Flangedango Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 It's in West Virginia as well. Brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted September 30, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted September 30, 2016 That Hogan .gif is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLowdown1987 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/article/royal-rumble-returns-to-alamodome-first-time-20-years?sf37544689=1 WWE announced today that the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, will host Royal Rumble 2017 on Sunday, January 29, 2017. This marks the return of Royal Rumble to the Alamodome for the first time since 1997. Royal Rumble is one of WWE’s biggest pay-per-views of the year and officially kicks off The Road to WrestleMania. The event will be highlighted by a 30-man over-the-top-rope Royal Rumble Match featuring WWE Superstars from both Raw and SmackDown LIVE, where the winner will receive a title opportunity to headline WrestleMania 33 in Orlando, Florida on April 2, 2017. Tickets for Royal Rumble 2017 will be available starting Friday, October 14, at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT through all Ticketmaster outlets,www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000. All tickets are subject to service charges and facility fees. The Alamodome previously hosted the 1997 Royal Rumble, where more than 60,000 fans witnessed WWE Hall of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin win the Royal Rumble Match and WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels win the WWE Championship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Clint Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 (edited) I wonder if they actually manage to sell the Alamodome out this time? I remember on Cornette's timeline of 97 he claimed they gave away a shit load of comps to fill it up for 1997 Rumble . I like it when they use these bigger venues for their shows as it creates more atmosphere. Now that they're making a bigger deal out of SummerSlam surely they'll be thinking about moving the PPV into domes or stadiums also. I know it's booked for the Barclays Center again next year. Edited October 1, 2016 by The Clint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Dem Wanz Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Anything that takes us back to 97 is a good thing! I'm sure they'll sell it out, although I wonder what the ticket pricing strategy will be and if it ends up being cheaper than Mania Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon-Carr_92 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Was there some long term plan to get a PPV other than WrestleMania in a stadium recently? This is a great move. Makes a welcome change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted October 1, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted October 1, 2016 Summerslam would make sense as they'd be more likely to have the weather for it than a stadium based Rumble or Survivor Series, plus it'd spread things nicely. Mania in March, Summerslam in September. I guess it'd depend on the feasibility as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 TV ratings may be down but I'm sure they can hype up The Big Event easy enough for a sell out, I bet a whole bunch go to Wrestlemania without watching the weekly shows as its pretty much its own thing now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted October 1, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted October 1, 2016 I'm surprised they haven't started doing this for the Rumble and SummerSlam already to be honest. They are still very big PPVs (there's a gulf between the two and the rest of the PPVs) and the average WrestleMania attendance has increased a lot over the past 20 years. The B-level PPVs are held in the same (or similar) sized venues as the next big two, so I reckon they could probably get away with moving them to stadiums. They papered 97 like fuck didn't they, but if there's one thing WWE don't seem to struggle with these days it's live attendances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WeeAl Posted October 1, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted October 1, 2016 Live attendances are still fairly strong, especially counting overseas tours, but on a continued downward trend in the states. I'm sure they'll be making this a 'destination weekend' with Raw and NXT bookending the Rumble from the normal building they run in San Antonio. But they'll struggle to fill this unless they price it very low and give plenty of tickets away. It's so close to Mania and they need a lot of people to travel to these shows to sell them out. I'm excited they are running the Alamodome again but just hope it's not half empty and they don't get too carried away with the pricing. If they keep ticket prices manageable, they'll make a fuck-ton of money off merchandise with 60,000 people in there. Orlando for Mania won't be a problem with selling out even at high prices as it doubles up as a holiday destination so people are happy to travel from far and wide for Mania and for the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted October 1, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted October 1, 2016 I wonder if they actually manage to sell the Alamodome out this time? I remember on Cornette's timeline of 97 he claimed they gave away a shit load of comps to fill it up for 1997 Rumble . I like it when they use these bigger venues for their shows as it creates more atmosphere. Now that they're making a bigger deal out of SummerSlam surely they'll be thinking about moving the PPV into domes or stadiums also. I know it's booked for the Barclays Center again next year. Even though it was heavily papered, they sold a shit load of (cheap) tickets for the 1997 Rumble. Remarkable considering live business was pretty dire in the second half of 1996. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mole Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 TNA ran at the Alamo Dome a few years back (one of their 3 "big" PPVs,think they did about 7,000. The building can be configured to accommodate several different sports for Basketball it can go between 20,000-39,000 and American Football 65,000-72,000 etc, so it depends what they go for. I'm guessing the building goes for a decent rate, presumably lower than the San Antonio Spurs arena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitsky's back acne Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Cody Rhodes has been announced for WXWs 16 Carat Gold tournament early next year in Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Sergio Mendacious Posted October 2, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted October 2, 2016 (edited) I had totally forgotten about Sara Lee. She was rubbish. It's a great name too, and was totally wasted on her. Edited October 2, 2016 by Sergio Mendacious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Hugo Knox and Sara Lee (of tough enough) have been released Pretty gutted about Hugo Knox, guy had an incredible look As opposed to the range of frozen desserts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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