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Post by carly1988 on Nov 6, 2009 18:06:34 GMT -5
They didnt draw crap here in Knoxville a few months back. They were selling tickets for $15 and then 2 days before the event giving them out. The Civic Coliseum isnt that big at all and just a month before hand WWE was at Thompson Boling which is MUCH bigger and sold the place out. I like TNA and all but their house shows are sometimes hit and miss
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Post by Mr. PerpetuaLynch Motion on Nov 6, 2009 18:16:38 GMT -5
wow all this coming from a fan of a no talent hack douche bag tool that need multiple gimmick changes. To get over and the only reason he is over is because he is on a brand that lacks star power in Zack Ryder How old are you? Five? Six? I'm sure I'm pretty close. The low attedance is due to the fact that they are just now going out West, like Alec and Jimmy said. Not a surprise, and not a big deal. I'm sure once they visit the West some more, attendance will go up. Stop bashing TNA, WWE had the same problem in their early days too. I don't recall WWE ever drawing 300 people to their shows... considering how they started off running shows in MSG... |
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Post by SodaGuy on Nov 6, 2009 18:22:51 GMT -5
How old are you? Five? Six? I'm sure I'm pretty close. The low attedance is due to the fact that they are just now going out West, like Alec and Jimmy said. Not a surprise, and not a big deal. I'm sure once they visit the West some more, attendance will go up. Stop bashing TNA, WWE had the same problem in their early days too. I don't recall WWE ever drawing 300 people to their shows... considering how they started off running shows in MSG... He didn't say they drew 300. He said they had problems drawing..which they did. Look back at attendaces back some towns would raw 1,500 while others draw 10,000+ just like with TNA. TNA can draw 4,500 in one town but 300 in another. |
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Nov 6, 2009 18:31:31 GMT -5
wow all this coming from a fan of a no talent hack douche bag tool that need multiple gimmick changes. To get over and the only reason he is over is because he is on a brand that lacks star power in Zack Ryder How old are you? Five? Six? I'm sure I'm pretty close. The low attedance is due to the fact that they are just now going out West, like Alec and Jimmy said. Not a surprise, and not a big deal. I'm sure once they visit the West some more, attendance will go up. Stop bashing TNA, WWE had the same problem in their early days too. While I am sure the west is a new territory and that contributes to the low attendance, it still doesnt explain known areas like Philly drawing bad. And as far as WWE goes....they never drew anything like 300 fans even on the first day. |
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Post by Jimmy on Nov 6, 2009 19:25:36 GMT -5
Didn't Lockdown this year in Philly do pretty well attendance-wise though?
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Post by SodaGuy on Nov 6, 2009 19:29:13 GMT -5
Didn't Lockdown this year in Philly do pretty well attendance-wise though? Yes, 4500. |
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Post by StingerSplash on Nov 6, 2009 23:58:55 GMT -5
Wow, somebody's an idiot. Alec's right, TNA just isn't popular as you go West in the USA. They draw good crowds in the East and South.
To get over and the only reason he is over is because he is on a brand that lacks star power
in Zack RyderYou are the douche here my friend. And you better be glad you were talking about Ryder because I thought you were talking about the man in his sig: Owen Hart. I would flip out on you if you said that about Owen. #2: Ryder is as talented as half the WWE roster and has a huge fan following, me included. #3. Being a [censored] won't make you hot stuff on this forum. #4. Delete your account. |
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Nov 7, 2009 0:29:40 GMT -5
Didn't Lockdown this year in Philly do pretty well attendance-wise though? Lockdown was a PPV. I'm talking house show. Though, TNA did release the Philly show on dvd. And the quality of matches were pretty damn good. As far as 4500 for Lockdown, A LOT of those seats were comped. I dont know how many people that place can hold, but 4500 would only be a good number if that was 4500 paying customers. |
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Post by the franchise on Nov 7, 2009 11:22:11 GMT -5
Probably at least half if not more of those Philly Lockdown tickets were comped. The place was probably 40% full. I myself sat behind indy wrestler Annie Social for half of the show.
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Post by King Silva on Nov 9, 2009 3:13:23 GMT -5
That is really sad. But the crowd must have been kinda happy. I mean they almost got a one on one show. The lines must have been nothing!
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Post by BlackSwagger on Nov 9, 2009 12:32:21 GMT -5
I went to a house show in Norfolk, VA on Jan 5th. I can't remember the exact number, but the Norfolk Scope holds about 13,000 seats. They may have had between 500 and 1,500 people there.
The Hampton Roads area was a major NWA stopping point. Earl Hebner is from the region, so is Magnum TA...both irrelevant to the topic, but even in an area with a wrestling history they have a hard time drawing.
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Post by sean™ on Nov 9, 2009 12:54:35 GMT -5
I'd still like to hear an answer back from TNA's website as to why they "advertise" that I can purchase tickets RIGHT NOW for a show in June, yet all of their links don't work and Ticketmaster has no record of the event. How nice of them to make it so easy for me to purchase tickets to a show that apparently 5 other people will be there for. Where do you see this at? |
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Post by wwfepenguin on Nov 11, 2009 7:05:38 GMT -5
One show won't kill TNA. And if your are here to bash TNA. GET THE  OUT! |
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Post by deskjet on Nov 11, 2009 7:36:36 GMT -5
I don't recall WWE ever drawing 300 people to their shows... considering how they started off running shows in MSG... He didn't say they drew 300. He said they had problems drawing..which they did. Look back at attendaces back some towns would raw 1,500 while others draw 10,000+ just like with TNA. TNA can draw 4,500 in one town but 300 in another. But let,s be honest, it has nothing to do with TNA being early in their existence. This is a company in their 8th year. But that aside, TNA simply has no drawing power. Call it booking, marketing, or whatever, they just cant get people interested. |
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Post by moogie101 on Nov 11, 2009 7:44:24 GMT -5
wow all this coming from a fan of a no talent hack douche bag tool that need multiple gimmick changes.
To get over and the only reason he is over is because he is on a brand that lacks star power
in Zack Ryder You are the douche here my friend. And you better be glad you were talking about Ryder because I thought you were talking about the man in his sig: Owen Hart. I would flip out on you if you said that about Owen. #2: Ryder is as talented as half the WWE roster and has a huge fan following, me included. #3. Being a [censored] won't make you hot stuff on this forum. #4. Delete your account. Thats a bit of a harsh reaction isn't it? Although you could argue that could apply to Owen, a talented but charisma less worker who couldn't talk & only got near the top of the card when paired with Bret. Really don't get the love for Owen. Yeah he died & it wa a terrible tragedy but through grief people have serious overstated his impact on the sport. He was never a main eventer & never in line to be one. -Anyway back to the actual post. TNA can draw in stronger audiences & they should stay there until they have built up the brand to a position where they can tour & get strong numbers. Right now in a lot of the country they are barely known & so draw in the hundreds, what is the point of that. Stick to the markets where you are strong until your profile is higher. A bit like in 87 when WCW took Starracade to Chicago & did poor business. They were still strong in the Carolinas but couldn't draw outside their stronghold. Exact same situation here. |
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Post by The Silent Flute (joepetree) on Nov 11, 2009 8:46:57 GMT -5
I feel so bad for TNA
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Post by layton on Nov 11, 2009 13:20:48 GMT -5
You are the douche here my friend. And you better be glad you were talking about Ryder because I thought you were talking about the man in his sig: Owen Hart. I would flip out on you if you said that about Owen. #2: Ryder is as talented as half the WWE roster and has a huge fan following, me included. #3. Being a [censored] won't make you hot stuff on this forum. #4. Delete your account. Thats a bit of a harsh reaction isn't it? Although you could argue that could apply to Owen, a talented but charisma less worker who couldn't talk & only got near the top of the card when paired with Bret. Really don't get the love for Owen. Yeah he died & it wa a terrible tragedy but through grief people have serious overstated his impact on the sport. He was never a main eventer & never in line to be one. Owen was just as good as Bret as far as talent goes. He was just never given the chance to shine. Bret was always the one to get noticed by fans and pushed. Saying that Owen didn't have much of an impact on the sport is ignorant. |
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Post by moogie101 on Nov 11, 2009 18:20:44 GMT -5
Thats a bit of a harsh reaction isn't it? Although you could argue that could apply to Owen, a talented but charisma less worker who couldn't talk & only got near the top of the card when paired with Bret. Really don't get the love for Owen. Yeah he died & it wa a terrible tragedy but through grief people have serious overstated his impact on the sport. He was never a main eventer & never in line to be one. Owen was just as good as Bret as far as talent goes. He was just never given the chance to shine. Bret was always the one to get noticed by fans and pushed. Saying that Owen didn't have much of an impact on the sport is ignorant. But he never got a chance to shine because he had little personality or charisma. There is a lot more to being a star than just being a solid in ring performer otherwise Cena would be unemployed & one of the many talented unknowns busting their balls in gyms & other small arenas would be headling the WWE. Really what impact did Owen have on the sport than? Yeah he was by all acounts a really nice guy, he was a solid in ring performer but beyond that his greatest impact on this sport was sadly the way he left it. |
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Post by BigShab421 on Nov 11, 2009 21:40:49 GMT -5
Wow, somebody's an idiot. Alec's right, TNA just isn't popular as you go West in the USA. They draw good crowds in the East and South. The drew a crowd of about 300 in Philly for the last house show.  exactly, they do not draw necessarily draw GREAT here in the east either. Maybe if TNA advertised better and lowered ticket prices maybe they'd always get a good turnout. I like what TNA is doing now, but I'm not gonna pay $70 for a house show ticket. |
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Post by Hurricane on Nov 12, 2009 3:00:19 GMT -5
The drew a crowd of about 300 in Philly for the last house show. exactly, they do not draw necessarily draw GREAT here in the east either. Maybe if TNA advertised better and lowered ticket prices maybe they'd always get a good turnout. I like what TNA is doing now, but I'm not gonna pay $70 for a house show ticket. They should have made Nash, Sting, etc. all work house shows for that price... or lower it $5-$10. |
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