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Post by Cyno on Jun 14, 2019 16:57:23 GMT -5
I wonder what's more expensive: three tickets combined to All In, Double or Nothing, and All Out or one ticket to Wrestlemania around the same relative part of the arena/stadium.
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Jun 14, 2019 17:08:22 GMT -5
15 minutes? after all the hype from "All In" and "Double or Nothing", anything longer than 10 minutes is a complete and total failure! besides, i heard from a guy who knows a guy whose cousin's best friend's ex girlfriend's brother works at Sears Center, and he says 97% of the tickets were bought by scalpers just pack in the experiment, AEW. you're only embarrassing yourselves. #epicfail #lolaew #sculater
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Post by paywindah on Jun 14, 2019 17:09:44 GMT -5
- supercards - months of buildup - tourist cities - holiday weekends - multi-day conventions to help draw fans
These are the reasons they sold out so quickly.
Most of these factors go away when TV starts and they have to fill arenas every week for 2 hours (minus commercials and pre-tapes) without giving away PPV quality matches on free TV. Don’t forget that with no TV rights fees, they need people to pay $50 for PPVs so they can’t give away big matches each week on TV like WWE does. You won’t have Omega, Moxley or Jericho in big matches each week.
Imagine if WWE only did 2 big shows a year. They’d sell out just as quickly. But they do hundreds of shows and sell millions of tickets each year. AEW isn’t on that level.
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Post by spagett on Jun 14, 2019 17:15:22 GMT -5
- supercards - months of buildup - tourist cities - holiday weekends - multi-day conventions to help draw fans These are the reasons they sold out so quickly. Most of these factors go away when TV starts and they have to fill arenas every week for 2 hours (minus commercials and pre-tapes) without giving away PPV quality matches on free TV. Don’t forget that with no TV rights fees, they need people to pay $50 for PPVs so they can’t give away big matches each week on TV like WWE does. You won’t have Omega, Moxley or Jericho in big matches each week. Imagine if WWE only did 2 big shows a year. They’d sell out just as quickly. But they do hundreds of shows and sell millions of tickets each year. AEW isn’t on that level. Whoa Mr Negative. Yeah AEW aren't on WWE's level. WWE has a 35 year head start in terms of being a national company. I don't think you'll find many saying AEW are as big as WWE
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Post by honsou on Jun 14, 2019 17:18:47 GMT -5
- supercards - months of buildup - tourist cities - holiday weekends - multi-day conventions to help draw fans These are the reasons they sold out so quickly. Most of these factors go away when TV starts and they have to fill arenas every week for 2 hours (minus commercials and pre-tapes) without giving away PPV quality matches on free TV. Don’t forget that with no TV rights fees, they need people to pay $50 for PPVs so they can’t give away big matches each week on TV like WWE does. You won’t have Omega, Moxley or Jericho in big matches each week. Imagine if WWE only did 2 big shows a year. They’d sell out just as quickly. But they do hundreds of shows and sell millions of tickets each year. AEW isn’t on that level. I think this is why the Jacksonville and Daytona numbers in some ways are more impressive, since those aren't good wrestling markets and are in the middle no nowhere. That being said selling out your really big events is what you need to do to be a major company and they seem to be doing that.
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Post by eJm on Jun 14, 2019 17:20:55 GMT -5
- supercards - months of buildup - tourist cities - holiday weekends - multi-day conventions to help draw fans These are the reasons they sold out so quickly. Most of these factors go away when TV starts and they have to fill arenas every week for 2 hours (minus commercials and pre-tapes) without giving away PPV quality matches on free TV. Don’t forget that with no TV rights fees, they need people to pay $50 for PPVs so they can’t give away big matches each week on TV like WWE does. You won’t have Omega, Moxley or Jericho in big matches each week. Imagine if WWE only did 2 big shows a year. They’d sell out just as quickly. But they do hundreds of shows and sell millions of tickets each year. AEW isn’t on that level. Whoa Mr Negative. Yeah AEW aren't on WWE's level. WWE has a 35 year head start in terms of being a national company. I don't think you'll find many saying AEW are as big as WWE The bottom line is this; for the first time in over a decade, there is another prominent US national wrestling company that is getting its audience, building its own identity and most importantly, showing the leg work and getting deals unseen even by the WWF in its prime (Yes, WWF had Channel 4 in the UK at one point showing PPVs but the whole Royal Rumble 2000 fiasco f***ed that up). Even if the honeymoon period is shorter than most, that's a reason to get excited.
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Post by spagett on Jun 14, 2019 17:24:40 GMT -5
Whoa Mr Negative. Yeah AEW aren't on WWE's level. WWE has a 35 year head start in terms of being a national company. I don't think you'll find many saying AEW are as big as WWE The bottom line is this; for the first time in over a decade, there is another prominent US national wrestling company that is getting its audience, building its own identity and most importantly, showing the leg work and getting deals unseen even by the WWF in its prime (Yes, WWF had Channel 4 in the UK at one point showing PPVs but the whole Royal Rumble 2000 fiasco f***ed that up). Even if the honeymoon period is shorter than most, that's a reason to get excited. Yeah, it's all incredibly exciting. And it couldn't have come at a better time because frankly I can't ever remember WWE being as bad as it is right now. This is worse than 1995.
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Post by Chainsaw on Jun 14, 2019 17:30:46 GMT -5
I can't. Others, however...
I just feel like pointing out that it actually wouldn't require a lot of vacation time. The shows are on the weekend. It seems like it would be pretty easy to only take one day off per show (the Friday before the show) to fly to the show, and then fly back either the Sunday or Monday, since All In/DoN/All Out are all on holiday weekends. That means that a hypothetical person that were to fly in to all three shows would really need to only use a grand total of three vacation days to make them all. Look, you gonna throw facts around, or are you going to let this guy frame all AEW fans as neckbeard fanboys with tons of money because they have no life and live in their families's basements?
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Jun 14, 2019 17:48:13 GMT -5
I just feel like pointing out that it actually wouldn't require a lot of vacation time. The shows are on the weekend. It seems like it would be pretty easy to only take one day off per show (the Friday before the show) to fly to the show, and then fly back either the Sunday or Monday, since All In/DoN/All Out are all on holiday weekends. That means that a hypothetical person that were to fly in to all three shows would really need to only use a grand total of three vacation days to make them all. Look, you gonna throw facts around, or are you going to let this guy frame all AEW fans as neckbeard fanboys with tons of money because they have no life and live in their families's basements? My plan right now is to fly in on Friday afternoon/evening and get out by Sunday, I don't really have a ton of interest in Starrcast. Probably won't miss a day of work that way.
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Post by Dub H on Jun 14, 2019 17:53:10 GMT -5
I just feel like pointing out that it actually wouldn't require a lot of vacation time. The shows are on the weekend. It seems like it would be pretty easy to only take one day off per show (the Friday before the show) to fly to the show, and then fly back either the Sunday or Monday, since All In/DoN/All Out are all on holiday weekends. That means that a hypothetical person that were to fly in to all three shows would really need to only use a grand total of three vacation days to make them all. Look, you gonna throw facts around, or are you going to let this guy frame all AEW fans as neckbeard fanboys with tons of money because they have no life and live in their families's basements? Why would it even matter if 90% of the tickets are hardcore wrestling fans? its getting the money and audience to sell out shows regardless. Plus every business depends of its core audience to spread to the more casual market
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Post by cabbageboy on Jun 14, 2019 18:20:34 GMT -5
The question I have is how do they plan on doing weekly TV with nothing but clean finishes? On some level the point of weekly TV is to have some indecisive things going on that result in future rematches. I do wonder when they will get around to discussing an entire slate of dates for TV. I dare say they should think outside the box in a way WCW used to. WWE to me is really neglecting smaller markets when it comes to TV. WCW would run TV in Casper, Wyoming or Boise, Idaho, etc. Find places with decent sized buildings that don't often get a major wrestling program.
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Post by Dub H on Jun 14, 2019 18:31:29 GMT -5
The question I have is how do they plan on doing weekly TV with nothing but clean finishes? On some level the point of weekly TV is to have some indecisive things going on that result in future rematches. I do wonder when they will get around to discussing an entire slate of dates for TV. I dare say they should think outside the box in a way WCW used to. WWE to me is really neglecting smaller markets when it comes to TV. WCW would run TV in Casper, Wyoming or Boise, Idaho, etc. Find places with decent sized buildings that don't often get a major wrestling program. I doubt they will NEVER have a unclean finish. Just keep it in moderation
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Post by eJm on Jun 14, 2019 18:32:50 GMT -5
The question I have is how do they plan on doing weekly TV with nothing but clean finishes? On some level the point of weekly TV is to have some indecisive things going on that result in future rematches. I do wonder when they will get around to discussing an entire slate of dates for TV. I dare say they should think outside the box in a way WCW used to. WWE to me is really neglecting smaller markets when it comes to TV. WCW would run TV in Casper, Wyoming or Boise, Idaho, etc. Find places with decent sized buildings that don't often get a major wrestling program. I doubt they will NEVER have a unclean finish. Just keep it in moderation Yeah, the big issue with WWE is that they set out to protect everyone with unclean finishes and then nobody benefits from it. Like you better believe MJF is going to get some dirty wins which will play to him going up the rankings or something.
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Post by Cyno on Jun 14, 2019 18:40:54 GMT -5
I think the plan is for PPV's to all be decisive finishes (though I wouldn't rule out illegal interference, low blows, weapon use, etc. with the ref's back turned) while it's not likely to be as clean-cut for the TV shows.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jun 14, 2019 19:21:12 GMT -5
I wonder what's more expensive: three tickets combined to All In, Double or Nothing, and All Out or one ticket to Wrestlemania around the same relative part of the arena/stadium. Are we talking face value or not?
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Post by THE FVNKER on Jun 14, 2019 19:35:35 GMT -5
- supercards - months of buildup - tourist cities - holiday weekends - multi-day conventions to help draw fans These are the reasons they sold out so quickly. Most of these factors go away when TV starts and they have to fill arenas every week for 2 hours (minus commercials and pre-tapes) without giving away PPV quality matches on free TV. Don’t forget that with no TV rights fees, they need people to pay $50 for PPVs so they can’t give away big matches each week on TV like WWE does. You won’t have Omega, Moxley or Jericho in big matches each week. Imagine if WWE only did 2 big shows a year. They’d sell out just as quickly. But they do hundreds of shows and sell millions of tickets each year. AEW isn’t on that level. Kind of a bold prediction to make considering they're still months away from a weekly, live television show. Surely it's safe to say from the hype and attendance so far (All In included) that AEW have generated enough interest to draw atleast a few thousand to consistent live TV shows. The Young Bucks grassroots marketing skills and word of mouth led them to a Hot Topic deal (keep in mind, they chose the Bucks over a WWE license deal, if the shoot interview I heard mentioning that was correct). There are tons of fans who are interested in the success of AEW. Didn't someone on here say that the ticket queue for this show was in the 50 thousands? Seems like quite a bit of interest. Plus, even more people, casuals included will go once shows come around to their area.
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Post by apocalypticdemise on Jun 14, 2019 20:24:49 GMT -5
I managed to grab tickets today shockingly. Still about the same price for decent upper level WWE seats at Rosemont here (since I'm from Chicago). Personally I'm amped, I haven't been to a WWE show in forever that was actually decent. All their shows here for years have been utter shit.
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Post by BoomPeriod on Jun 14, 2019 21:28:48 GMT -5
My experience buying tickets:
Used mobile I wanted to sign in 5 min before or so but got distracted and didn't notice until 11am Went to website right at 11am Was told I was #2000-something in line and had 10 minute wait to enter the website Once allowed to enter the website I would have 10 minutes to log in and purchase tickets I had planned on purchasing tickets in the price range of $50-$60 for 4 people. 4 tickets was the limit I logged in and saw a price range for $64 and attempted to purchase 4 of them I was told there was no results! I freaked out and went back a page and attempted to buy 4 tickets in the $30 range No results! I backed out and attempted "Best available" for 4 tickets. No results! How is this possible? Best available should have gave me something. I think the website was so loaded that it was messed up I proceeded to try to purchase 2 tickets at various prices Eventually I found 2 tickets available for a price range total of around $200 The site told me if I backed out of the shopping cart I would lose them I took the risk to find 4 tickets again and backed out Kept getting no results My 10 min time limit was burning up I got lucky and found 2 tickets available again for a price range of $212 and I purchased them Disappointed I couldn't get tickets for my other friends but am glad I am going with one friend
My problems could have been a combination of using mobile, not going in early, website being messed up from traffic
Did anyone else experience anything like this?
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Post by Yamashita Enforcement Division on Jun 15, 2019 0:19:01 GMT -5
The question I have is how do they plan on doing weekly TV with nothing but clean finishes? On some level the point of weekly TV is to have some indecisive things going on that result in future rematches. I do wonder when they will get around to discussing an entire slate of dates for TV. I dare say they should think outside the box in a way WCW used to. WWE to me is really neglecting smaller markets when it comes to TV. WCW would run TV in Casper, Wyoming or Boise, Idaho, etc. Find places with decent sized buildings that don't often get a major wrestling program. Welcome to TV mutli-mans bay-bee.
I might just love New Japan multi-mans.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Jun 15, 2019 1:37:57 GMT -5
The question I have is how do they plan on doing weekly TV with nothing but clean finishes? On some level the point of weekly TV is to have some indecisive things going on that result in future rematches. I do wonder when they will get around to discussing an entire slate of dates for TV. I dare say they should think outside the box in a way WCW used to. WWE to me is really neglecting smaller markets when it comes to TV. WCW would run TV in Casper, Wyoming or Boise, Idaho, etc. Find places with decent sized buildings that don't often get a major wrestling program. Welcome to TV mutli-mans bay-bee.
I might just love New Japan multi-mans.
I don't think it'd be a bad idea to throw a squash or two on each episode using local talent. Jungle Boy and Marko Stunt aren't going to be able to eat every pin. It will be interesting to see how AEW shapes its lower and midcards based on the roster they have. We know who the main eventers are, but the roles the rest are going to be playing are sort of up in the air, as it were.
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