The Gaffer Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Not going to lie, my sides are going to die and go to heaven if Reigns gets roundly booed in Saudi Arabia. That's alright, isn't it? I mean it's just funny now. We all know it's over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancidPunx Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 What sort of crowd number they expecting ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted April 22, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 22, 2018 10 minutes ago, RancidPunx said: What sort of crowd number they expecting ? 93,173 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 1 hour ago, RancidPunx said: What sort of crowd number they expecting ? About 50,000. And the tickets are dirt cheap. But there are big restrictions on single men buying tickets, and it’s single men who are most wanting to buy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted April 22, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 22, 2018 43 minutes ago, King Pitcos said: It’s single men who are most wanting to buy them. What's the average percentage make-up of an American WWE show these days for single men, all male adult groups and families? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 It's going to be a full house. If they can't get enough groups of men with at least one female buying tickets they'll likely use other means to fill the arena. The whole purpose of this event is to show Saudi women on camera smiling and enjoying Western entertainment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mole Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 It's a sold show I would assume, so this probably does the biggest gate this year outside Mania, the government will pay probably $5 million + just to get a top tier WWE event over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoote Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Rumours the figure paid in total was over $15mill. Explains why they get WM 2.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bbabba Posted April 22, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 22, 2018 3 hours ago, David said: It's going to be a full house. If they can't get enough groups of men with at least one female buying tickets they'll likely use other means to fill the arena. The whole purpose of this event is to show Saudi women on camera smiling and enjoying Western entertainment. I have a mate who lived in Saudi Arabia for years, sounds like the most backwards place on the planet. My mate got kicked out of his apartment and the contract cancelled as he opened the door was wearing shorts and t-shirt when his landlord and unmarried daughter rang the door bell for a surprise inspection. So the fact that they are now trying to entice women to come and watch American men wrestle in their underpants must be a pretty significant left turn in terms of cultural attitudes I'm guessing.  I'm fascinated by how the crowd is going to look and sound on Friday. Remember those TNA India tapings when they paid a load of people to sit in the audience and be super enthusiastic? I thought that came off OK, but of course you can't force 50,000 people to be enthusiastic like that (unless you're in North Korea).  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 45 minutes ago, bbabba said: I thought that came off OK, but of course you can't force 50,000 people to be enthusiastic like that (unless you're in North Korea). The House of Saud are very very similar in their authoritarian rule as Dear Leader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pier Six Brawler Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 At the next Saudi WWE Network Event they need to re-do Backlash 2006 and have Roman Reigns team with Allah against Vince and Shane. There's no way he could fail to get over then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Agreed, them Saudi's like nothing more than their religion being part of a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted April 23, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted April 23, 2018 7 hours ago, Keith Houchen said: Agreed, them Saudi's like nothing more than their religion being part of a joke. It would make a cracking cartoon in a Danish newspaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted April 23, 2018 Author Share Posted April 23, 2018 8 hours ago, Keith Houchen said: Agreed, them Saudi's like nothing more than their religion being part of a joke. I don't think anyone religious likes their beliefs being part of a joke, but some seem to take it a bit better than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King of Old School Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 I can see this being absolute torture to sit through, whilst I'm sure some of the action will be good, I can see it being large silent crowd for 5 hours, no thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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