MVP is not happy with the numbers his podcast is pulling, and he made that very clear.
After 70 episodes of Marking Out with MVP and Dwayne Swayze, the former WWE Superstar openly complained that the show should have a much bigger subscriber count by now. The conversation started after MVP reminded viewers to like, subscribe and leave comments. That’s when he stopped dancing around the issue and admitted he believes the show deserves a larger audience.
“I feel, for the content that we give, we should have way more subscribers.”
Swayze immediately backed him up, pointing out that they’ve been putting out episodes consistently for well over a year and still aren’t seeing the subscriber numbers they expected.
“I don’t understand this, guys. We’ve shown up every single week for, I don’t know, 70 weeks.”
MVP then started questioning whether their refusal to chase cheap wrestling outrage could be part of the problem. He suggested that maybe the podcast would have more subscribers if they leaned into rage bait and constant wrestling show reviews, but he made it clear that isn’t the kind of show they want to produce.
“Maybe it’s possible that we don’t give enough rage bait. Maybe we’re not talking about enough wrestling show reviews. But you know what? That’s not what we do here.”
MVP argued that fans can already find plenty of that elsewhere and said their show offers something different.
“There’s a whole lot of that out there, but there’s nothing else out there like this.”
MVP then pointed to his own wrestling résumé as one of the biggest reasons he believes more people should be tuning in. After more than 25 years in the business, he feels he’s giving viewers knowledge they aren’t getting from the usual wrestling podcast.
“We talk about wrestling, and I give you game based on my over 25 years in the business now.”
He took things even further when talking directly to aspiring wrestlers, claiming the advice he gives away every week could be worth serious money to somebody trying to break into the industry.
“Just for that alone, you should subscribe. If you’re an up-and-coming pro wrestler, I’m dropping gems. I’m giving you millions of dollars worth of game, to paraphrase Wallo.”
MVP clearly believes Marking Out is giving fans more than enough reason to hit the subscribe button, and after 70 episodes, he’s starting to wonder why more people haven’t done it. He may not want to turn the show into another rage-bait wrestling podcast, but he definitely wants the subscriber count to start catching up with the effort he believes they’re putting in.
Do you think MVP has a legitimate complaint about the podcast’s subscriber numbers, or does Marking Out simply need to do more to grow its audience? Let us know what you think in the comments.
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