Snitsky's back acne Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 3 hours ago, Accident Prone said: The more things change, the more they stay the same; Â Vince sure as shit wasn't worried about 'self mutilation' several years later was he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Xtreme_lives Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Kinda disappointed the Blood and Guts line didn't feature here as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohan Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 (edited) They've sold out the capital one arena for the first live TV show in less than twenty minutes. Edited August 2, 2019 by Bohan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dart Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Just had a look and there were 31 tickets available, which have probably been put on sale after it had sold out. I predicted it would probably sell out, but I didn't think it would sell out immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Why wouldn't it? Obviously going to be a stacked show for their first live one. Plus a historic moment too. Absolutely no surprise the tickets are gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam O'Rourke Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 The tickets aren't all sold out yet, Ticketmaster has had a bit of a mare since the rush was pretty severe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitsky's back acne Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 It's very impressive regardless. Interested to see how long they can keep it going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam O'Rourke Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Yep, now its sold out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted August 2, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 2, 2019 Vince was shitting himself in 96. A better man than Bischoff would have crushed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamTH17 Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Another impressive statistic, though this was a show that was always going to sell out. The real test will be seeing if they're able to maintain, or even come close to this demand when they're settling into their 5/6th weeks of television. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPDTT Posted August 2, 2019 Author Share Posted August 2, 2019 Never in doubt...exciting times to be a wrestling fan Now lets see how ticket sales hold up for shows 2,3 and 4...... Bring on the blood and guts! Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK Kat Von D Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 WWE have always inflated ticket sales as a flex, but AEW are going for the speed of selling out as theirs. Which is smart, because if you see they are putting on a show in the area you know you have to be ready to buy as soon as they go on sale if you don’t want to miss out. Before the card is announced you need to already have a ticket. If you lose interest closer to the event it is a certainty you could flog it for more than you paid too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted August 3, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 3, 2019 (edited) 14 hours ago, IANdrewDiceClay said: Vince was shitting himself in 96. A better man than Bischoff would have crushed him. He's a walking contradiction. I'm still amazed that so many people actually have swallowed his bullshit over the years. Risk taker? Sure. Not sure he's the creative genius many credit him to be though. Edited August 3, 2019 by garynysmon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gaffer Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 (edited) I've always wondered how much truth there was - and the associated hard data behind it - to the long held notion that Vince was perilously close to going out of business in 1996. Despite the fact that Turner and Bischoff started handing him his arse that year, weren't they still benefiting from the emergent wrestling boom? Shawn was a better house draw than Diesel, they'd cut a lot of the dross and I always remember archive Observer reports floating about that mentioned them doing great houses in the Garden that year compared to 94 and 95, which they'd still use as a major metric up until that point. I'm guessing they just lost a lot of their licencing to Turner and had to start handing out far more competitive contracts, which put their head on the block somewhat? The whole thing always came off as a bit of a narrative, plucky underdog struggle story they'd play up for any Monday Night Wars content. I can't imagine they were ever close to being completely fucked. Very much interested in being corrected on it, though! Edited August 3, 2019 by Gay as FOOK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTXRussomark Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Jim Ross has referenced fairly serious bankruptcy discussions going on in the background around that time period, so they were definitely in a pretty bad place at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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