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None of this would've happened without TED.

Dave sometimes you close down the chats too fast I was waiting for something witty to SuperChat😂

I'm a big fan of wrestling. I started watching Big Time Wrestling in the 1970's at the age of 10yrs old. An have been a faithful follower ever since. I am 62yrs old Now. I have only been to only 3 live events over the yrs but still enjoy watching to this day.

WWE turned all the gimmick matches into annual events trying to cash in on the novelty and now those matches are so common it's no longer a novelty.

HOW ABOUT THE RISE AND FALL OF SOUTHWEST CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING OUT OF SAN ANTONIO , TEXAS . JOE BLANCHARD AND SON TULLY BLANCHARD OWNERS / PROMOTERS .

Thank you for this trip down memory lane! I LOVED the IMPACT years (2018 - 2023)! I'm one of the few fans that was excited about Tessa winning the World title. Hell, I was even happier seeing Tessa VS Taya for that very world title a few weeks later. The new TNA has been OK so far. Management decisions have been rocky but at the moment its just IMPACT with a TNA coat so that helps to keep my interest. I hope the company continues to carve out their own space. The whole NXT crossover has me a bit worried and if things go the wrong way I will honestly stop watching wrestling and just go back to watching IMPACT (18-23), SmackDown (04-06) and Attitude Era content.

But how does Bret's sharp shooter compare to the originator of the scorpion deathlock, RIki Chosu?

The attitude era 1996-2001 & golden era 1983-1993 were more popular.

I always wanted to watch these as a kid it felt so good to get to come here on you tube and watch the tournaments

One of the best, most concise, and informative histories of the Gold Dust Trio and the origin of modern pro wrestling. Except for one thing... Stecher (or Stetcher) is pronounced "Stecker".

I’m not saying this to bash Cody Rhodes but the answer is it was before Cody beat Roman. Now it’s falling a bit from that. Partially because there’s always a dry spell after Mania, partly because Roman is the most popular wrestler they have.

Interesting program grew up on wrestling

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Warrior, Hart, and Razor gave the belt the same pedigree as the world title.

The background music was a little too loud on the beginning, but great video. Although I don't think every change you talked about in thw video is necessarily a downgrade, some are just different from what it used to be, not better or worse, and some are straight up upgrades, like the punches being less effective nowadays, that is since you should have in mind that guys from Harley Race's time couldn't really do a lot in the ring, so they HAD to protect simpler moves like punches. Nowadays, even a wrestler who's simply alright in ring can do way more than most of the best wrestlers from the 60s and 70s, so punches became less impressive and it doesn't make sense to sell it as very damaging.

I remember Tolos throwing sugar or some white power at Freddie Blassie in a interview with Dick Lane I was just a kid maybe some 50 years ago

If it was a work Vince Russo would have admitted it by now as he has no respect for kayfabe

He was hilarious and one of the all-time greatest talkers.

Well, if we look at Hogan during different eras of his career...he either mostly lost to people who were pretty believable threats and/or lost to people that he didn't view as his competition. He had no problem losing to The Rock because of the history he's had with his family, but then Stone Cold Steve Austin's name comes up and Hogan gets on guard because then it becomes a question of who is the biggest star between the two. There's plenty of times where Hogan's ego didn't get in the way, but then there's times where it does.

Hulk Hogan is more recognizable worldwide than Taylor Swift

I remember watching the 1-2-3 Kid victory back when it happened. Legendary!

Johnny Saint finally got his US debut in his 70s in Chikara.

Michaels wouldn't have been injured if Bret stayed. He hurt his back against the undertaker in the royal rumble ppv on the casket. If Bret was champion, Michaels would have been in the royal rumble match and would have been healthy going in to, and after wrestlemania.

Absolutely not. It's the most popular it's been since the attitude era but let's not forget how huge the mid 80s and late 90s were.

Wrestling is still lame and get made fun of when you tell people you watch it.

If Gorgeous George was the first heel, who was the first babyface?

It went down the drain because the American geeks killed everything for everybody just like they have for everything else in wrestling...the show desperately needed to lean even more into lucha instead of doing the opposite, what the hell were the likes of Sonny kiss, Jack swagger, etc doing in LUCHA Underground? Its lucha underground not some lame 2010's indie fed.

Inoki was a latter day Goldust trio rolled up in one.

Verne never changed with the times. That and greed was his downfall

It was NEVER the top promotion. The NWA was king and the WWWF and AWA both knew it. Was it a great promotion? Absolutely

Good video

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No wrestling isn't more popular. Too many fans from decades past have been run off. But it is more accessible then ever I think fans get mixed up between the two. Live attendance is breaking records but media viewership is way down from a few decades ago.

Wrestling sells well but it’s hell no mainstream at all, especially when you compare the attitude era. Except hardcore fans, nobody knows who’s Kenny omega if you ask a random.

What if Jerry Jarrett had purchased it?

Definitely nowhere near as popular as it once was but Im happy that wrestling is in a good spot right now, I hope they continue to grow past the lows that were the 2010's.

Wrestling is always most popular when you were a kid.

There is way more tv, entertainment and media in general competing for viewership today than in 98. Most people also have access to the internet to occupy their time, which wasn't the case in 98, back then if you missed a show you probably weren't going to be able to see it again, now if you miss it you can see whenever you want. A lot of people just watch through highlights/clips rather than watch the whole show on TV. All of this contributes wrestling "not being as popular as it once was". Considering everything I just mentioned it's doing damn fine.

this is a great video dude! Highly entertaining, you know what you’re talking about, and the humor is just over the top and goofy. well done brother I hope you see more subs in the future!

80th most popular show on TV in 2023 (Raw) is not more popular than ever. 1 successful promotion and a bunch of indies, record low name recognition of major stars, WWE uses this propaganda to break deals.

Noooooooo wrestling is not more popular than ever before. Forget ratings ( which are still important, triple h or Tony would jizz themselves if either drew 8 million viewers). In the attitude era it was different. You would go to the mall and you would see like 20 different people wearing different wrestling shirts. Maybe some wwf, WCW and maybe a select few occasionally wearing ECW, but you would see it. Nowadays the only time a wrestling should I wear gets recognized as if it has a legend from back then. Hey that's stone cold. Hey that's Dusty rhodes. Hey that's Hulk Hogan. The other day I spent an entire week wearing newer wrestlers shirts and not one comment. See even right now even at the best you may draw back some lapsed wrestling fans but you're still not going to draw in the casual viewer. That's what the attitude era was able to do. Even people who didn't like wrestling watched it because of yes the sexy women. I knew people back then who were like yep this wrestling is still stupid but these women are hot. That's why when miss Mercedes Mone takes the time to trash the bra and panties matches from the past, all I could think is they drew more ratings than you ever have. See right now aew has everything The attitude era had the blood, swearing, violence. It shouldn't be doing much better so what is it missing? That Jerry Springer style of television that the attitude era had. Sexy women. And before you say times have changed let me tell you people have not. Guys still like sexy women women and will tune in to see hot chicks.

No!

*WWE is more popular than ever. AEW and other companies are not on the same level.. especially AEW, AEW will fail.

In India, wrestling's popularity might be at its lowest in the mainstream. Any random Indian can easily recognize John Cena and Undertaker. Many young indians can even recognize Roman Reigns, Dean And Seth. But it would be very rare if someone recognizes anyone who debuted after them. No one really knows about Cody Rhodes here

In the US? Probably the Attitude Era and the 80s were better in that regard. Worldwide? Definitely yes. Not just cause of social media bumbers but because of how big of a reach it's gotten in the last 5 to 10 years, specially this decade. WWE weren't even thinking about doing PPVs outaide Canada and the US except for an UK one once every decade; now we've gotten three in the last three years in the UK (counting this year's Clash at the Castle), another one in France and another upcoming in Berlin; all this while teasing a Big 4 event in the future. And on top of that, AEW gathered 70-80k at Wembley Stadium last summer and will likely gather around 50,000 this year. Which imagine telling that to any company in the late 90s or the 2000s, let alone one not named WWF/E. TLDR: It's not in the US, but it's by far on a global scale.

Everyone saying you can't keep a quiet character fresh but tbh you could. If only he was attractive and better at wrestling. Then this would have kept him alive. The only reason people stopped liking him was for his looks because when he revealed his true face everyone in the crowd was traumatized and quiet.

Kane is 6,10 and he losing many matches. Like bro they doing him dirty

It's more popular for a while. I am still confused about the key demo.

Old wrestling stars like hogan rock lesnar were real stars on the level of movie stars modern wrestlers cant touch them in terms of popularity

attitude era was more popular. C'ome on everyone was tuned into Austin vs Mr. Mcmahan back then.