Man the audiences arent as different. different cultures, same audience... it all boils down to marketing.
Most of the people who watch wrestling arent net geeks like us, wrestling is basically the equivalent to Disney on Ice at this point. It's just a traveling play. These fans now, for the most part don't have the same attachment to the smark shyt that we are into. We're the equivalent of underground rap heads, complaining about the good old days. It's the exact same thing because we r part of the audience.
The Rock is like the Jay Z of wrestling, nikkas will always check him out even if what he's doing aint as relevant or good as before. Just based off of nostalgia. But he can't drive the game like he did during his prime. He does a surprise performance its like "ooohhhh" but you aint gonna bump his new shyt like THAT...
Hogan is a Run DMC, they r legends, but NOBODY cares... he can't put anyone over. Hogan has burned his flame completely out. His time for putting people over was 10 years ago. That was his novelty era. RIGHT NOW, the teen audience, knows Hogan, like we knew Bob Backlund... actually... his 2nd WWE run was his Backlund "Chicken Wing" era. Now he's just like "awww look at Grandpa" thing.
The part timer's thing is overblown. Jericho, Brock, Rock, Batista... 4 part timers, am i right? Thats not really shyt... and with the exception of Brock, they can't put anyone over. Because this new generation doesnt know them. It's like when Superfly Snuka used to job every now and then. I had zero investment. He didnt make me like any other performer any more or less. I just wanted to see Razor Ramon and shyt. fukk out the ring grandpa, where's Daniel Bryan.
It's just time for new nikkas. Get that dusty fukk a house, let him work at his racist ass restaurant and stay the fukk off my tv. thats simple...