The Dart Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 They’ve done shows there much more recently than that. 2016 was the last time. Styles v Ambrose main event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westlondonmist Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 6 minutes ago, Snitsky's back acne said: Apologies if this is common knowledge but I have just found out this is not WWE/WWF's first show in Saudi Arabia, they had a show in Bahrain back in 1997 headlined by Bret Hart and The Undertaker I believe. Bahrain is a country and not a city in Saudi Arabia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted April 25, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 25, 2018 55 minutes ago, Snitsky's back acne said: Apologies if this is common knowledge but I have just found out this is not WWE/WWF's first show in Saudi Arabia, they had a show in Bahrain back in 1997 headlined by Bret Hart and The Undertaker I believe. Eh? That's a completely different country. All the same though, innit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dart Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Ringside seats are armchairs apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Keith Houchen Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Â 16 minutes ago, The Dart said: Ringside seats are armchairs apparently. And undocumented Nepalese workers will be used as footstools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted April 25, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 25, 2018 4 hours ago, Snitsky's back acne said: Apologies if this is common knowledge but I have just found out this is not WWE/WWF's first show in Saudi Arabia, they had a show in Bahrain back in 1997 headlined by Bret Hart and The Undertaker I believe. Was this part of the tour where Vader got detained for saying fuck on a talk show as he roughed up the host? Then they had to get the American ambassador in when he got pissed while under house arrest at the hotel and kicked off in the lobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dart Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Different tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members mim731 Posted April 26, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 26, 2018 I'm taking it with a huge pinch of salt because it was on one of the NEWZ sites, but I see there's a story doing the rounds that WWE are getting between $100-$200 million dollars for putting the show on, before merch etc. That can't be right can it? Have to assume that's for the 10 years overall, rather than just this show? If it is accurate, I can see why they were willing to risk the backlash for doing a show in a place where women wouldn't be able to compete. That would set them up for a good while I imagine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted April 26, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 26, 2018 The figure I saw floated around was $20 million, so between $100 and $200 million for 10 years sounds plausible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members mim731 Posted April 26, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 26, 2018 It's still a ridiculous amount of money, but that makes sense. The 100 million plus seemed like an obscene figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted April 26, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 26, 2018 Basically, this is the first time in what must be decades that WWE are doing a bought show. The Saudis are probably the only lot on the planet rich and profligate enough to afford one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted April 26, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 26, 2018 12 minutes ago, Carbomb said: Basically, this is the first time in what must be decades that WWE are doing a bought show. What examples are there of them doing bought shows before? Or was it more commonplace back in the day? Interested to know/read about these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted April 26, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 26, 2018 1 minute ago, PunkStep said: What examples are there of them doing bought shows before? Or was it more commonplace back in the day? Interested to know/read about these. To be honest, I don't know; I was making a quick assumption about the US industry that might not even be correct. But if I were to hazard a guess that the US industry was once similar to the UK's in this regard, I'd have thought that, if there was ever a case of them doing bought shows, it would've been back in the 60s and 70s, under McMahon Snr., and maybe during the early years of Jnr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WeeAl Posted April 26, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 26, 2018 I'm unsure about house shows (though I do think they have still happened in fairly recent history) but WrestleMania's 4, 5 and 9 were all partially bought shows. The casino paid a large amount of money in order to purchase a certain percentage of the tickets, which made WrestleMania 4 more profitable at the gate with roughly 17,000 attendees than the 78,000+ at WrestleMania 3. I'd imagine it's happened a fair bit over the years though in some places that WWE don't run events that often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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