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Originally Posted by molson
But what if you put the bookers of Ring of Honor (or pick whatever indy promotion you think is good), in charge of WWE, and they tried to book it just like ROH, would business improve?
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FWIW, I don't think there'd be a seismic improvement in ratings if it were booked by the cloned offspring of Cornette, Heyman and the very best parts of every other booker in history. It's a different world, too many options for entertainment for ratings to avoid being diluted IMO.
I do think you'd could get a bit of a bump in weekly ratings, along with an improvement in PPV buy rates, with better booking and maybe a mild bump in merchandise revenue to go with it (because the characters would be stronger in theory).
I guess it boils down to a question of how much you could monetize a happier audience base that was also wider than what exists currently. I'm not sure the answer is some absurdly ridiculously large number, but then again, improved booking (however that's defined) isn't likely to jack up long term costs either (i.e. there's nothing in it that should water down any gains).