You might know Nick Aldis from his time in TNA under the name ‘Magnus’. He is a former TNA World Heavyweight Champion and currently wrestles for Global Force Wrestling where he is the current GFW Global Champion. Nick recently appeared on The Chad Dukes Wrestling Show to promote his new book: The Superstar Body. During the interview he had some interesting comments about wrestling companies focusing way too much on the vocal minority of fans. As a result, this is driving away mainstream fans.
Nick Aldis mentions that he feels bad for Roman Reigns and he blames the wrestling business in general for his negative crowd reaction:
“I feel horrible for him because I feel like if he’d have come along ten years earlier he’d be in a totally different conversation right now. I think he’s a terrific example where the business in general has failed not just WWE, not just TNA, TNA was guilty of it for a long, long time or [other] promotions now which is we’ve niched down the product. We’ve paid way too much attention to the vocal minority and I know this is not this is this is nothing new what I’m saying here but, we’re taking all this time trying to subconsciously trying to impress people that are gonna be there no matter what. I get very passionate about this argument that I hear very often from those certain type of destructive fans that say, ‘We paid our money and we can do whatever we want, we can say whatever we want, do whatever we want.’ OK, but if if you’re a father like I’m a father now and maybe that’s why I have a different perspective on it, but do I have to be a big John Cena fan? No, not particularly” (Source: The Chad Dukes Wrestling Show).
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He elaborates on the vocal minority driving away casual fans:
“But if I’m a father and I make like an average living, like maybe forty grand a year, I work forty hours a week, I get my paycheck, I pay my taxes, and I’ve got two kids and they’re just huge WWE fans, and they’re huge Roman Reigns fans or they’re huge John Cena fans right? And I’ve scraped together the money, we’ve cut a few corners here and there this month to be able to get enough money, a couple hundred bucks, because that’s what you’re talking about for a family to go to a WWE live event by the time it’s all said and done, to get my tickets, get him his t-shirt, get him his foam finger, all that stuff, and now I’m there with my kids. It’s a great feeling to be able to do that for my kids and now I’m surrounded by a bunch of adult males not other kids, not kids my own age, adult males. So my children are surrounded by adult males who when their favorite wrestler comes out, who I saved my money to buy my ticket to go see, all these adult males are, ‘Aw you suck,’ and using all these four letter words. FU this and’ am I gonna go back?’ These people that claim to love the business or to be the most dedicated fans of the business and just driving away like the majority of the paying audience” (Source: The Chad Dukes Wrestling Show).
You can check his book called The Superstar Body here. The Chad Dukes Wrestling Show airs Wednesdays at 7PM on 106.7 The Fan in Washington DC.
Let us know what you think!
He’s delusional. Get back to us when the promotions like TNA and WWE actually start listening to their fans.