SEAN CARLESS
Hank Scorpio
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Post by SEAN CARLESS on Dec 3, 2013 23:21:52 GMT -5
India is a bust. WWE and UFC have wanted to run there (WWE did one tour), but there is just no consistent money to be made there due to the severe poverty. Huge population without income = useless. China on the other hand COULD be huge. But they're a hard market to crack. The regime there doesn't seem too open to enterprises they can't control. UFC held a show there, but not on the mainland. Yeah, China has quickly become the number two market in the movie box office market. Often films will have to be edited before they can be shown in China, but it is worth the time to meet the edit demands. Hell, Disney and Marvel made a special version of Iron Man 3 just for China. But enough about the movie industry. I am sure WWE, UFC, and New Japan would love to be able to get big TV access in China and would love to be able to tour there. But, as you mentioned, it's a tough market to crack due to the regime there. Oh, absolutely. China is a goldmine. I think that's why Shane McMahon was doing a lot of work over there. Brokering any sort of deal with the Chinese would be HUGE. Their population is so immense that an entire company could be sustained on merely having a presence there.
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