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[RKHT8709]

The professional wrestling business can generate a good living financially for a promoter. For some independent shows, the largely supportive audience can profit enough to generate more events, as well as pay the talent and venues for following shows. However, when it comes to getting more established talent to headline shows, other financial measures are done, such as social media advertisers and sponsors, to cover expenses.

For a few years, many companies have experienced success from the standpoint of visibility by having their promotion produce weekly shows on YouTube. The ongoing submission of material, followed by the sizable fanbase, allowed pro wrestling organizations to receive a good financial gain and expand their respective product. However, recent policies of YouTube have presented a major hurdle for these companies.

This year, there have been some very controversial videos regarding social relations that has unfortunately caused large advertisers to back out. This has also forced YouTube to be much more strict on their viewing restrictions, especially with teens and children.

Based on the type of product pro wrestling presents, especially within the independent circuit, many organizations will now suffer the fate of being a part of the rollout of changes Google is doing to ensure that the content presented on YouTube remains family-friendly for the most part. The restricted mode, which acts similar to Parental Control, affects wrestling channels, and specifically their revenue.

Google is slowly rolling out the changes, but mandates such as wrestling channels having to reach a certain number of viewers to receive any form of monetization leaves many promotions taking a huge hit in their revenue.

[Loves2Spoon]

Wow i didn't know these changes could be so impactful to things like this. I seen how its messing up everyone

that is well known. This whole ad thing is stupid. Ads in general are stupid. I don't see how we can claim to protect

our kids but there are always horror movie ads that play, they do warn you ahead of time, but you know what doesnt?

Those cigarette commercials that show the inside of peoples bodies and people with missing body parts, That doesnt

need a warning, but the fake stuff does?

 

Back on topic though, I already run a small youtube, I may have given up on it and am half-assing my Twitch but If I 

ever wanted to get back into the grove, I would have to change my style just to be accepted by a company who thinks

people arent going to by Coca-Cola just because I said the word Ball Sac? Or had a title that said "Hitler Party Dance" 

while a Coca-Cola ad played? Stupid, just stupid. Anyone who connects the two is a fool. 

[RKHT8709]

I can see what you're saying here. This would explain why some videos have symbols in the title to avoid being red flagged by Google. I agree about the intrusion of advertising and there's sites that I can't even log unto without an entire ad covering the entire page. This problem is annoying and it doesn't matter if you have pop-up blocker or anti malware to protect yourself when you're browsing online....ads appear everywhere you go. I'd rather advertise this forum for the sake of generating more activity because at least the wrestling fans, 4chanlurkers, YouTubers, and Liveleakers always have something memorable to contribute.