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WWE TV, Rumours and Discussion - Part VII
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Went to the live event last night. Decided to get some last minute tickets. Was exactly what I expected, which makes me question why I even bothered. Very hard to get interested when compared to last years broadcast and presentation from the MCG.
Thing that surprised me was how low the attendance was compared to previous years house shows. As stale as the product had gotten you could always bank on RLA being jam packed. Not this time. Large sections of seats empty and for the first time I can remember a large portion of top deck curtained off.
There is no doubt a Raw or SmackDown TV show in Australia would sell out the place to the rafters, but realistically that’s never going to happen
Thing that surprised me was how low the attendance was compared to previous years house shows. As stale as the product had gotten you could always bank on RLA being jam packed. Not this time. Large sections of seats empty and for the first time I can remember a large portion of top deck curtained off.
There is no doubt a Raw or SmackDown TV show in Australia would sell out the place to the rafters, but realistically that’s never going to happen
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Glad to hear about the empty seats. One thing's certain: they'll never do Raw and SmackDown while people pay PPV prices for house s**t.
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I took my 2 kids, my 4 year old loved it for about half the show, the 6 year old pretty much the same but they hit a wall at around/just after intermission.
For me it was boring as hell, the only bright spot was Sami Zayn as he actually brought some energy to the show. Say what you want about the crowd being dead but Jesus when the performers are just going through the motions how can you expect the crowd to care?
Also the calibre of performers here was highly questionable. Obviously no Lesnar (expected) but no AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Rollins, Owens etc etc and Finn Balor being pulled for the second year in a row despite being advertised was a killer for my kids as he is their favourite wrestler.
I know it ended up being a Smackdown show but you can't expect the arena to sell out when you've got Reigns/Rowan headlining and a bunch of other filler on the show
I won't be taking the kids again any time soon unless they absolutely beg me, $470 for the 3 of us plus another $200 on merchandise/concessions and they were over it about half way through. At least they could actually see the ring this time I guess which was a plus.
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Can't wait to not watch them.
I went the other night and I did enjoy it but the vacant areas was the first thing I noticed. Lots of curtains pulled across non sold sections and many vacant seats. They nearly could have pulled out Port Adelaide's old bay covers.
Sami Zayn was actually really funny. He said Melbourne was that bad he would even prefer to be in Adelaide lol.
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Early Word on 2020 WWE DVD & Blu-Ray Schedule – New Future of WWE Home Video Revealed? | Wrestling DVD Network
Major development and change to WWE DVDs & Blu-rays beginning 2020, photos of the latest Pay-Per-View release!
no more compilation/non-PPVs on DVD/Blu-Ray as of next year. only PPVs.
you only have to read the results for 1 house show, to know the rest of the house shows for the rest of the week. $200+ for a ticket is a crap price for a nothing show. Unfortunately they will never do a raw or smackdown, as they have to cater for the American audience. The only logical date, would be the Melbourne Cup public holiday, to ensure that people could attend.
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Was replying to a now gone post about 205 Live and some FS1 WWE show being on at the same time.
ok must have missed that. Although for me personally I can’t justify spending that kind of cash, for something that is just being repeated.
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they're doing Becky Lynch vs Kairi Sane on RAW next week. Could have been a decent first time PPV match if they built it right, but no.
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Probably have a rematch at Crown Jewel!
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Early Word on 2020 WWE DVD & Blu-Ray Schedule – New Future of WWE Home Video Revealed? | Wrestling DVD Network
Major development and change to WWE DVDs & Blu-rays beginning 2020, photos of the latest Pay-Per-View release!www.wrestlingdvdnetwork.com
no more compilation/non-PPVs on DVD/Blu-Ray as of next year. only PPVs.
Well they will lose Money as I dare say lot of People only by Docos and Compilations instead of just PPV's
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They will offset it through the introduction of tiered subscriptions for the Network, at least that’s their hope.
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I don't think I've purchased a WWE DVD (regardless of it being a Doco or a PPV) since the WWE Network started. Is there still a market for WWE DVD's?
Will save a lot of money though as just putting PPVs onto DVDs is a lot easier than actually producing new titles.
but you’re right they’ll lose most of their sales, why would anyone buy a PPV on DVD? The network is a lot cheaper.
Although the quality of their compilations had dropped off significantly since the Network began
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there must be enough of a market, otherwise they would give up on them completely.
not everyone has great internet for streaming?
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RAW and SmackDown both had really good shows this week, SmackDown apart from the Draft episode has been really enjoyable on FOX, loving the new Saturday morning timeslot too.
Raw was really was good. Question is can they be patient and keep presenting that sort of a show? Because this is what will eventually build new stars even if the reactions on the night were quite flat.
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The 24/7 thing has always been slapstick dumb, but that segment during the buddy murphy v truth match was downright insulting to viewers. To have the conga line constantly chasing the indian guys, constantly snapping their film thing over and over, not one thinking to turn around (or even stop) was simply the worst.
Words can’t describe how shithouse that was.
Words can’t describe how shithouse that was.
That’s about the most effective thing that Kineso tape has ever done for an athlete - help visually sell a wrestlers “injury”...
That was one of the GREATEST RKO sells ever!
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So Rusev is a sex addict?
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