Joey Janela Says People Don’t Watch Wrestling As Much As They Did In The Past Because “They Know What The Deal Is And MMA Exists”
For many adult wrestling fans, it comes with a taboo idea to most people.
Many fans hide the fact they watch pro wrestling, with many people outside the bubble of the industry viewing it as programming for children. Due to this, pro wrestling in general is not watched as much as it used to be. For example, 10 million people watched an episode of RAW in the 90s, while now the number is closer to two million.
Joey Janela took to Twitter on Wednesday and explained why he believes wrestling is not as popular with TV viewers as before.
People don’t watch it anymore because they know what the deal is and MMA exists, the guys on the top now have shouldn’t take any blame. Blame the cartoonish 90s & early 2000s if anything guys like Kenny have made strikes & moves look more dangerous & more real than ever before.
Wrestling has always been aimed at children, a casual fan in 2022 is a father who watches wrestling because their child likes it & eventually 75% of those children will grow up to be teens and stop watching it because its weird and they want to have an actual social life..
Then there’s us morons who like it so much, we decide to get in the business inducing brain damage on ourselves so weird old men can go on Twitter and talk shit about us because they wanna reminiscence their youth because they are old and miserable as fuck and near almost dead..
Joey Janela on Twitter
Janela clearly believes that striking in pro wrestling needs work considering how it has been construed in the past. Time will tell if pro wrestling will one day resurge.
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