#2 We're still WWE fans
It's no secret right now that the WWE product isn't exactly... great right now. Viewership of their weekly programs (Raw and SmackDown!) are down, performers are unhappy with what they're given to work with, and the increased competition from new companies like All Elite Wrestling is giving the company a run for their money they haven't dealt with in two decades.
Only the most hardcore fans seem to be sticking by Vince McMahon and his behemoth of a company.
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But, you know what? That's still a lot of people. And that's still us. I've, personally, been a fan since I was 12 years old - and that was the early 1990s, when what they were giving us was pretty crummy.
But, like fans of a crummy football team, we stick with them and, sometimes, we're rewarded with something special. Like when we stuck with them through the beginning of the Monday Night Wars and were given the Attitude Era and Stone Cold Steve Austin's feud with McMahon. Or, the WrestleMania XXX and XXXV title victories of Daniel Bryan and Kofi Kingston, respectively.
Of course, they're worth sticking around for just for NXT alone.
And, if you're a fan of the old days (like me), well, WWE is the company who has the majority of that footage in their vaults - and they make it pretty readily available for a pretty decent price.
Whenever you think something on TV nowadays is dumb, it's refreshing to go back to the late 80s-early 90s and see a time when wrestlers were also garbage men and hockey players (not at the same time, though - that would be way too awesome)
Mostly, though - we just love pro wrestling. To steal a quote from a famous wrestling fan and disgraced filmmaker who shall remain nameless: "A lot of wrestling suck. But when it's good, it's [f'ing] great." And we know with their talent on hand and their experience, WWE can be f'ing great again.
And, if not, we can always use the WWE 2K games to make them as f'ng great as we want.
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