Wrestling Thread
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Should have kept it in New Orleans. Unchecked greed always comes back to bite you in the as* eventually though.
Maybe they can use their AI to fill in the thousands of empty seats.
Maybe they can use their AI to fill in the thousands of empty seats.
I'd guess in a month, they'd get real close to a sellout. Less than 5k tickets isn't that big an ask.
There's 68K seats on the map. They've barely reached half a sellout. They did 60K in that same stadium last year.
It's a relevant talking point as tickets are too expensive, the uniqueness is gone because it's Vegas 2.0, and the product isn't as hot. But you're beating it into the ground with the alarmist posts every couple days. You didn't do this as attendance for All In dropped year-to-year. What was it, 70,000+ to 45,000 to 24,000? I just don't think it's fair to try and have it both ways. A segment of the AEW fanbase won't say a word if Dynamite has an audience of 2500. I've even seen some say they like having less people as it makes for a more "intimate experience." But then those same fans will mock or raise (fake) concern for WWE if Wrestlemania doesn't do as well or better than the previous year.
Give this take a break for a couple weeks.
Yes but AEW isn’t a publicly traded company who needs to maximize profits at every turn. It’s a different business model with different goals. You’re comparing apples to oranges.
And fake concern? Is it fake when WWE themselves are concerned? Stories come out multiple times a week about how WWE is concerned with something WrestleMania related because they are panicking over the lackluster (relative to last year) ticket sales.
When the company goes on TV and brags in front of everyone watching and in the crowd about how they are bleeding the fans dry with their greed and when they are screwing over cities and the fans around the area by backing out on already agreed upon deals, they are going to get mocked and ridiculed for it when the chickens come home to roost. If you don’t like it then grow thicker skin.
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How many times are they going to run a Drew McIntyre quits angle?
McIntyre vs. Fatu might even have me turn on Smackdown. After it’s aired, of course, so I can skip over everything else
McIntyre vs. Fatu might even have me turn on Smackdown. After it’s aired, of course, so I can skip over everything else
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Never should have been blacked out to begin with but at least they are owning up to the mistake and lifting it
www.f4wonline.com
WWE lifts blackout of WrestleMania 42 watch parties in Las Vegas
The WWE no longer be blacking out WrestleMania at watch parties in the Las Vegas area.
www.f4wonline.com
Some people have to get fired over the OVW thing. That can’t be allowed to happen with no repercussions.
Saw that clip just unbelievable sad and unprofessional
Fightful increased their subscription price to bankroll this piece of garbage.
Yeah, the intention is to sell more merch.
Yeah, the intention is to sell more merch.
How long was the guy laying there? It's the bad thing about it being the guy in charge that got hurt. They guys in the ring may have just thought he was doing a really good job of selling.
Thoughts? Because AEW has had this problem too with MJF for a good bit of his time as a heel once he got established as a top guy. And to some degree the recent Swerve turn. And then Christian's dead father thing was getting cheers too lol.
What is he trying to say? Is he upset fans like cheering the cool guy whether they are face or heel?
I just think you're doing a performance here, a gimmick. You posted on page one or two that we should be less tribalistic, including yourself. It comes off as disingenuous that you're concerned about WM attendance yet brush off AEW's version going from 70k+ to 24kish in three years. Massive drop-off, no? But as you said, different models and goals, right? That's some major spin. Wanna talk attendance? Raw on Mon. will do around 13k; Dynamite still ranges from 2500-4000. But WWE is the panicked company. Those chickens are coming home anytime...
The tribalism is annoying and stupid. I blame a lot of it on Meltzer. In the last few months, he's created 'Meltzer Math' which told him Dynamite somehow has more viewers than Raw. He keeps saying WWE is way, way ahead but AEW is "closing the gap." I think today he said Fletcher will be way better than Breakker in the future. Where did that even come from? I've never thought of one of them and then the other. He wants this constant AEW vs WWE thing, even when it doesn't make sense.
Yup I agree social media and iwc has created tribalism -back in the wwf/wcw wars everyone watched both and we talked “in person” about how much fun both shows were. Social media thrives on division because it creates clicks and etc.
You have been nuts about Ciampa since he premiered in aew. Is he your brother?
I know you don't remember him, but I was always partial to Rowdy Roddy Piper.
Oh I’m certainly partial to Piper myself. One of the best promos in the business and brought a unique approach to the business in an era of muscle-bound giants and limited skillsets. Absolutely, major respect to him.
I can respect that, Village Idiot. Well said.
Dragon is the one that said they shouldn’t have signed him - it’s hand a 40 year old the belt and put him in purgatory.
Where’s lashley? Shelton? Edge? Christian? Jericho?
Fletcher is good in the ring but I thought he looked ridiculous after cutting his hair. Every single time I see him it makes me think of the short guy who got the buzz cut in the first Police Academy movie