzone during the Attitude and Ruthless Aggression era's (can't remember when Shopzone launched but I think it was during Attitude Era.


Also back then most talent would have one shirt at a time. Now the big time merch movers have 892376309487530947 shirts released at a time in addition to various random shit with their logo on it.
 
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Everyone gets merch at the shows because they stanky sweated themselves out the shirts they went there with :side:
 

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WWE has many legitimate stars - Roman, Cody, Seth, Bianca, Becky, Bayley, Judgment Day, Logan Paul, Gunther, KO/Sami, the Usos. Goodness the Usos are in an all time great angle and I thought of like 12 people before them. That's how hot WWE is.

Edit - Didn't even mention Charlotte, LA Knight, Rey Mysterio, Drew, Sheamus, Lashley, AJ, and I'm sure others
 
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I only own one WWE T-Shirt and that's Jericho's from 2012, it hasn't fit me in 10 years :mjcry

I might actually get this though

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