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Dennyisthepisslord t1_j9081hj wrote

Reply to comment by quettil in Vince McMahon Wants $9 Billion for His WWE Wrestling Media Empire by Sisiwakanamaru

Your buying the strongest brand in a "sport" but you can't buy the concept of wrestling. I guess it's like buying a league in a sport rather than a side or entire sport. Either way it's a lot.

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osmlol t1_j909uqh wrote

The entire history of the sport comes with the sale. WWE own pretty much all previous wrestling entities video libraries. Vince bought uo everyone over the year. It's basically everything other then AEW.

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quettil t1_j9088qp wrote

It's dominant enough that it may as well be the entire sport, like UFC.

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starsandbribes t1_j90hixz wrote

Theres another pro-wrestling company that has a primetime slot on cable during the week. Pro-wrestling in general does surprisingly well for such a niche product.

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quettil t1_j90hr60 wrote

Most people have only heard of WWE.

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dingo596 t1_j90qlv9 wrote

Not if you watch it. I'd be amazed if anyone that currently watches wrestling even at the most casual level that doesn't know about AEW. Even in my rual UK town I can find AEW merch right next to the WWE stuff.

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TorsoPanties t1_j90ywjh wrote

Link

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dingo596 t1_j90zhl1 wrote

Not a link to the site but.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AEWOfficial/comments/qmqqu7/aew_figures_in_home_bargains_uk/

It's an old post but I did see them this year as well.

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VroomDream12 t1_j910l7l wrote

Something being in home bargains is practically confirmation that no one cares about it.

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dingo596 t1_j914cwc wrote

Well they sell WWE stuff right along side.

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erv4 t1_j91frsc wrote

No one cares about the WWE anymore

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erv4 t1_j91foye wrote

I grew up in the 90s/2000s watching a ton of wrestling, still see random clips of it now and I have no idea what AEW is. Is that the league Pat Mcafee fought in for the memes? Pretty sure that was still the WWE though.

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