Let's be honest, they cannot sustain this many people on the roster forever. There is only so much tv time to go around. Either they're overpaying talent to stay, or paying people to sit at home. WCW was in this same position. They'd either fly in a bunch of people and not use them. or they sat home collecting checks. If this Heyman & Bischoff experiment fails,Vince cuts them off at the knees before they even get it running efficiently and the XFL fails again, something has to give.
How Long Until The WWE Talent Bubble Bursts?
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LastManStanding
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WWE has 2 billion dollars in television deals over the next five years with USA/Fox. that alone can afford them to pay people $100k a year to literally just sit on their ass in Orlando if they want to
Would that be a wise business decision tho? Fox could pull the plug if things don’t improve, and they may never get deals like this ever again.WWE has 2 billion dollars in television deals over the next five years with USA/Fox. that alone can afford them to pay people $100k a year to literally just sit on their ass in Orlando if they want to
Fox dont playWWE has 2 billion dollars in television deals over the next five years with USA/Fox. that alone can afford them to pay people $100k a year to literally just sit on their ass in Orlando if they want to
yup, bringing WWE to Fox is a gamble, they thrived better off in TV stations with less viewership like Spike TV or UPN
and theres no John Cena to keep eyes glued to the product
RammerJammer
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Yeah, it’s a reason why Wrestling has never lasted on NBC and FOX, NBC threw SNME in the bushes after the last show in 08 bombed ratings wise.
It’s uncertain...none of us know the answer 
What I usually lean on is that the people at WWE clearly know more about the ins and outs of running a multi billion dollar wrestling company than I ever will or care to know because they are doing it. Anyone who claims to know how to run a company better than WWE is either: full of shyt or some kind of financial genius, otherwise they’d be running one.
Just based on numbers though, a lot about WWE seems to be self sustaining, meaning, the cogs pay for the wheel. It seems like they cut their losses and whatever they are doing (good bad or terrible programming wise) seems to attract enough attendance, merchandise, viewership, and advertising dollars to keep their investors happy and turn a profit.
If I had to guess, I’d say that the talent bubble will burst soon, but not financially. WWE will always be able to attract someone like EC3 who “loves wrestling” but is cool with doing very little wrestling and making 6 figures. GREAT talent will continue to use social media to leverage their own fame and fanbases to get huge deals and huge incentives with either WWE or AEW or they will stay independent and stay in charge of their own brand.
Social media is the great equalizer and younger people understand the pull. You can run your own talent agency with you as the star by: promoting, selling your own merch, booking your own meet and greets, interacting with fans, etc. so the allure of a big wrestling company “making you a star” will die soon.
What I usually lean on is that the people at WWE clearly know more about the ins and outs of running a multi billion dollar wrestling company than I ever will or care to know because they are doing it. Anyone who claims to know how to run a company better than WWE is either: full of shyt or some kind of financial genius, otherwise they’d be running one.
Just based on numbers though, a lot about WWE seems to be self sustaining, meaning, the cogs pay for the wheel. It seems like they cut their losses and whatever they are doing (good bad or terrible programming wise) seems to attract enough attendance, merchandise, viewership, and advertising dollars to keep their investors happy and turn a profit.
If I had to guess, I’d say that the talent bubble will burst soon, but not financially. WWE will always be able to attract someone like EC3 who “loves wrestling” but is cool with doing very little wrestling and making 6 figures. GREAT talent will continue to use social media to leverage their own fame and fanbases to get huge deals and huge incentives with either WWE or AEW or they will stay independent and stay in charge of their own brand.
Social media is the great equalizer and younger people understand the pull. You can run your own talent agency with you as the star by: promoting, selling your own merch, booking your own meet and greets, interacting with fans, etc. so the allure of a big wrestling company “making you a star” will die soon.
The bubble will only burst when those on the sidelines decide actually plying their craft in a place that will give them the stage for it is worth more than getting paid for doing nothing in the biggest pro wrestling company in the world.
Renegade47
Superstar
When shyt fails at fox shyt will finally change in the company.
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Hard to tell cuz things can change at any moment. But wrestlers got plenty of options these days and WWE isn't always guaranteed to be the best one like in the past. They used to frown upon Indy guys but now most of their top stars are Indy guys originally. Not too many homegrown talent as far as the males are concerned. If people see other wrestlers not getting much chances, then they'll be reluctant to sign with them. Especially if they young up and comers trying to make a name for themselves. Plus FOX don't play when it comes to ratings. They ain't trying to lose ad money cuz nobody watching.