Konnan: "WWE Manipulated CM Punk’s Merchandise" So That He Never Outsold John Cena

[Versa]

The funny thing is knowing this company that's not even out of the realm of possibility.

 

[mrken12]

#ETHER2015

But but Kliq runs things though.

Maybe the concession stands.

Or the ratings for WCW.

 

[Vinny Lupton]

Why are you holding konnans podcast to some abc news standards ? I heard other podcasts discuss that rumor. Konnan didn't make it seem like it was a fact

This shyt isn't true just because someone said it on Konnans show, that's my only point

 

[Rell84shots]

3 different shirts in maybe 2 years. cena has a new shirt seemingly every month, and once those fans turn 10-12, they realize how corny he is and stop cheering

And then the next crop of kids start cheering

 

[September]

Well, when the merch table at the venue has 27 Cena shirts and only a handful of the other guys, how is he NOT going to outsell his co-workers? You can't buy what's not up for sale.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

And then the next crop of kids start cheering

law of diminishing returns. Ratings and buyrates and interest in the product has been declining for over a decade. Repeatedly making bad business decisions will continue to bite harder and harder.

 

[jackswstd]

So let me attempt to understand this, they deliberately cost themselves money just so Cena would sell more merch That's some dumb, backwards ass shyt

 

[R=G]

Well, when the merch table at the venue has 27 Cena shirts and only a handful of the other guys, how is he NOT going to outsell his co-workers? You can't buy what's not up for sale.

I never went to the merch section at an arena..I'm always getting there damn near 15 minutes before wrestling starts. I eat and drink after almost everytime....and if I was ever to get a shirt, I would order it online because that is where you spend the least.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

So let me attempt to understand this, they deliberately cost themselves money just so Cena would sell more merch That's some dumb, backwards ass shyt

That's 2001-present day Vinnie Mac

 

[thenatural]

I remember listening to that podcast. I believe the third member of the their group, Mister Saint-Laurent, said the quote.

 

[Rell84shots]

law of diminishing returns. Ratings and buyrates and interest in the product has been declining for over a decade. Repeatedly making bad business decisions will continue to bite harder and harder.

And yet they're still standing despite Punk marks fooling themselves into thinking the company would sink when he left.

 

[mrken12]

Well, when the merch table at the venue has 27 Cena shirts and only a handful of the other guys, how is he NOT going to outsell his co-workers? You can't buy what's not up for sale.

I wish that they'd show more shirts at events. There is always plenty of Cena stuff but not enough Orton stuff. And Orton has the best shirts. But they refuse to change so

 

[DougFunnY]

By all accounts wwe are control freaks, so this isn't surprising in the least

 

[notPsychosiz]

I just realized now that I am an adult that the New Age Outlaws gimmick is a continuation of Billy Gunn's cowboy 'Smoking Gunns' gimmick.


Billy Gunn being a former cowboy, 'Jessie James' being a notorious bandit, and the Outlaws in their name reflecting that.
I never got any of that as a kid and didn't even think about it til just now.

 

[Riley Escobar]

WCW did that with Jericho's merchandise, the receipt would say Hogan/Sting so they got the royalties from it