Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted August 3, 2019 Paid Members Posted August 3, 2019 Well, post Steroid trial and the collapse in revenue streams across their biggest markets must have put them in the shit. Can anyone remember 1995/96 over here? You were lucky to find a WWF magazine in the shops. The sticker books, figures and the usual WWF merch were nowhere to be found round our way. WCW should have been all over the UK market back then. And the Canadian market.
Snitsky's back acne Posted August 3, 2019 Posted August 3, 2019 If you look at cards in 1995 they were running a lot of high school gyms and casinos and the previous few years they had been filming Raws in high schools and small hockey arenas. Attendance was in the shitter and while Shawn drew slightly better than Diesel it was just that, slightly. So there had been a period from late 1992 through to late 1997 where they had to have been bleeding money. I mean wrestling across the board in general was in the toilet at that time, attendance wise, but I reckon Vince was suffering a lot - especially considering he couldnt / wouldnt offer Hall and Nash more money to stay and had to let Bret go because he couldnt honour his deal.
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted August 3, 2019 Paid Members Posted August 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Snitsky's back acne said: I mean wrestling across the board in general was in the toilet at that time, attendance wise, but I reckon Vince was suffering a lot - especially considering he couldnt / wouldnt offer Hall and Nash more money to stay and had to let Bret go because he couldnt honour his deal. Immediately after, he gave Mero and Pillman guaranteed deals on money equivalent to what WCW initially paid Hall. He clearly pushed Bret out having reneged on his original statement that he couldn't pay him. I think it was over blown but they certainly were up against it.
Yakashi Posted August 3, 2019 Posted August 3, 2019 I’m stunned anyone didn’t think this would sell out straight away, other than people who want to falsely downplay so they can later say how amazing it is. As has always been the case, what they are drawing in 6 months is more important than what they’re doing now.
Keith Houchen Posted August 3, 2019 Posted August 3, 2019 10 minutes ago, Yakashi said: I’m stunned anyone didn’t think this would sell out straight away, Scalpers certainly helped, the wankers. Plenty on resale sites already.
Porkchopcash Posted August 3, 2019 Posted August 3, 2019 Tbf thats not AEW’s problem. Unless they have an Eddie Hearn type deal ?.
Keith Houchen Posted August 3, 2019 Posted August 3, 2019 Yep, agreed. It’s a hot ticket so it attracts people looking for a profit.
Love-Wilcox Posted August 3, 2019 Posted August 3, 2019 Is “let’s see where they are in six months” the new “TNA will be dead within the year” ??
MPDTT Posted August 6, 2019 Author Posted August 6, 2019 So Boston and Philly announced for weeks 2 and 3. Smaller arenas.
MPDTT Posted August 16, 2019 Author Posted August 16, 2019 Instant sell outs in Boston and Philly - that's impressive. That's their next 4 shows all sold out. Momentum!
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted August 16, 2019 Paid Members Posted August 16, 2019 19 minutes ago, MPDTT said: Momentum! Don't tell me you've switched political allegiance again.
The King Of Swing Posted August 17, 2019 Posted August 17, 2019 14 hours ago, Devon Malcolm said: Don't tell me you've switched political allegiance again.
WyattSheepMask Posted August 17, 2019 Posted August 17, 2019 (edited) 16 hours ago, MPDTT said: Instant sell outs in Boston and Philly - that's impressive. That's their next 4 shows all sold out. Momentum! Steady on mate, you’ll choke on that Kool Aid. Are they going to try a show outside of the big cities, or they just going to hope they can continue to run places like Chicago and Philly forever. I mean, we all heard that they “could’ve sold 130,000 tickets” for All Out, nudge nudge wink wink, but once the initial hype dies down, and those all important ratings that people still think should be at late 90s levels come in, let’s see where they stand Edited August 17, 2019 by WyattSheepMask
Paid Members Carbomb Posted August 17, 2019 Paid Members Posted August 17, 2019 (edited) To be fair, the US is a country where you'd never run out of big cities to run if you promote your shows properly, i.e. get a wide-reaching enough TV deal, and make full use of the internet to establish the product, in addition to traditional promotion. New York, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver, St. Louis, New Orleans, Miami, Tampa, Orlando, Ohio, Cleveland, Akron, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Baltimore, the list just goes on and on. I know there are still notions of "territory", but it strikes me that seems to be less respected, with Vince having effectively reset the system over the decades. Edited August 17, 2019 by Carbomb
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