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So this week, the WWE are touring through Europe, coming through my home country of England. They only come here twice a year, so I'm always looking forward to it, even though I can't afford a ticket... And I see how Wade made such a huge impact over here. Not to brag, but we do have the best crowds. There's us, Chicago and Canadian crowds which have biggest responses in my opinion. But this got me thinking... Wade is so popular over here, because he's representing his country. I personally wanna see Wade become a huge cog in the WWE, is it because he's representing my country? Probably.
But there are probably loads of countries all around the world who aren't being represented in the WWE. Personally I'd love to see maybe 2 or 3 more Englishmen in the WWE (excluding Regal because he's semi-retired now), but maybe I should just be content with Barrett... What of other countries though? Are there any countries out there who have a huge WWE fan-base but no wrestler from their country? I can't answer that question but maybe you guys can and maybe a few more questions I'd like to add:
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1) Does the WWE offer enough world diversity?
2) What countries could do with more representation?
3) What's your favourite country to contribute superstars other then the US?
1) No - While WWE has several wrestlers from outside North America, only really a couple of them are really "main eventers" in the sense that they build the show around or make them the focal point of the company. The closest so far has perhaps been Sheamus or Khali. The "first British World Title" should have been done by now, between Bulldog, Regal or Barrett, that they haven't is a glaring mistake and this kind of answers number 2.
WWE is not diverse enough in it's big shows either, while RAW in the UK is one thing, that the market sustained UK PPV's in the past means it could again, for years it's been "PPV's may come back" but it should be in stone and part of their plan as the gates alone would negate any "time difference" issues. Till they do a Mania outside of North America, they haven't done enough in my eyes. They had to let the 20th anniversary of Summerslam 92 go by due to the Olympics, to me there's no excuse for them not to bring it back to Wembley this year, the market would sustain it and they have a potential blockbuster match/moment in Sheamus v Barrett (with Wade finally getting his belt there) that would excite fans the way Bret v Davey did.
Many other countries would not sustain live events to the same level, I do feel Europe as a continent is not as well represented as there are no German or French talents (only a fake Italian) and Cesaro but Australia is one that is glaring as outside of Outback Jack and Nathan Jones, has there ever really been an Aussie superstar?
Africa will be the next big place, with Gabriel and Kofi representing them, but political stuff may stop WWE from being as big there. China...maybe, if Shane comes back as he has some massive ins there but he'd want a lot of control and I can't ever see Trips/Steph letting him have it post Vince.
3) Again, being a little biased, I guess that the UK is the most important as it is clearly 2nd in terms of revenue outside of North America in terms of shows and the UK regularly produces the highest number of WWF hires, higher than Mexico or Japan.
For a short while you actually had the whole UK represented in major roles and Power 25, Barrett (England), Drew (Scotland), Finlay (Northern Ireland) and Mason Ryan (Wales) as Eire is a seperate country officially, that is Sheamus taken care of too.