10 Reasons Why WWE Will Have No Competition By 2020

The McMahon's are going to squash the rest like a bug.

At present, it may appear as though pro wrestling is in the midst of a major global boom. Ring of Honor is making huge waves, TNA's merging with Global Force Wrestling, Lucha Underground may not be returning for a second season (but season one was a mindblower), and as well, New Japan may be putting on the best bell-to-bell shows in the industry overall. However, this era of boom could be occurring in the shadow of a much larger revolutionary change coming to the pro wrestling industry. As if well aware that they can take all the time they need to get it right, it's entirely possible that WWE is preparing to be the number one (and likely only) globally recognized professional wrestling brand by 2020. If you stop and really take a good look around the wrestling universe, all of the signs are there. If we thought that what WWE did in 1984 in consolidating all of the world's best performers under one roof was something, in some way resurrecting something that looks like the National Wrestling Alliance is something else. Is it possible that by 2020 that Triple H and Stephanie McMahon could be the owners of a global entertainment brand with full digital, mobile and terrestrial broadcast access, as well as inroads into properties that exist outside of the realm of the in-ring product, too? Certainly. Here's 10 reasons why this is an inevitable occurrence.

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Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.