What will be the first thing to go

[Guest cynicalprofit]

When the bottom drops out of the business, and according to the cycle theory, it will. So whats gonna be the first thing to go, outside of talent. My bet is WWE magizine, whats yours?

[Guest CanadianChick]

The Niagra Falls Theme Park.

[Adam 0]

Well The World has already gone, so I am guessing SmackDown Records.

[Guest razazteca]

Wrestling, when the bottom drops out it the tv show will resemble a generic reality tv show with "challenges" being considered in ring content. The Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal will be the focus of the show.

[Adam 0]

The Spike TV Deal should fall through too

[Guest Sakura]

Is there any way investors could somehow force Vince out of his position as chairman?

[Guest DawnBTVS]

We need to pool some money for an assassin BAD...

[Adam 0]

Thats just mean.

[Guest Vern Gagne]

You do know who would be charge if Vince wasn't?

[Guest AndrewTS]

Is there any way investors could somehow force Vince out of his position as chairman?

The Board of Directors would have that authority, I believe.

[rising up out of the back seat-nuh 0]

You do know who would be charge if Vince wasn't?

Me?

It's me isn't it?

[Guest Super Pissed Smark]

Is there any way investors could somehow force Vince out of his position as chairman?

 

No, the IPO was structured so that the McMahon's can't lose control of the company.

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

Elaborate sets

Pyro

HHH's water/Austin's beer

European Tours

Confidential

Less tables and chairs

DVDs not of PPVs

Less shopzone crap

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

1)The McMahons are majority shareholders.

 

2)

(ii) our failure to retain or continue to recruit key performers could lead to a decline in the appeal of our story lines and the popularity of our brand of entertainment; (iii) the loss of the creative services of Vincent McMahon could adversely affect our ability to create popular characters and story lines; (iv) our failure to maintain or renew key agreements could adversely affect our ability to distribute our television and pay-per-view programming, and in this regard our primary distribution agreement with Viacom runs until Fall 2003 for its UPN network and Fall 2005 for its MTV and TNN networks

 

Vince McMahon is an asset to the company.

 

So really, only Vince McMahon will decide when Vince McMahon can leave.

 

Either Raw Magazine or WWE Magazine would go, but they would always have one publication. There would be cut backs in some merchandising (not tshirts or dvds, but stupid lil things like pencils and beef jerky). Needless expenses, like smashing TV's or cars, would stop. It's really the little things that would get cut, nothing big.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

The DVD market is actually a growth market with the WWE (the only one, aside from international touring). I see them producing MORE DVDs in the future, rather than less.

[Bored 0]

Considering how bad house show business is right now, cutting back on them would probably happen.

[Guest Austin3164life]

Trimming the fat would be their strategy. Like Rudo said, cutting the beef jerky, pencils, pens, sunglasses, and other meaningless merchandise is what they would do. Personally, they could really use the money cutting back guys like Steiner, Nash, and Goldberg (which would save close to 2.5 million), but oh well.

[Guest AndrewTS]

They'd fire some Cruisers.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

Yeah and the OVW guys, damn those developmental stars living the high life in their penthouse suites while poor guys like Nash, Goldberg, Steiner, Hogan all struggle to get through the day on their shoestring budget.

 

Actually, I wouldn't mind them getting rid of OVW - then we could get some good talent in.

[Guest AndrewTS]

Hmm...they did cut HWA already.

 

Fuck OVW.

[Guest Bruiser Chong]

Well The World has already gone, so I am guessing SmackDown Records.

Didn't they already shut that down a while ago?

[Guest ShooterJay]

Hmm...they did cut HWA already.

 

Fuck OVW.

HWA was the GOOD developmental promotion.

[Guest Spaceman Spiff]

They'd fire some Cruisers.

Not just cruisers, but most of the guys they picked up from the WCW buy-out, save for maybe Helms and Booker. At least, it wouldn't surprise me.

[Guest the 1inch punch]

They'd probably get rid of Helms and Booker anyway

[Guest Spaceman Spiff]

They wouldn't be fired. The Hurricane gimmick generates a lot of merch. sales (esp. from kids), and Book is one of the more over faces on Raw.