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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2019 9:10:04 GMT -5
...since about November. WWE Has A New No.1 Merch SellerGood for Becky, she deserves it. Makes me wonder though, is this the first time for a female superstar? Or did something similar happen during the heights of Sunny, Sable, Chyna, Lita, Trish Stratus etc.? |
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Post by BigAl on Mar 29, 2019 9:12:07 GMT -5
I am sure Vince and his cronies won't be happy about this news LOL you're probably saying but the number one Merchants female seller has to be Charlotte or Alexa and Roman has to be number one. For everything. Sorry Vince the man has beaten them all
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Post by Dub H on Mar 29, 2019 9:13:20 GMT -5
Shout out to the people that said she was just a mid-carder  But wonder if they will go the way of Punk. ALso I doubt any other female ever was Number One Merch Move,mostly because you were competing against The Rock,Steve and Rainbow Shirt Army Cena . |
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Mar 29, 2019 9:18:38 GMT -5
It's just further proof that WWE has poisoned the well with their ratings. Becky is selling tons of merch and she doesn't move the numbers on TV at all.
If I were a stockholder, I'd ask what he plans to do about it. Five years isn't forever and they will have to renegotiate TV deals eventually.
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Post by KofiMania on Mar 29, 2019 9:38:50 GMT -5
I am sure Vince and his cronies won't be happy about this news LOL you're probably saying but the number one Merchants female seller has to be Charlotte or Alexa and Roman has to be number one. For everything. Sorry Vince the man has beaten them all I’m sure Vince is thrilled. Since November it’s been clear that Vince and the WWE are 100% behind Becky as the face of the company. |
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Post by KobashiChop on Mar 29, 2019 9:43:06 GMT -5
I am sure Vince and his cronies won't be happy about this news LOL you're probably saying but the number one Merchants female seller has to be Charlotte or Alexa and Roman has to be number one. For everything. Sorry Vince the man has beaten them all She's held the SD Womens title, she has a nationally airing shampoo endorsement (CM Punk proved in 2014 endorsements and sponsorships are all handled through the company), she has had marquee matches everywhere including the main event of the company's all-women PPV, and she is the main event of Wrestlemania. The company haven't been holding her back in months. They just know "Superstar X vs The Establishment" is a proven draw. Austin, Foley, Punk, Daniel Bryan. It's been done over and over. Why do you think they go to the well of heel authority figures so much? |
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Post by Dub H on Mar 29, 2019 9:43:08 GMT -5
It's just further proof that WWE has poisoned the well with their ratings. Becky is selling tons of merch and she doesn't move the numbers on TV at all. If I were a stockholder, I'd ask what he plans to do about it. Five years isn't forever and they will have to renegotiate TV deals eventually. These days names move merch and goood stories moves ratings. How WWE didn't figure that out yet I don't know . It's the reason SD! live had great ratings ins 2016. Fresh and good stories |
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Post by Pgarodactyl on Mar 29, 2019 11:03:00 GMT -5
Spiking as the top merch seller would be a big deal since, as others have mentioned, I'm not sure when a woman has ever had that distinction.
That they're saying it's been since November is huge. That's, at minimum, a third of the year during a time where they were heading towards their biggest event of the year. The significance of this cannot be overstated.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Mar 29, 2019 11:27:06 GMT -5
This is really cool news but also makes the idea that they're not sure about doing another Evolution when their primary merch mover is a woman even more f***ing baffling.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Mar 29, 2019 11:41:33 GMT -5
Makes me wonder though, is this the first time for a female superstar? Or did something similar happen during the heights of Sunny, Sable, Chyna, Lita, Trish Stratus etc.? Didn't AJ Lee very briefly crack that for all of a month or so? |
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Mar 29, 2019 11:48:59 GMT -5
I am sure Vince and his cronies won't be happy about this news LOL you're probably saying but the number one Merchants female seller has to be Charlotte or Alexa and Roman has to be number one. For everything. Sorry Vince the man has beaten them all I’m sure Vince is thrilled. Since November it’s been clear that Vince and the WWE are 100% behind Becky as the face of the company. Yep. They build shows around Becky and her antics every week much like they did Steve Austin prior to WrestleMania 14. If Becky wins Sunday, expect her to become the new top star. |
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Post by Stu on Mar 29, 2019 11:50:54 GMT -5
Sheamus has the highest merchandise sales?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2019 12:00:01 GMT -5
I’m sure Vince is thrilled. Since November it’s been clear that Vince and the WWE are 100% behind Becky as the face of the company. Yep. They build shows around Becky and her antics every week much like they did Steve Austin prior to WrestleMania 14. If Becky wins Sunday, expect her to become the new top star. Do they really though? I’m sure that the office is behind Becky, but this a bit of a reach for me. I mean last week on Raw she had a promo and won a beat the clock challenge in the first segment and that was pretty well it. On SDL she had a promo that Charlotte interrupted who then won the SDL title, and then Becky was seen in the back cheering for Kofi. Austin had the entire show built around him to the point where he’d be seen multiple times and it would culminate in the last segment most weeks. |
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Mar 29, 2019 12:04:20 GMT -5
Sheamus has the highest merchandise sales? We found where Jerry Lawler's been hiding, y'all. He kidnapped Stu and replaced him. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue Stu? |
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Post by grungesmurf on Mar 29, 2019 12:18:48 GMT -5
Makes me wonder though, is this the first time for a female superstar? Or did something similar happen during the heights of Sunny, Sable, Chyna, Lita, Trish Stratus etc.? Didn't AJ Lee very briefly crack that for all of a month or so? Idk but I definitely helped with her merchandise sales! |
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Mar 29, 2019 12:33:16 GMT -5
Yep. They build shows around Becky and her antics every week much like they did Steve Austin prior to WrestleMania 14. If Becky wins Sunday, expect her to become the new top star. Do they really though? I’m sure that the office is behind Becky, but this a bit of a reach for me. I mean last week on Raw she had a promo and won a beat the clock challenge in the first segment and that was pretty well it. On SDL she had a promo that Charlotte interrupted who then won the SDL title, and then Becky was seen in the back cheering for Kofi. Austin had the entire show built around him to the point where he’d be seen multiple times and it would culminate in the last segment most weeks. Admittedly I'm behind on RAW so I can only speak of her SmackDown booking. |
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Mar 29, 2019 12:37:17 GMT -5
Merch Money, Shampoo Money, what's next?
Proper No. Twelve needs to drop Violent Idiot and sign up with The Man, man.
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Post by Prince Petty on Mar 29, 2019 12:39:25 GMT -5
This sort of thing helps explain why Vince and co have been so willing to change their plans to include Becky. We've seen it so often before, that a wrestler gets over with the fans but the WWE didn't want them to, so they sabotage their popularity by stripping away the aspects that people like. With Becky, they seem to have told her to just do what the hell she wants (within reason) on social media and to be the badass on TV that people really started to respond to.
Of course, there are stories that she's Stephanie's favourite Horsewoman, which would also help explain why she gained traction so quickly, with so little resistance from the company.
I've never bought wrestling merchandise, but if they sold those Rob Schamberger t-shirts outside North America, I'd probably have bought one.
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 29, 2019 12:56:59 GMT -5
Makes me wonder though, is this the first time for a female superstar? Or did something similar happen during the heights of Sunny, Sable, Chyna, Lita, Trish Stratus etc.? Didn't AJ Lee very briefly crack that for all of a month or so? Yeah, she sold merch in a big way. I imagine some of it was because she had a really good logo, but they made freaking AJ socks, so she was definitely moving product. |
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Mar 29, 2019 12:59:42 GMT -5
Merch Money, Shampoo Money, what's next? Proper No. Twelve needs to drop Violent Idiot and sign up with The Man, man. WWE 2K20 cover wrestler. Book it. |
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