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That is true. Now only if he could work matches like he did in 2000 and 2001(even 1998 and 1999). I think since going more hollywood he tries to act too much. I mean look at his matches to see this. His match with Hogan in 2002 compared to the 2003 match. His match with Austin I'll leave alone for obvious reasons and was nice to finally see him get a pin on Austin at Mania. The Goldberg match was kind of disappointing, but it was Goldberg he was working against. However, look how he MADE Lesnar champion in 2002 and I wonder if he couldn't carry Goldberg better. Of course, he wasn't active as much as the roster either, so he gets some slack.

What this guy said!!!! Seriously, Rock will force "entertainment" through "comedic" promos which won't be funny. As for matches there is a lot that can be done, but I think his days where putting someone over and it actually having a profound effect are over(for now at least) because he has done it with Jericho and Lesnar and look where that went. With that said he will blow away the whole roster with charisma until someone in "management" says Rock can't work wwe style

You consider holding the belt from Wrestlemania until the following Survivor Series (about 7-8 months, give or take) rather abrupt? Yep, when you consider this in the timeframe...... Hulk Hogan championship reign January 1984-1988 Randy Savage championship reign March 1988-April 1989 Hulk Hogan championship reign April 1989-April 1990 Ultimate Warrior championship reign April 1990-January 1991 *was taken out of main guy spot by Hulk Hogan Hulk Hogan championship reign March 1991-November 1991 Hulk Hogan regains the title and is stripped in December Ric Flair championship reign January 1992-April 1992 *was set up as transition champion for Randy Savage Randy Savage championship reign April 1992-September 1992 *Ultimate Warrior was once again groomed to take title at SummerSlam, but Bret pulled a jump stunt and Warrior put on a crybaby fit again Bret Hart championship reign ended to Yokozuna who wore it basically for a year where Bret was groomed as the new top star of the company over Luger as Vince let things ride out to see who fans liked better. Bret was suppose to usher in a new era like Hulk Hogan with his title victory at WM X that had the celebration a la Hogan 1984 in Madison Square Garden. (In Bret Hart's own words he thought Vince was joking about doing a program with Backlund and you can wonder how he felt when he was told to job). I guess Backlund winning abruptly is better suited, but it doesn't take away Bret's reign at the top was short for that time as the following face got a year with the strap. Ironically, it went back to Bret Hart from that title reign. Diesel wore the title for an entire year, while drawing worse than Hart. Hart was groomed to be the new best of the new generation who was a wrestler's wrestler instead of muscle man champion like Hogan(and there was once a comparison to Bruno on the B shows that Hart made no mistakes which might have encouraged his ego). In that era, Hart's reign was very short. I think the short reign trend in the wwf only came about in 1998. HBK's title reign is a story unto itself as he probably only jobbed to Sid because the ratings and interest were getting blown away by Hogan and the nWo(who also had the long title reign during the start of the boom). Hart got that big multi-year contract and was considered the top star even though HBK was his contemporary. Vince said on OTR that he expected more out of Bret.

I actually thought the same thing about the finish of the '95 Rumble. It was one of those times where my smark/mark brain was confused(as I said was a fine line back then). The reason I believe the '95 Rumble was not that predictable was the reason someone stated that HBK didn't really do anything worthy in the year except turn on Diesel. I fully expected some kind of possible '94 finish and Diesel facing off against some hoss. I can see how some could see it as really obvious, but remember HBK being a headliner back then was highly unlikely. A lot of my friends stated HBK should have been the champion instead of Diesel, but we thought his size played a part in it. I mean look at his reactions at SummerSlam '95 compared to Nash's. Bret Hart was the only "small wrestler" to hold the strap and the title was taken off him rather abruptly by Backlund who got his tail whooped by Diesel. I still think HBK winning wasn't THAT obvious for this reason. I mean Vince brought back Bundy for crying out loud. I don't see where they HAD to let Shawn win the '95 Rumble when the previous year they swerved everyone with the co-winners. That year basically everyone thought Luger would win to get the rematch from SummerSlam. 1989 Big John Studd winning was retarded imo, but unpredictable. Studd went absolutely no where that year. 1990 was unpredictable and I think at the time Hogan got the win because he was jobbing the title to Warrior. If things went the way Vince wanted this would have been Hogan's last hurrah at the top, but Warrior flopped and we know it led to..... 1991 Hogan winning for America which I guess had to happen with Slaughter upsetting Ultimate Warrior. It set up Hogan/Slaughter. In hindsight, if the Mania stipulation happened back then I would have Hogan win and turn heel on America. THAT would have sold tickets for Mania 7 at the Coilseum. 1992 imo was predictable with Flair winning. Of course, we had Flair do an interview in our sports section of one of our major newspapers and he was going on about the critics going against him about winning the big title in the wwf even during his nwa days. That kind of tipped the match imo as he said being the 60 minute man doing the Rumble should be no problem. Then I see him enter at #3 and it all clicked even in my semi-mark days(mark days ended at WM 6 and still prior didn't believe every single thing). 1993 was horrible plain and simple. I guess Vince wanted Backlund to break the NWA guy Flair's record from the wwf record books. Yoko was a surprise as I thought it might be Savage/Hart at Mania. Again, hindsight it should have been in a passing of the torch. 1994 was unpredictable and set the stage for Mania very well. 1996 was just too obvious with all the build up with Shawn Michaels. Diesel wasn't winning anything because he JUST lost the title to Bret Hart 2 months prior. Vader just came in as well. Steve Austin just entered. I think if Hall was entered some would have picked him. 1999 does have a bad stain on it, but I haven't seen an alternative to what they did on the net. They used Vince Mcmahon as an out. If they allowed a wrestler to win how could they have taken him out of the main event of Mania 15 unless it should have gone to Austin to begin with. That would have been THREE years in a row Austin would have won the thing. What are the odds on that especially with Vince having hired goons to take him out? They could have done the winner putting his title shot on the line, but that is a face thing to do like HBK in 1996. 2001 with Rock winning and Austin turning heel sounds interesting. That might have worked. The problem though is Austin's return from injury storyline and Rock putting out Austin might turn Rock heel in some fans' eyes. Still, that could have been a real impetus for Austin turning since he was going over the edge as it was around the time. Then again, at the time a booker must think about Austin heading into Texas as heel. I think they played it safer with turning him IN Texas with hopes fans would be upset with Austin's antics. I mean he is after all the anti-hero of the generation and turning heel at the Rumble might make him more popular.

I was thinking the same damn thing, but honestly would people even care about Evolution if Flair wasn't in the group. I think people gave it a chance because Flair's past as the leader of the 4 horsemen had something to do with it. I give Flair credit for establishing that in the wwe as HHH was going nowhere in 2002 with that abysmal face run. If Flair was not in this group, HHH would be a leader of a group that would have failed miserably. I mean it could still be said that DX was much better than this Evolution group. Flair at least helps it out.

I can't blame Rock or Austin for not wanting to be apart of today's product. However, if these two men are giving off a vibe that they don't like the product or couldn't bother with it, I think it trickles over to all the fans they brought in during the boom period as well. The Rock actually put over Brock Lesnar as the next big thing after Hogan put him over as "The Best Ever" and HE also got out. Not a good sign for casual fans to think the current rosters are anything to waste time on.

I still think 1998 was the peak regardless of the numbers. 1998 was the year they made the comeback. You have to remember how ratings actually work. The numbers in 1999 and 2000 were more of a reflection of the return to mainstream in 1998. You know the story how this week's rating was really a reflection of last week's show? I went over before how 1999's ratings were misleading because of quick title changes(that were never done in previous years on television) and the wwe being in the media with stuff like Owen Hart's death which pushed ratings up. 1999 and 2000 imo were more like the years casual fans jumped on the bandwagon of Austin and Rock's rise to the top in 1998. It was a trickling effect. 1999 the wwe would sell out shows without even advertising the card simply because of the pop culture appeal of The Rock and Austin. The Rock came into supreme popularity in 1999 competing with Austin and in 2000 Rock took over when Austin left. This is going off financial numbers and the reasons I believe they were making those stats. Once Austin and Rock's appeal started to fade, so did the company's financials. The Rock got the title back in 2000 around KOR and after that the fans had seen what they wanted. Austin returned, but his star power of 1998 was gone. The Rock's popularity started to fade as well. Things started to dip in 2001 when Rock left for the movies and Austin turned heel. The wwe's popularity and financial situation has not recovered from the loss of "hip" popularity of Austin and Rock since. They have tried with guys like Triple H and Brock Lesnar and it hasn't got them the mainstream appeal those guys left. Ironically, the nWo and Hulk Hogan's return did for a brief moment. That is the major thing killing the wwe right now. Goldberg failed because he simply came in too late and after the wwf gave fans reasons to have disbelieve in something meaningful coming out of Goldberg being in the wwe. That is why 1998-2000 did so well in terms of financials because Austin's peak was in 1998 and 1999 and Rock's peak was 1999 and 2000.

So the top faces(Jericho/Benji/Benoit/Orton/Maven*HBK if he wasn't injured) against Evolution for Survivor Series? And this is suppose to draw and interest people? Haven't these combinations been going on raw for the whole damn year? Yep, Maven is turning or Benji. The angle would be that either guy has a win over a member of Evolution.

I wouldn't put it pass the "insiders" to give the net bs. Vince is not there and the animals tear up the zoo sounds a bit too convenient with what was shown on television. Of course, they have been heading towards wcw zone, so I wouldn't put the "news" passing false info either. I will admit the show did feel different. The reason I question everything is that Patterson retires last week and the info he gave Vince Mcmahon supposedly was HHH being over-pushed and not putting anyone else over. Bam! Patterson and Vince are gone and HHH puts over the babyfaces to end the show? Something aint right. I don't know how to filter this "locker room" gossip. Stephanie has been running creative and she still can't run the damn show when Vince isn't able to? Pfft! Vince probably CAN'T die.

I see some stating that in 1998 the wwf were doing short matches, but I think some are also forgetting that the wwf had a much smaller roster and giving away big matches would have really hurt the ppv shows. They could not have done Austin/Dude Love on free tv because that meant ruining the ppv match build for the two consecutive ppv cards. Hell, I remember Bret Hart doing a post Mania promo that went almost 30 minutes for crying out loud. They did that because of the lack of depth in the roster. Once they got more talented wrestlers in the company to add to the depth by 1999 and 2000 the wwf could afford to display more matches and quality. WCW in 1998 also had 3 HOURS on monday to do shows and had a hell of a deeper roster. They usually were the reverse of the wwf with having a strong undercard and a weak main event scene in terms of match quality. They got away with it though because they had massive draws at the top. There are a lot of elements from 1998 that are being overlooked and the wwe of today can't duplicate some of their past success because the environment is different today. First of all, they do not got the talent to pull of the skits they use to do which took up the time on television without giving away the big matches. Guys like Foley, Rock, and Austin could pull off the entertainment stunts and get them over with the audience(notice all babyfaces as well). Then in the midcard there was talent like Benoit and Jericho to add to the match quality of the show. The Ryder's Cup idea should be given to the wwe's creative feedback section pronto along with the cosmetic changes. That would spice up this raw/smackdown separation. I have to agree with those who say Goldberg had to get the title. I mean when even Hulk Hogan realized Goldberg should go over him you know the man had "it". Yes, his workrate was terrible(he was massively over along with an aura that makes champions special) and even last night Regal talked about the incident he had with Goldberg where Berg admitted to freezing up when asked to work instead of going into a match planned ahead of time, but people wanted the title on him. I agree sometimes the wrestler should be able to put on good matches as champ, but sometimes you just got to give in to what the fans demand and when I mean demand I'm talking in the vien of Austin levels or at the very least Ultimate Warrior 1989(who understood the energy he brought to the game). Someone with just a solid following with poor workrate is a different story.

I can't believe no one has suggested Bradshaw vs. the champion of Mexico match I'm going to agree with those that say Brock/Eddie is the match of the year. The reason I pick it is that it was really an upset and less predictable than the triple threat(which wasn't that predictable either). Eddie winning the belt was the stronger moment imo because it happened first. Look how the smackdown celebration happened. I think if that match happened at WM XX more people would have picked it as the superior match(Lesnar would have had WAY more heel heat with New York, but it would be more predictable). Speaking of predictable. I'm going to say that the 1995 Rumble was not THAT predictable(I wasn't that young), but it was predictable because the break up story of Diesel and HBK set it up. Once Diesel retained his title against Shawn it was highly likely HBK would win even at #1. Here in Toronto there were rumours that HBK was the new Ric Flair and the changing of the time of entry also gave it away imo to break Flair's #3 ebtry record. Then again I was somewhat in between smarkism and markism at the time, so it wasn't that 100% clear and obvious to me. 1996 however was disgustingly obvious. 1997 had the least predictability to it and I didn't see it brought up. I think everyone predicted Bret winning. 1998 was another obvious one, but it was those predictable matches where fans wanted Austin to win and anything else might have been disappointing. The Tyson stuff was also entertaining to set up the following night. 1999 gets the worst award obviously, but I give them credit for trying to be unpredictable with Vince winning. It was painfully obvious Austin had to head to Mania as the contender and having Vince as a roadblock with their rivalry probably looked good on paper. Rock winning was also obvious in 2000. 2001 is a classic imo. 2002 had a lot of potential with all the rumours from Hall, Hogan, and Nash maybe doing a hostile takeover at the event. 2003 was dull because of the obvious choice. This year's event was really good, but at times didn't seem like a Rumble because at no time was there that much people in the match.

I'll still reserve judgement on ol' Mean Gene when he's put into another feud. I still say the crap-a-thon of Kane/Lita as a comedy show with Mean Gene "killing" it is all a big joke. It's quite funny I got to admit when you take into context that Kane "lost his baby" to a jobber and also got stretchered out. Lita might have caused Kane to become a bigger wuss This could be the wwe version of who drove the hummer, but the wwe has already answered the question who killed Kane's career I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop with Matt Hardy having something to do with this. Kane returns and faces off against Hardy and Mean Gene. The wwe will drag this crap even more with the positive responses to Mean Gene. How deranged is that? Hardy can return and be a heel in all of this. This is like a Mad TV skit gone bad.

What he said! The fans are mocking the wwe.

What the wwe should concentrate on is creating the sporting atmosphere instead of a movie production house. When they do that it will include all of the suggestions here. I agree that the problem isn't really the dq, c/o, run-ins, and ref bumps. It's how and when they use it. They should rarely use it and only use it for meaningful matches.

Excuses! I remember this type of thing when Nitro killed them in ratings too. If the Boston and New York sports market have such a stranglehold on the fanbase of the company I think Vince is out to lunch in the way he is presenting his "sports entertainment". He keeps on chiming that it's entertainment. It seems from this perspective a lot of sports fans watch the wwe. Anyways, competition is good and maybe they can get into kick ass 1998 mode.

This is the latest interview from Vince Mcmahon in the media. The website is http://www.rrstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/articl.../410160303/1015 Here are some quotes. Know what bugs Vince McMahon? "The jaded media." "Most everyone approaches the story they want to tell so that Mr. McMahon can prove their point," he said. That's why he made himself available for an interview with the Rockford Register Star. Question: Didn't splitting up the talent base into "RAW" and "SmackDown!" dilute the WWE product? Aren't the crowds dwindling as interest wanes? (submitted by Tom Feltz, 42, Belvidere, product placement specialist) Answer: To a certain extent, Mr. Feltz is right. It was designed that way. When we separated into two, fans would not be able to see all their favorites at once. That is a negative. The positive of the brand separation is that it allows new stars such as Randy Orton and John Cena ... to emerge. The brand extension is working well for us. As far as interest waning, some of our live events have not been as populated as well as we want. But in the long run, the talent will be stronger and both brands will be stronger as a result. Q: Why don't the WWE divas wrestle much on "SmackDown!"? (submitted by Tina Studer, 28, Rockford, day-care provider) A: We don't have that many divas. There will be an effort to bring more divas in. I would suggest that the general manager of "SmackDown!" will acquire a number who did not make it into the (search) finals, probably within 30 days. Q: Will a pay-per-view event ever come from Rockford? (submitted by Robin Dismuke, 36, Rockford, food services technician) A: It's inevitable; a matter of time. Q: Who do you think is the best wrestler of all time, and why? (submitted by DeVonte Joiner, 12, sixth-grader) A: I really can't say. It depends on how you define "best wrestler." Some would say the best from a technical standpoint was Lou Thesz. From a showmanship standpoint, some would say Antonino Rocca or Hulk Hogan. (But does McMahon have a personal favorite?) Only when I look in the mirror. Q: Do fans' ideas ever make their way on to "RAW" or "SmackDown!"? If so, name a few, and tell how fans can submit ideas. (submitted by Jerry Smith, 42, Machesney Park, service technician) A: We listen to our audience, sort of like a focus group at every live event. They chant names, come up with expressions. We try to move along who they think is popular. The problem is when there is no booing or cheering. As far as fans wanting to get in on more action, there's Taboo Tuesday. (Fans can choose who faces Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship and who goes against Chris Jericho for the Intercontinental Championship. Also, Ric Flair is scheduled to wrestle Randy Orton and fans will decide stipulations of the match.) Q: Over the years, we've seen your wife, Linda, your daughter, Stephanie, and your son, Shane involved in the WWE story line and even wrestling in the ring. Will any of them (or you) be involved in the ring anytime soon? (submitted by Murray Hanson, 56, Rockford, minister) A: There's the likelihood that one of the four of us will be in the next year. Q: What are the requirements to become a professional wrestler, and what is the average income of a wrestler? Please be specific. (submitted by Brad Gasmund, 39, Rockford, mechanic) A: A wrestler has to be a good human being, someone you would take into your house to have dinner. This is a very difficult profession that requires unbelievable amounts of patience in terms of dealing with the public. Most people have a job that's 9 to 5. Unlike them, our stars are considered "on" all the time, whether they're having dinner with a wife or girlfriend. They are the most recognized stars in the world. They don't hide under helmets. The public can be rude, and they can misunderstand. Sometimes the wrestlers have to say, "Can you wait until I'm finished eating?" It requires diplomacy. There's no question that it requires stamina. You almost have to be in love with the public or it's difficult to deal with them. Average annual wrestler income? $200,000 to $250,000. Q: Where do you see professional wrestling 10 years from now, in terms of popularity, style, etc.? (submitted by Tim Garner, 38, Machesney Park, factory worker) A: That's difficult to say. We will take our performances and mold them into whatever the audience wants. The popularity is growing by leaps and bounds. Anyone outside the U.S. can't get enough of our culture. I say the WWE is America's greatest export. It shows our freedom of expression. It will be a lot more popular than it is now. If the audience wants us to be more avant-garde, that is what we will be. If they want us to be more conservative, that is what we will be. Q: What progress has the WWE made in becoming established as a player in the movie and music industries? (submitted by Dan DiMario, 25, DeKalb, Northern Illinois University student) A: We have already set ourselves up in the music industry with platinum albums. John Cena has an album coming out in January. And we have one coming out Nov. 16called "Theme Addict." It's all of our superstar entrance themes, and it's spectacular. Our first film being recorded in Australia is "The Marine" starring John Cena. It's about a young man discharged from the Marine Corps trying to find his way. It will be distributed by Fox. Our next film in the works will star Kane. It'll be a horror flick, like "Friday the 13th." He is somewhat of a monster. This is a logical extension of what we do. We are really in the storytelling business. And we use a lot of music, hence, music is a logical extension. Q: What else would you like fans and readers to know? A: That whoever came up the concept of "Screw Capital of the World" for Rockford should be fired. It's important to know about perceptions outside the factory environment in Rockford. There are certain connotations, that people are busy doing other things.

I thought this was actually a decent answer for a question from a 12-year-old. He didn't try to put over any of his current crop of wrestlers, preferring to stick to greats like Lou Thesz and Rocca - whom a 12-year-old probably wouldn't be familiar with. I guess the kid might have thought Vince would say Triple H since Flair and all the raw brand seems to act like he is. I'm surprised Vince didn't say HHH or HBK. I still will like to know what Vince REALLY thinks about Flair. I can't get over that article with Bret where he says Vince told him that Flair wasn't messing up on purpose and that he probably didn't know what he was doing in the ring. Gotta admit that is funny coming from the most successful promoter of all-time about the man many claim is the greatest of all-time. Vince's response to the kid seems legit.

I guess we'll see who predicted right IF the wwe actually go with what fans vote for. This is what I chose. HHH against Edge. I think they could spin some interesting storylines from this and I don't want HBK and Benoit jobbing to HHH again. Benoit's match with HHH should get a real build. Jericho against Palumbo Steel Cage match for Orton/Flair(chance for a 4 horsemen style beatdown on the fly) The other stuff is useless

I agree interesting stuff this week. Angle/HBK and UT/Benoit? HHH being a detriment? Yes, there are sensible people in creative, but they are the ones without the real power to change things.

So no one was buying Trips' little tirade that Shawn is a con man? HBK probably will win by a lot simply because of sympathy. HBK will probably still face Triple H. For all the ragging about their politics both men do suck it up for stuff like this.

They did this 1997 as well by doing more shows in Canada. The thing that is overlooked is that the less the wwe does shows in a region the more enthusiastic fans may be for the cards. With everything else they go overboard with overexposing things. In a couple of years UK may follow in dwindling audiences.

Attendance will continue to dwindle and the wwe will move all its shows to overseas. They will blame the stupid North American fans for not supporting Triple H. HHH/Orton will flop as the main event in Los Angeles for WM 21 and get the Toronto treatment, while the crowd chants for Rocky. Cena will also be the most over in the new breed at the event, but he will be in the US title picture STILL. HHH and Vince will still proclaim Randall as the new hero for all of the fans to cheer for. HHH will call an audible and pedigree Randall and end the Randy project once and for all. He will be sent to smackdown and become WWE Champion by defeating Eddie Guerrero. This would accomplish Randy Orton defeating Benoit and Guerrero to the anger of net fans. The Rock will have his last match at WM 21 as his contract runs out. Vince will try to make him job out to Kane in an attempt to have Kane become the new movie star in-house. When The Rock refuses to job to Kane and he brings out a blow-torch and Rock runs like a little girl as Vince's plan to humiliate Rock in his last match occurs. We find out Rock goes to the dressing room of Triple H and punches his lights out and leaves the wwe just like Bret Hart in 1997, but not before HBK kisses the black eye of Triple H and cries in a corner. HHH will go on a rampage where he breaks Flair's record as the net is in an uproar and in what will be one of the biggest stories ever on the interent happens. Triple H uses his power to have the internet community RETIRE. No more Meltzer. No more websites. HHH and Vince will use a court ruling where the internet is banned from using anything related to the wwe. This would cause Meltzer and other net writers to join up with Ted Turner to form a new wrestling organization consisting of guys like Goldberg, Rock, and Austin. This company will immediately make an impact. The wwe becomes desperate and decide that Vince Mcmahon no longer has the guts to compete anymore and HHH has Vince Mcmahon retire and he takes his spot as boss. HHH decides that he needs to unify the world titles again by defeating Randy Orton. Shane and Stephanie outraged at this also retire.

Austin/Rock is this era's Hogan/Andre because they were the two most recognizable faces of wrestling for the generations they represented. Everyone knew Hogan and Andre and everyone knew Rock and Austin. In terms of comparing in terms of wrestling I think Rock/Austin is Hogan/Savage in that one played second fiddle to the next, but both were huge. The wwe even had an article on this. I would say the WM 15 encounter was more Hogan/Savage 1989 and Rock/Austin WM 17 was Hogan/Andre. When you think of the biggest match of the 80's you think Hogan/Andre and it's safe to say when someone thinks of the biggest match of the attitude era it's Rock/Austin. However, I do agree Hogan and Andre got more publicity and made WM a household name for sure. I remember the match being shown from sports news sections to Entertainment Tonight.

HollywoodReporter.com is reporting that WWE has had "preliminary discussions" with numerous cable groups about airing WWE programming if WWE leaves Spike TV when it's contract expires next year. The cable groups include former rivals Turner Broadcasting, WWE's former home the USA Network, and FX (whose sister network FSN carries TNA on Friday afternoons). "We still have a mutually beneficial relationship with Spike TV, and we're looking for a longer-term one with them," he said. "But for us, we think we have an obligation as a public company to our shareholders to seek the best deal out there that we can get." Says the article: "WWE will find a very different cable landscape than the last time it had programming on the open market. The general entertainment networks that once offered broad programming options have now carefully cultivated their brands in ways that clash with wrestling's smash-mouth sensibility. Its cheeseball charm probably wouldn't mesh with the new high-end drama sheen of FX, nor does it fit the genre-specific thrust of drama-heavy TNT and comedy-themed TBS." Spike TV has a clause that allows them to match any offer made by another network. ----------------------------------------- I think if Vince Mcmahon goes with TNT the wwe can create a monster storyline and get some mainstream buzz again. Of course, there are problems here, but the possible profits can't be denied. Discuss.

When the buyrates come in. Sagging attendance and ratings haven't knocked any sense into him why would the falling buy-rates?