In the 90s, Goldusts exploits got some religious groups so riled up about his 24 carat sauciness that they complained to the WWF. Vince discretely took the eraser to that push and that was that. The devout clearly have more pull than paying customers here. For the longest time, all critical voices have been dismissed. The WWE refers to this loyal core as smart marks or internet marks. The ideology behind this is that the company will always receive money from this demographic and cant make more from it, so it can be ignored in favour of the more fickle casual fans. Theres some credence to this logic but currently there are few casuals left to please and the WWEs core audience have been quite consistent with their feedback. The company has seen better days and with a new subscription based service, youd think the only game in town would think about playing the long game here. In any fictional media, if the core audience is upset enough for long enough, they will move on. In a flourishing reality era, the core audience would attract casual fans with their enthusiasm for a must see show. And the crowd reactions would match the narrative.
Eddie is a writer, cinephile, TV fan and wrestling abuse victim from Newcastle. After receiving his film degree in London he returned home to lift boxes in the vein of an 80s montage... It's not as fun as it looks in the films.
