Unique venues you like for whatever reason

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Just thought we could have a thread about various arenas and venues over the years, particularly in contrast to the current staging of WWE shows that make practically every arena look the same. Granted, a lot of that's because a lot of modern arenas -do- look the same inside, but I digress.

I myself always liked the look of the Golden Dome in Monaca, PA that ECW used a decent amount, if only for how cool the architecture of the dome looked under the lights:



Extreme Rising had a show there fairly recently too, for a modern comparison:

[willyjakes]

Really wish the WWE stole this idea and did a Spring Break RAW with the pool

[Old Baby]

I always liked shows in the Tokyo Dome. The super long elevated ramps just made everything seem like a big deal.

[Viking Hall]

I love the Grand Ballroom in the Manhattan Center. The Hammerstein is cool too though, obviously.

[Hickster]

The "World Famous" Sportatorium-it looked great for WCCW, USWA and Global.

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Nov 12, 2015 12:53:48 GMT -5 Old Baby said:

I always liked shows in the Tokyo Dome. The super long elevated ramps just made everything seem like a big deal.

Also, it adds another 1/4* to matches.

[A Platypus Rave]

I thought the old MSG with the short entrance ramp was always cool.

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The early Shotgun Sat Night sets were always kinda cool.

[willyjakes]

Nov 12, 2015 14:56:54 GMT -5 @personman01 said:

The early Shotgun Sat Night sets were always kinda cool.

ah Shotgun Saturday Night. I remember always looking for that show but...could never find what channel it was on

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A once off, but I always loved Safeco Field, it made everything so different.

[jmule]

I really love the trump plaza for WM4-5 that long staircase going all the way down to the ring.

[FHgrad99]

I liked the Omni in Atlanta in the late 80's where the wrestlers stepped down before heading to the ring.

[Halloween]

There is an arena in Japan that I don't know the name of but I'm sure someone here does. All Japan used to run it probably about five years ago (Maybe still today) for their B-Shows or House Shows or whatever you'd like to call them. Anyway, it has this beautiful glass work and colourful patterned glass. The building looked so peaceful and nice kind of like a church.

[fuzzywarble, squat cobbler]

The Shotgun Saturday Night venues were the best, especially Penn Station and Denim & Diamonds here in San Antonio.

[Hit Girl]

Nov 12, 2015 17:58:38 GMT -5 jmule said:

I really love the trump plaza for WM4-5 that long staircase going all the way down to the ring.

The only problem is that quite a few wrestlers tripped on the way down.

[auph10imitated]

How many arenas has there been with stairs, has anyone got a pic of The Omni. I know its probably super common but I genuinely cant picture it.

[N E O G E O B O Y S]

The Budokan

There is always this crowd shot before the main event where you can see the giant japanese flag above the ring. Is a mystical place

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This is the Agora Theater in Cleveland, where I saw a couple of NXT house shows.

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Hammerstein Ballroom.

Dalton Arena.

Sportatorium.

Ye Olde departed Chicago Amphitheater.

[The Scuba Guy]

Nov 12, 2015 18:19:59 GMT -5 Halloween said:

There is an arena in Japan that I don't know the name of but I'm sure someone here does. All Japan used to run it probably about five years ago (Maybe still today) for their B-Shows or House Shows or whatever you'd like to call them. Anyway, it has this beautiful glass work and colourful patterned glass. The building looked so peaceful and nice kind of like a church.

Kyoto KBS Hall?



If so, agreed. It's beautiful.

Not sure of the name of the place, but Dragon Gate recently ran a show here: