Diesel won the title from Bob Backlund at a Madison Square Garden house show in November of 1994 and went on to headline a WrestleMania that got 320,000 buys (down from 400,000 the previous year). Other shows had similar drops - King of the Ring went from 185,000 buys to 150,000, SummerSlam went from 300,000 buys to 205,000, and Survivor Series - where Nash finally lost the belt - went from 254,000 buys to an astounding 128,000, a drop of almost half.
TV ratings and house show numbers were similarly bad, all coming together to create a very poor year for the company financially. According to lore, Diesel once asked Gerald Brisco why he was the lowest-paid WWE Champion of all time. Brisco responded, "Because you're the lowest-drawing WWE Champion of all time."
http://whatculture.com/wwe/10-wwe-champions-who-didn-39-t-draw?page=11
This is pretty much common knowledge
didn't know Brisco was this based
Does anyone today have drawing power? other than cena maybe.
>>1544860
Bayleys hips
>>1544817
And who is HBGay
>>1544860
I want to put a baby in Bayley
>>1544817
> lowest
That was obviously before HBGay's run as champ
>>1545204
this
>>1545214
>wolfcuck in denial
The Shieldettys are the worst champs of all time.
>>1545221
More like Bret's bottom bitch
>>1544860
>smiling that she lost her championship
undertaker
>tfw your favorite guy wasn't a draw
>>1544817
Kinda disappointed that Vince didn't let Backlund get a longer run with the title. Wasn't he in his insane weirdo phase by then. Would have been refreshing change if they delayed Nash's title run.