![]() ![]() (According to Cawthon’s site, the main event was changed to Hogan v. But the night of the show, the card was rearranged at the last minute and Hogan defended against someone else instead, due to fears that Bravo would be cheered as a babyface over him. – Bravo actually left in 1986 after a weird incident in Montreal, where Hulk Hogan was scheduled to defend the WWF title against Bravo at the Forum, which resulted in a 20,000+ sellout of the arena. And then the WWF stormed in and the promotion folded, leaving the Rougeau Brothers, Dino Bravo and Rick Martel as the newest WWF signees. They frequently drew in excess of 10,000 people to the Montreal Forum with top guys challenging for Bravo’s International title. – Bravo returned to Montreal in 1981 and the decision was made to go with him as the top star, along with Rick Martel, and Bravo ended up as the booker as well. Soon after, Bravo ended up in the WWWF, winning the tag titles with Dominic DeNucci in 1978 before losing them to the Lumberjacks. – Bravo toured the US during the 70s and won tag titles all over as half of an Italian team with whoever the babyface of that ethnicity was at the time. He was trained by Gino Brito and Eduardo Carpentier and quickly became a top babyface tag team with Brito, quickly rising to main event star in Grand Prix Wrestling and even teaming with Andre the Giant from time to time. – Bravo started in Montreal in 1970, after studying law in college. The RCMP did confirm that Bravo was “significantly involved” in the whole thing, and that he had been involved for years. However, they did bust a large contraband cigarette ring worth $400,000, and commented that an amount of money that large might be worth an assassination, so there you go. – The Montreal newspaper that announced his death ran with a headline of “Dino Bravo executed for trafficking in tobacco”, although police refuse to confirm the story. (Couldn’t have belonged to Bravo, because he never drew money. None of the neighbors heard the gunshots, so they were likely professionals using silencers, and there was also a “large sum” of money in his home. He was shot seven times, at least twice in the head, in a brutal gangland style killing, although there were no signs of struggle so he likely knew his attackers. How Corbin has affected those numbers isn't totally clear, but whether he's done so positively or negatively, WWE has shown no signs of ending his push anytime soon.Īt least in part because McMahon thinks he's quite the heartthrob among WWE's female fans.– Adolfo Bresciano, better known as Dino Bravo, was murdered at age 44 on 3/10 in his home of Lavel, Quebec. The following night's Raw also generated one of the worst crowds in Raw history, with just 3,500 fans in attendance. Most recently, Stomping Grounds, a show main evented by Corbin, drew just 4,000 fans, making it one of the least attended pay-per-views in WWE history. There are also no reports on Corbin being a strong merchandise seller while WWE's live event attendance plummeted 11% between Q1 2018 and Q1 2019, a lengthy period during which Corbin was a consistent live event headliner. What viewership data is publicly available suggests that Corbin, at best, doesn't move the needle one way or the other and, at worst, is someone who makes fans, male and female, change the channel. WWE doesn't release quarter hour TV ratings anymore, so it's difficult to see which stars are drawing and among which particular demographic. Exactly how much Corbin has clicked with WWE's female fan base isn't easy to ascertain, though. ![]() It seems that, based on the way Corbin has been portrayed as Raw's top villain for well over a year now, WWE views him as a "bad boy" of sorts: A tall and tattooed former pro athlete who appeals to some fans because he's good at being bad. WWE does, however, say that 40% of its overall audience is female, which explains why the company has focused on growing its women's division in recent years and why stars with movie star good looks, like Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins, have been pushed as its top babyfaces.Ĭorbin has never been able to reach the heights of those stars, but WWE has remained committed to his push despite any fan resentment to it. ![]() McMahon may view Corbin as someone who should be pushed because of his appeal among WWE's female fans, but there's been little evidence to suggest that he's been drawing in female viewers.Īn astute WWE fan pointed out on Reddit in January 2019 that during the previous two-year span Raw saw a 41% drop in the important 18-49 female demographic and a whopping 51% percent drop in the coveted 12-34 female demographic. ![]()
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