So why?? A very popular culture of America is on the downhill slope? We used to hear people talking about what had happened at schools when we met our friends. Wrestling was just popular at that day. But now why?? Well, there are many reasons that contributed to the near-demise of WWE.
1. The increasing forms of entertainment: Back in the 1990s, people would sit in front of tv to watch entertainment show and wrestling is on the top of the list. But now.... there are many forms of entertainment available esp the revolution of the computer and the epoch of internet. We have many entertaining games to play rather than wasting time to watch wrestling show which is becoming boring. (Can you imagine a wrestling show RAW has over 700 episodes??) Yes, with many episodes like that, people will become bored. Games are more entertaining. Plus, the inception of the internet era and social network. People would spend the whole day sitting in front of the PC to surf on the net or tweeting or facebooking. When people become addicted to this new and cool type of entertainment, wrestling will be neglected.
2. The lack of big name superstars: Wrestling is all about big name superstars who are larger than life. They would bring people up to their feet, anticipating for that finishing move to come, waiting for their favorite face character to get his revenge over that bad guy. Back to the late 1990s, WWE (or WWF) had big name superstars such as The Rock, Stone Cold, Shawn Michael, Triple H, Kurt Angle and so on. These superstars has become wearied and slow. They do not look powerful and believable like before. Some have left the WWE. If they hadn't left the WWE, the WWE would not lost many supporter. Didn't the WWE think about the future by promoting young generation? YES, the WWE did, but those new superstars has left the WWE (because of many reasons that I haven't known yet and some have passed away), namely Brock Lensnar, Batista, Mr. Kennedy, MVP, Eddie Gurerro, Chris Benoit, Kurt Angle, Jeff Hardy. These are the superstar that would make it big in the future, but they are now gone.
3. The lackluster performance from the new superstar: The move in the ring lack of power and dynamic. They become slow. This will bore the fans for sure.






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