Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted March 4, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted March 4, 2018 11 hours ago, kidzero said: im looking for to seeing rey vs liger on the njpw u.s show in a few weeks time Don’t get too invested: Rey’s apparently torn a bicep.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted March 5, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted March 5, 2018 I'll be as quick to criticise this lot as any, but I wouldn't jump to the assumption that they're making excuses for cancelling shows this time around - if they were going to cancel for low ticket sales, they could well have done that for any other episode so far. And they're far from the only promotion that's been postponing and cancelling dates - plenty of other indie promotions have, and it's the right call; don't encourage people to travel when all the official advice is not to drive anywhere unless it's an essential journey. So long as they're giving refunds, or at the very least, exchanging tickets for a future event, I'd say it's all above board. Â Will be interesting to see how they do without Mysterio, though - do they try and replace him by using someone like Alberto more long term, or try and make do without? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Red Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 It's just so odd timing-wise Pat, cancelling for this week and not last week. That's the thing that sticks out, why cancel this week's show when there is no indication of any weather issues in the forecasts for this week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted March 5, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted March 5, 2018 Yeah, I can see that - giving them the benefit of the doubt, it may be that having run last week they realised it was a mistake to do so and didn't want to risk doing the same again, particularly if key staff were unable to make it. Looking at the forecast, it doesn't look like weather for Thursday's show should be an issue, but Scotland have been hit bloody hard already, so maybe they're playing it safe, maybe it was the venue that suggested not running, we don't know. I certainly wouldn't put it past them to cancel and bullshit an excuse - they've got previous - but until I hear anything to confirm or deny it either way, I'm happy to give them the benefit of the doubt. The important thing for me now is how they treat the punters who had bought a ticket already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffbag Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Quick look at tickets available shows about 400 seats as unavailable. so you have to presume they are sold tickets. The floor seats are practically unsold bar the "VIP" ones. Bet the ones who pay £30 end up in better seats so it looks fuller for filming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescottishchamp87 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 14 minutes ago, Sheffbag said: Quick look at tickets available shows about 400 seats as unavailable. so you have to presume they are sold tickets. The floor seats are practically unsold bar the "VIP" ones. Bet the ones who pay £30 end up in better seats so it looks fuller for filming If you are mentioning Aberdeen show then yeah ticket sales do look very bad from the picture posted on Brit Wrestling Away Days twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffbag Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Yeah its Aberdeen. Outside the VIP Rows they have only marked about 75 ringside seats as sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members mim731 Posted March 6, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted March 6, 2018 Did anything ever develop from that weird angle they did with Bram hanging about behind the announcers in the first week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon-Carr_92 Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Maybe he was negotiating how many multi year deals he was after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Statto Posted March 6, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted March 6, 2018 2 hours ago, mim731 said: Did anything ever develop from that weird angle they did with Bram hanging about behind the announcers in the first week? End of last week's show he finally got in the ring, as he teamed up with Adam Maxted & Charlie Sterling to beat down both Zack Gibson & Eddie Ryan. Maxted & Sterling had previously been in a loose alliance with Gibson (and Rampage Brown). The week before the show closed with Bram & Jack Jester (who had been working a 'Five Star refused to put me on a live show because apparently I'm too unpredictable' thing on Twitter) smashing a beer bottle over Eddie Ryan's head at ringside. Jester wasn't at last week's show due to the weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members mim731 Posted March 6, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted March 6, 2018 Ah I see, Ok. I'm no more enticed to watch based on that, but did wonder if it went somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffbag Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Viewing figures are out for February - OUCH!!!!!!!!!! Top Ten programmes on Freesports in February........No 5Star at all and #10 is University Rugby with 16.3K viewers. So for all the hype and the massive posters "everywhere" less than 16,300 people officially watched any of the shows. It got beat by "Practical Caravan TV" on Showcase.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescottishchamp87 Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 32 minutes ago, Sheffbag said: Viewing figures are out for February - OUCH!!!!!!!!!! Top Ten programmes on Freesports in February........No 5Star at all and #10 is University Rugby with 16.3K viewers. So for all the hype and the massive posters "everywhere" less than 16,300 people officially watched any of the shows. It got beat by "Practical Caravan TV" on Showcase.  As Treguard from Knightmare would say OH NASTY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescottishchamp87 Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Rey Mysterio still confirmed for Manchester in two weeks https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1935240983206680&id=514166671980792&ref=page_internal  Also Freesports have replaced the Aberdeen show with Ice Hockey tomorrow night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Cod Eye Posted March 7, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted March 7, 2018 I'm not surprised the ratings are so bad to be honest. I've lost track of the amount of people look confused when I mention the channel because they didn't even know it existed. If they paid for some advertising on the more watched channels, then things may be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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