PPV Blast Areas

[bobversion1]

I think certain places like Hooters etc carry PPVs... Do any of you guys go to these places for PPVS? How are they there.. Can you actually hear the commentary or is the place so loud you can't concentrate on the event?

[Deleted]

Makes me miss the days of the Monday Night Wars. We'd be in a corner of the establishment with two TVs: one on Nitro the other on Raw. If we saw something interesting (nWo interview, Jim Cornette promo, etc.) that would get the sound turned up.

We didn't need play-by-play if we were watching it.

[Bob Schlapowitz]

all the ones near me either stopped doing it or closed.

[Gopher Mod]

Here's the (probably outdated) list of them:

www.wwe.com/nil/blastareas

[Big L]

Nah I always wanted to go

[Deleted]

Hmm, now that I do see some close-by...

Eh, I'd need to take a Monday off of work.

[bobversion1]

Just called one near me, they still do them, no cover charge.. Pretty cool. I never wanted to do it before since I always taped the shows, but I haven't had cable since September and my friend doesn't have a recordable DVD player set up to his cable box and it's getting to expensive for either of us to get the PPVs, so we might check it out as an alternative for this months PPV.

[jadison]

There's one 15 minutes from me so I go when I have Sunday off work. You can hear the commentary fairly well, you're not gonna decipher some of what Booker T says but Cole is pretty easy to make out. Of course that's different everywhere they might have the sound up super loud where you're going. I highly recommend it, its free and bars have big nice tvs.

Oh yeah, and its definitely worth it to see all the huge marks come out, with title belts and Cena t-shirts, the whole bit. Its hilariously awesome, especially for someone that posts on this forum.

[ben:friendship frog]

I went to a bar for WrestleMania this year, couldn't hear the commentary great but the atmosphere was amazing.

Being from the UK, it's not a common thing I guess, seen as we were there until 4am on a Monday morning but it was a hell of an experience.

Though looking back, 100 or so people chanting 'ROCKY! ROCKY! ROCKY!' at about 20 TVs is a bit strange.

[Cactus Jack]

Jun 15, 2011 14:07:39 GMT -5 ben:friendship frog said:

I went to a bar for WrestleMania this year, couldn't hear the commentary great but the atmosphere was amazing.

Being from the UK, it's not a common thing I guess, seen as we were there until 4am on a Monday morning but it was a hell of an experience.

Though looking back, 100 or so people chanting 'ROCKY! ROCKY! ROCKY!' at about 20 TVs is a bit strange.

What bar was it mate? Gonna be moving to Manchester soonish so it'd be good to know.

[GaTechGrad]

I usually watch the WWE pay per views at Buffalo Wild Wings. During football season, they usually only have half the televisions on wrestling and the volume on football jacked up. It's crazy to pay $55 for WWE pay per views when you can watch it there basically for free (minus the cost of food and drinks).

[J.O.B. Squad]

Never been to a ppv at a bar or restaturant,I have how ever watched at friend's houses with us all chipping in for the show,pizza and soda.

[Dean-o]

I've been going to Hooters since 2006. Its always a great time even if the show is bad. Even during football season they show the PPV on the majority of the TVs with the sound up. The crowd is usually 80% wrestling fans, but sometimes there is a table or 2 of assholes who sometimes make fun of the show, like mocking people cheering or saying things like "Wow, bet that hurt".

As I said, I've gone every month since 2006 besides WrestleMania, which I order at home. For the smaller PPVs, you don't have to show up early to grab a seat but for the bigger events like the Rumble or Summerslam, if you don't show up early you'll be waiting for a table for the first hour of the PPV.

[mcd]

For my CONUS located brothers and sisters, I know that if the post has a bar or regimental club the cover was 5 bucks and the TV's were usually cranked!

And overseas just click on AFN if you have a reciever or live on post, they are usually shown on Monday evenings.

[ben:friendship frog]

Jun 15, 2011 17:25:44 GMT -5 Cactus Jack said:

Jun 15, 2011 14:07:39 GMT -5 ben:friendship frog said:

I went to a bar for WrestleMania this year, couldn't hear the commentary great but the atmosphere was amazing.

Being from the UK, it's not a common thing I guess, seen as we were there until 4am on a Monday morning but it was a hell of an experience.

Though looking back, 100 or so people chanting 'ROCKY! ROCKY! ROCKY!' at about 20 TVs is a bit strange.

What bar was it mate? Gonna be moving to Manchester soonish so it'd be good to know.

'Kyoto Lounge' I believe it's called. I've only been there the one time but keep meaning to go back, its an underground gaming bar. Not very big but lots of TVs and PS3/Xbox's set up and a room for PC gaming. With a bar at the end.

Not everyone's cup of tea I imagine but it's the bar of the future.

[Son of Abyss]

Jun 15, 2011 21:08:06 GMT -5 mcd said:

For my CONUS located brothers and sisters, I know that if the post has a bar or regimental club the cover was 5 bucks and the TV's were usually cranked!

And overseas just click on AFN if you have a reciever or live on post, they are usually shown on Monday evenings.

Free WWE and UFC PPV is the only good thing about being in Korea.

[8.2.11/SAVIOR_NEZ]

Jun 15, 2011 12:09:42 GMT -5 Gopher Mod said:

Here's the (probably outdated) list of them:

www.wwe.com/nil/blastareas

The Hooters in Mishawaka, IN is still listed on there, even though I believe they've stopped showing the ppvs in 2007. We used to go there all the time, it was a lot of fun to hang out with all kinds of wrestling fans.