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| I am going to wager a guess that you believe that any publicity is good publicity? Because "people taking notice" for something being very stupid and a bad idea is not a good thing. |
Pretty much. David Arquette becoming champion probably helped gain WCW some viewers at the time. For every fan boy that turned off, more non fans tuned in out of curiosity.
Also, non fans and casual fans aren't going to care that David Arquette is champion. In fact, they'd think David Arquette is a better champion than all of those other guys who's name they don't know.
From what I hear, the IWC only make up 20% of viewers for a TV show. If you look at it like that then a company needs to do stuff to keep the majority of viewers intrested, not the vocal minority.
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| If the E decided to make Donald Trump the world champ, it would get the media and fans talking. But not in a positive manner. |
The media would be intrested, they wouldn't really have an actual opinion on him as a champion.
Internet fans aren't positive people anyway. They bitch and moan about almost everything. But at the end of the day, Trump as champion is the exact thing they thrive on.
As for the other fans, they're perfectly happy watching the big stars. It's not like Cena, Triple H or Orton would vanish from TV. They'd still be there if Trump was to become world champion.
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| It would be what Arquette was - cheap publicity that did harm in a fair number of ways. |
The only harm Arquette caused was in the eyes of hardcore fans.
WCW was falling fast when he was champion. Hardcore fans will watch anyway. You need to attract others. David Arquette did more than Chris Benoit, Sid, Booker T, Jeff Jarrett, Scott Steiner and others in that respect.