Why has the WWE become less popular over the years even though that they have become more widely known?
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Because their wrestling is sub-par, and there are better alternatives available to fans.\n\nIn Japan, fans prefer Pro Wrestling NOAH, as well as All Japan and New Japan.\n\nIn Mexico, fans prefer AAA and CMLL.\n\nIn the United States, many pro wrestling fans are starting to migrate to promotions that offer a superior in-ring wrestling product, as opposed to all of the endless, boring talking, backstage skits, bra & panty matches, and other cartoony nonsense that the WWE offers.\n\nOf course, most children will continue to watch the WWE because it targets children as their main audience with the cheap sexual gimmicks and grade school level storylines.  However, many adults know better and want to see a pro wrestling promotion that still cares about the match, rather than to have a 3 minute match where all the commentators do is tell people about that nights main event and the pay-per-view, while completely ignoring and disrespecting the match in the ring at that time.\n\nThese adults are going to superior promotions, such as Ring Of Honor, TNA, JAPW, IWA-MS, Chikara, and promotions overseas, such as NOAH and Dragon's Gate.\n\nWWE is all sizzle, no steak.  All style and no substance.  It is a cheap variety show from a company that used to show pro wrestling, and many adult fans simply stopped caring, and moved on to something that doesn't insult their intelligence.\n\nOnce you see Bryan Danielson vs Samoa Joe, and Do Fixer vs Blood Generation, it is very hard to go back to watching the same old, same old WWE nonsense.
782659
Of course its unfair. The titles are not based on talent anymore, they're based on who the fans like more and who can sell more merchandise. For instance, no offence to the fans but, John Cena is a perfect example. He's CD comes out, he wins the title, his movie comes out, he wins the title, see the trend? He can hype up the crowd therefore he doesnt need any atheltic abilities, he just waves his hand across his face and the crowd goes wild and thats good enought for the WWE. Other athetic superstars like Shelton Benjamin, who is a great example of unused talent, are sidelined with stupid storylines. It really sucks.
253905
i think they probably "existed" before the 2000s. the name was just not as popular.
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The World Wildlife Fund filed a lawsuit against the WWE (formerly known as WWF) because of the name "WWF" had the same name as the "World Wildlife Fund".  "WWF" decided to change their name to "WWE"\n\nHere is the article for more information why they change "WWF" to "WWE":\n\n\nWorld Wrestling Entertainment & brand extension\n\nA 2000 lawsuit from the World Wildlife Fund (also WWF) was settled in 2002, when on May 6, 2002, the company changed its name to World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., or WWE. For a short while, the WWE had a slogan: Get the "F" out. This forced the company to issue new licensed merchandise such as apparel, action figures, video games, and DVDs with the new WWE logo. WWE also chose to split its talent roster among its two largest television shows, RAW and SmackDown!. Under this "split brands" arrangement, each brand maintains a separate and non-overlapping roster of wrestlers, has championships exclusive to that brand, and is run by a different storyline "General Manager". The Legends program began informally with the Hall of Fame ceremony to add new inductees, held during WrestleMania weekend. The introduction of WWE 24/7, WWE's on-demand television service, and the success of career retrospective DVDs such as The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection facilitated and enhanced the WWE Hall of Fame and at times brought a sense of nostalgia back into older wrestling fans. The WWE Hall of Fame currently holds such legends as Andre The Giant, Sgt. Slaughter, Big John Studd, Antonio Rocca, "Cowboy" Bob Orton, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Eddie Guerrero, Bret Hart and Hulk Hogan.
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i think wwe stopped having the hardocore title maybe because they need ratings to be high(if they keep on repeating a big match every week ratings will go lower) now that they have a rival and bec. hardcore matches are a main event.in wwf times the hardcore matches have a high rating but need to lessen the matches because some people were tired of watching the same thing over and over again and made ratings lower.when the wwe announces a hardcore match of today, ratings are going to get bigger. just like the hell in a cell
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Wrestlemania usually sells out. Now the reason why they had Wrestlemania in smaller venues was because the business was not hot anymore and they had to cut down on costs of renting the big huge venues, but WWE is starting to come around again so yes it should sell out no problem. They will most likely have a HUGE stage at one end of the arena to make it look big and depending on their seating plan, they could fit 63,000-65,000 after the stage is drawn out and what not.
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I Agree, WWF in the mid to late 90's was so much better than the WWE of today.
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as creative is headed up my one Mrs Stephanie Mcmahon-Levesque they are here to stay. WWE wont hot up until TNA/ROH becomes a viable competitor (in terms of buy rates they arent in the same league despite both being quality products.) Vince is a genius when under pressure, just look at the early territory days and the infamous monday night wars. \n\nWWE is moving into a new era, he match style has changed a lot since the drug testing came in (wrestlers are taking less big bumps and matches are less gimmick filled) also physiques are noticably different (compare the HHH on the playstation cover with the one who pretends DX is still cutting edge)\n\nAs for special moments, only one i see happening in the not too distant future is a Bret Hart reconciliation around the time his autobiography is due out (next year some time for the 900 pages- longer than lord of the rings.)\n\nAs far as special moments for Brit fans goes, with all the sell out events they have and the raw/smackdown tapings, it cant be too long before we have a PPV over here (the last proper one was summerslam at wembley which set the WWE attendance record for an outside event,) We have the perfect venue in the Millenium Stadium which has a roof and there is certainly demand for it.
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People are starting to realize Cena's true talent is on the mic. and his in ring skills are limited. HHH does have something to do with it though. Many fans are sticking to the veteran fighters and not switching over to the younger generation. Wrestlers like HHH, Michaels, Undertaker, Big Show, Benoit, Angle, and Flair will always be popular weither they are a heel or face. They have the experience and the fans know what they have gone through to get to where they are and they... we appreciate everything they have done to entertain us.
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WWE. The only thing interesting about TNA is that the ring is a different configuration. Half of the wrestlers on TNA are former WWE wrestlers who couldn't draw a crowd anymore.
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Soccer is just begining to get popular in the US as more youth and people are getting involved in it. As the more famous names come to the US, the more popular it gets.\n\nI believe it isnt as big in the US because American Football has taken the higher position here. As you see, soccer isnt even shown too much on TV or in magazines such as sports illustrated because half of their pages cover either American Football or Baseball. So when it isnt publicized enough, people don't really care much for it.\n\nThe rest of the world is a common place for soccer because it started with people as children. Many children in Europe, Africa, etc grew up playing only soccer (because soccer was their only main sport in the country) in their streets and I believe it spreads from there.\n\n\nHope that helps,\nGood luck
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It will be a long time before TNA becomes a major competitor with wwe, they have talent but they are low on funds when you compare them with the wwe. But you never know, one day they might eventually be a major competitor.
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Well i used to be a            . that got a little old. here is my opion it is dying. not many people watch professinal wrestling.
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that depends on what you want to know. I am a long time wrestling fan and you can always type in history of wwe to google or ask and it will pop up some websites. If you are looking for some trivia or pictures you can go to www.wwemirrorimages.com. They don't always update everyday but they do have some interesting things on that website.
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Because TNA is AKA:The WWE Retirement Home!Where MOST former WWE wrestlers or divas go to after Vince fires them or they quit because they want more screen time so they move on to a lower rated show....
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WWE has consistantly sabotaged it's cruiserweight division from the very beginning in 1997.\n\nBefore I go any further, I want to make it clear that this is in no way the fault of the performers.  James Gibson (Jamie Noble) and Little Guido are two of the best cruiserweight wrestlers of this generation, and the roster is stocked full of many of the top cruiserweights in the US.\n\nThe problem is twofold:\n1. The WWF/E buries the cruiserweights and the cruiserweight division.  Very rarely does a cruiserweight title match make a ppv, and when it does, it's almost always a gimmick match, such as a battle royale, gauntlet or fatal four way.  Feuds almost never develop over the title, and storylines are nonexistant.  Matches between two cruiserweights that are not title matches very, very rarely happen, so it's hard to take it seriously.\n\n2. Any cruiserweight who makes any connection to the fans is taken out of the cruiserweight division and placed in the hunt for either the tag team, IC/US or heavyweight title.  Rey Mysterio winnin the Heavyweight Title is a classic example of this, as Mysterio simply does not qualify for a Heavyweight belt at his weight, but is still pushed as a heavyweight, which is just plain ridiculous.  Rather than to use his popularity to boost the struggling cruiserweight division, they push him to midcard and main event status for other belts.  This has been consistant with new performers who come into the company and completely bypass the cruiserweight division, such as Simon Dean, who at no point in his career grew to a weight beyond the cruiserweight division.\n\nCombine the above two with the fact that the WWE brass simply doesn't allow cruiserweights to perform up to their level, for the fear that they will outshine larger, slower, less talented performers such as John Cena and The Undertaker, and you'll see why the WWE Cruiserweight Division will never get off the ground, and will never be able to compete with the TNA X Division, or Ring Of Honor pro wrestling.\n\nRemember...the folks in charge of WWE are not concerned with quality.  They are concerned with marketing.  They are all style, no substance.  They want to make money from casual viewers who like flashy lights and cartoony characters.  They haven't been in the "wrestling" business for years, in favor of maintaining a B-List "entertainment" business.  The result is that World Wrestling Entertainment is neither wrestling nor entertainment, and the company as a whole has become a joke, and a shell of it's former self.
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i like the Old ECW better, those guys would put there bodies on the line every night in order to put on a good show for the fans, and they didn't have a Multi-Million dollar tv to help pimp there product, those guys would just Bust there asses to try and make it big.