My personal opinion and in all candor this is without data to support. These mergers are failing because the fundamentals are not there for the entities that are joining Dukes. All of the aforementioned clubs are struggling independently with rosters, financials, and brand. The Dukes mergers are lifelines from a once venerable brand which has lost some of its luster. Dukes has a lot more competition than it once did and we as consumers have choices. At one time if you were an elite high school player Dukes was the only option and frankly the best. Now a player can go to Mesa, Big 4/Triple H, NXT, and the list goes on. It is attrition, too many clubs and not enough elite players thus the product gets diluted.