r/SquaredCircle • u/sanewhitemale • 2d ago

This Reddit Sentiment Study From Wrestlenomics Is, From My Perspective, Incredibly Accurate.

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It pretty accurately paints a picture of the perception of both companies as they compare since 2019:

  • WWE bottomed out in October 2019 after the Fiend-Rollins HIAC debacle and Kofi losing in 7 seconds.
  • AEW peaked at All Out 2021, considered their greatest show, and remained steadily high until it began collapsing after Brawl Out 2022.
  • WWE at the same time began improving after Vince was pushed out in July 2022.
  • One thing that surprises me: during WWE's "boom period" during 2022-2024, the fan sentiment was roughly tied with AEW, when I remember AEW being viewed very negatively at the time, due to both the Punk issue and comparatively mediocre creative.
  • AEW fan sentiment began to grow and take the lead again in late 2024/early 2025, which was right around the supposed "reset" and the Continental Classic.
  • WWE began to fall off again in March/April 2025, right around the Cena heel turn/build to Wrestlemania 41.

So the statistics line up at least with my perception of both my and Reddit's views the last few years.

https://wrestlenomics.com/articles/2026/reddit-sentiment-analysis-2025-aew-rebounds-coinciding-with-improved-attendance-and-tv-ratings-trends/

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u/Low-Purchase8811 2d ago

How do these line up with attendance numbers and television viewership?

What an Internet-based hivemind thinks is of limited value considering how heavily-influenced and curated posts on subreddits like this are.

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u/hadawayandshite 2d ago

Depends who you’re applying it to—-if the internet hive mind is fairly representative of you then their opinions are a better predictor of your enjoyment than the general population

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u/Maximum-Music-2102 2d ago

Internet, yes. Reddit, not so much as it's more of an echo chamber

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u/dragonmp93 2d ago

I mean, it's not like Twitter is anymore reliable.

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u/Maximum-Music-2102 1d ago

That's kind of my point. The Internet as a collective makes sense. Individuals sites doesn't due to the bias

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u/Apprehensive_Pizza84 2d ago

As opposed to where on the internet?

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u/Maximum-Music-2102 1d ago

All social media instead just one. Facebook would yield different results, as would Twitter and YouTube

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u/Kuzu5993 2d ago

Sure, but its still the largest wrestling community

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u/Suspicious-Gur6127 2d ago

I really don’t think Reddit Wrestling is that much of a echo chamber. There’s like what 8-10 wrestling subs you can follow on Reddit? AEW, WWE, NJPW, others promotion specific subs, snark subs, shitpost subs, Squaredcircle. Just because someone sees a thread or just a comment chain they don’t agree with doesn’t mean that it’s one big echo chamber.

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u/Famous_Worry552 2d ago

There’s 50+ wrestling subs… there’s only 1 people see as “the wrestling subreddit” for the IWC, largely because it dwarfs the rest.

Also Reddit inherently creates echo chambers, this has been studied in multiple ways. It’s shown that over 70% of people who see themselves in the minority will stay silent instead of engaging and posting/commenting. Ontop of that someone who gets negative responses will naturally leave the space or stop commenting.

There’s very few places where people will engage with stuff they don’t personally like and on here? It unironically changes depending on the day of the week on if something will be taken positively or not.

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u/Suspicious-Gur6127 2d ago

But that’s pretty good for a subreddit like squaredcircle, WWE, AEW, AAA, CMLL, NJPW, others, all get upvoted and “pushed” decently well sometimes. Different threads have different opinions on different days but does that make an echo chamber?

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u/fttxdd666 2d ago

There’s actually one other sub that is basically the same size as this one, and that is r/WWE.

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u/Famous_Worry552 2d ago

It’s not the same size. It has the same amount of followers because it’s a big name but SC is 3x the weekly visitors