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Post by thegame415 on Jun 28, 2015 23:26:57 GMT -5
Can we make a list?
New York, Chicago, Boston and Philly should probably be top four. What else?
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Post by JTG Fan on Jun 28, 2015 23:34:19 GMT -5
Charlotte, North Carolina wooooooooo
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Jun 29, 2015 1:36:51 GMT -5
Atlanta,Memphis,NOLA,Houston,Tampa
Lots of great cities for wrestling in the south. I am still shocked at how great the crowds are in my town.
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Post by triplethreatmark on Jun 29, 2015 1:41:06 GMT -5
I'll throw LA's hat in there. There's a lot of classic wrestling/lucha history here. Not to mention that we've hosted some pretty significant events over the years(and not just the past few Summerslams). Also, the city is ripe with indies(like PWG, for example being the biggest and best. Both here and abroad). Yeah, the crowds at large shows are a bit meh, but on a smaller scale, the crowds are pretty hot.
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Post by froggyfrog on Jun 29, 2015 13:06:49 GMT -5
If you go back to the territory days a lot of places were hot. Today though id say Philly, Chicago, and New York have to be top 3
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Post by NOwave on Jun 29, 2015 16:59:14 GMT -5
Per capita, I might say Memphis, at least from about 1970-1990. They drew an average of 8000 fans to the Mid South Coliseum 52 weeks a year. For 20 years. From about 1978 to 1985, it was up to about 10,000/week.
On top of that, the tV ratings were phenomenal. Wresting on Channel 5 on Saturday at 11am was the highest rated show in town. Not just the highest rated show in its timeslot, not just the highest rated weekend show, but the highest rated show, period, including the networks. And they were the highest by far. At the peak(’78-'85), 90% of TV sets in the viewing area were tuned to channel 5 at 11am Saturday. With a total population of about 500,000, that meant about 350,000 people were watching.
Can you imagine that now? One show that was seen by 70% of the population of an entire city? Jerry Lawler was consistently voted as the best known personality in town. Handsome Jimmy Valiant’s novelty record rose to no. 1 on several local radio charts. It was really unparalleled.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Jun 29, 2015 17:33:06 GMT -5
Per capita, I might say Memphis, at least from about 1970-1990. They drew an average of 8000 fans to the Mid South Coliseum 52 weeks a year. For 20 years. From about 1978 to 1985, it was up to about 10,000/week. On top of that, the tV ratings were phenomenal. Wresting on Channel 5 on Saturday at 11am was the highest rated show in town. Not just the highest rated show in its timeslot, not just the highest rated weekend show, but the highest rated show, period, including the networks. And they were the highest by far. At the peak(’78-'85), 90% of TV sets in the viewing area were tuned to channel 5 at 11am Saturday. With a total population of about 500,000, that meant about 350,000 people were watching. Can you imagine that now? One show that was seen by 70% of the population of an entire city? Jerry Lawler was consistently voted as the best known personality in town. Handsome Jimmy Valiant’s novelty record rose to no. 1 on several local radio charts. It was really unparalleled. That is why I mentioned Memphis in my post. Most modern fans seem to either not know or have forgotten how huge Memphis is. But I also notice with lots of fans born from 85 to present a lack of knowledge of anything before Vince went and razed the territories. |
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