Maikeru Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Cagematch.net (to my knowledge the most detailed source on the web for this kind of thing) contains 9,683 entries for shows worldwide in 2016. It's probably safe to assume that's 90+% of what took place last year. Entries by country were: USA – 3864 (take off a few hundred for WWE's 'double tapings') Japan – 1832 UK – 940 Canada – 559 Mexico – 555 *It's notable that the top 5 countries collectively accounted for 80% of all worldwide shows. Also notable mentions: Australia – 284 Germany – 249 A few others I checked were Italy (96), France (63), Ireland (46), Spain (30), New Zealand (5) Mighty impressive for the UK scene when you consider the number of shows in 2016 was double that in 2011. Japan, Canada and Mexico on the other hand are pretty much static; USA is only up 30% (NXT?), Australia around 40% with only Germany outshining us with a whopping 150% increase (though with a much smaller starting base). We also got nearly 40% more WWE events than five years previously; with that obviously likely to rise significantly further this year. Can't really complain at the moment can we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted January 29, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted January 29, 2017 It's cool, but I suspect it's misleading and distorted by the site (and presumably its visitors) being English/German. There's absolutely fuckloads of Mexican shows. This site alone has 65 listed for next week, so we're talking more than 3,000 a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamp Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 That Mexico number can't be anywhere near accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninevisions Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Don't forget, Those figures are based on which promotions Cagematch are aware of, in all countries there will be X amount of shows unacounted for. There's dozens of Promotions who are on UKFF that i've never seen on Cagematch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poetofthedeed Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Just for Ireland, I know at least 2 companies who probably ran 40+ shows each, but they wouldn't be putting show results on cage match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maikeru Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 Right enough I think my estimate of 90+% accuracy was a bit optimistic; when I think about it the Japan number seems a bit low as well! Still reckon that the 100% increase in UK shows from five years back feels more or less accurate though and likely puts us in 4th position after Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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