10 Reasons That Prove Vince McMahon Is No Longer A Creative Genius
4. The Declining Ratings
Love him or hate him, Vince Russo, in discussion surrounding the current WWE product, often brings up a very astute point that is 100% fact. That fact is that, since 2001 and the end of WCW's existence, the professional wrestling/sports-entertainment industry went from having over ten million viewers on a regular basis ever Monday night to the current number of viewers today, which is typically under three million.
It doesn't take Dean Douglas-level intelligence to determine that those numbers mean that seven million people that used to watch pro-wrestling, now don't. In other words, as the sole promoter in the world of sports-entertainment since 2001, Vince McMahon has seen his industry lose seven million customers.
You can blame the change in television viewing habits all you want, but long before cord-cutting, and long before the WWE Network killed off WWE's Pay-Per-View revenue, Vince McMahon was steadily losing customers every year.
If 10 million people tuned in to either RAW or Nitro every Monday night for the better part of 5 years, where did they all go? While there are reasons and, realistically excuses, that can account for some of the drop in viewers, there's no reasonable answer for the loss of 70% of the audience (over seven million people) other than the product isn't as good.
A true creative genius wouldn't need strong competition to motivate him or her to improve their product. A true creative genius would recognise an opportunity and capitalise on it. A true creative genius wouldn't be haemorrhaging creative ideas year-in, year-out. That's why Vince McMahon is no longer a creative genius.
This entry will question where all of the wrestling fans went? Under Vince's watch since he purchased WCW in 2001, the industry went from having over ten million viewers to under three million today.