10 Ways WWE Has Changed Since John Morrison Left
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Is John Morrison a draw?
Main eventing Impact Wrestling pay-per-views and being featured heavily in the marketing for Lucha Underground during his eight-year break from WWE has suggested that his run there at least established him as a big enough name to take a gamble on. For Vince McMahon, even using him won't be a risk again.
WWE swore blind that pay-per-view as a model was stone dead by the time they were ready to move away from it entirely in 2014, and whilst they jumped the gun in cannibalising a corner of their business entirely, the differences were rapidly felt as soon as their grand plan was fully fleshed out.
Monthly investments of $20+ for shows that had every chance of falling below the standards of any given good Monday Night Raws was unsustainable, but only because said standards fell in the first place. It became less of a star-driven industry than ever before, but this services talent of debatable arua such as 'The Shamen Of Sexy'.
If he's over in the moment, he's worth chucking in main events even if the net positive is short term. He also finds himself about to become a featured player on the Network again, rather than just having his best bits hidden in the archives.