AdamAFL was sooooo wrong
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Post by AdamAFL was sooooo wrong on Aug 29, 2023 11:30:26 GMT -5
Getting 81K into an arena probably took some time, that and people likely not always in their seats But 81K sold seemed to be the number From a friend who was there and has no reason to not be reliable, he said not a chance they broke the record, that there were lots of empty seats all around and one large section was barely any in it, less than a quarter full. Which honestly I think is likely true- the stadium panoramas literally never showed the hardcam side, which is usually an indicator of tarps/gaps- WWE do the same thing a lot of the time, I forget which Summerslam it was that fan photos showed huge gaps on the hardcam side. As someone who was there I’m going to have to disagree heavily with that. There was no section that was anywhere near only a quarter full. Also Wembley holds 90k for football matches and yes they lost an entire tier behind where the hardcam was situated but the floor seats made up for that and then some. I’m not sure what it was set up for in the end cos I know they were releasing new sections for sale as late as last week. But if I had to guesstimate id say about 95k if they’d sold every seat that wasn’t blacked out due to set up. And from where I was sat I could believe there was somewhere in the region of 14k empty seats. It looked closer to 10k to me but maybe I just underestimated slightly. But I’d be genuinely shocked if it came out that there was less than the announced figure in that stadium on Sunday night.
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Post by Cyno on Aug 29, 2023 14:12:49 GMT -5
WrestleTix's figures had it at around 81k. So it's definitely believable that they sold that many tickets. And that's with some noticeable gaps here and there on their overhead seating chart.
Granted, 81k+ tickets sold doesn't necessarily mean 81k+ people attended either. Brokers and scalpers almost certainly got their greedy meathooks on some. Or shit comes up where people who want to attend and suddenly can't, so they have to re-sell tickets on places like StubHub. I also think All In had enough room for 84k sold tickets, but I might be confusing that with the bought + comped attendance.
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Post by Cyno on Aug 29, 2023 16:10:16 GMT -5
So Nick Jackson was giving people shout outs and their flowers on his Insta stories for contributing to a great event and weekend for the company:
Chuck Taylor Trent Beretta Orange Cassidy Sting Hikaru Shida Adam Cole MJF Darby Allin Will Ospreay Eddie Kingston (and he credits Eddie for being a big reason why he and Matt stayed with AEW) FTR Bald FTR Gun A lot of other people but his phone was overheating Lastly, Cody Rhodes. "This doesn't happen without you. Spoiler alert for the people who say we hate each other. That isn't true."
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on Aug 29, 2023 16:40:00 GMT -5
So Nick Jackson was giving people shout outs and their flowers on his Insta stories for contributing to a great event and weekend for the company: Chuck Taylor Trent Beretta Orange Cassidy Sting Hikaru Shida Adam Cole MJF Darby Allin Will Ospreay Eddie Kingston (and he credits Eddie for being a big reason why he and Matt stayed with AEW) FTR Bald FTR Gun A lot of other people but his phone was overheating Lastly, Cody Rhodes. "This doesn't happen without you. Spoiler alert for the people who say we hate each other. That isn't true." This is the kind of energy the company needs right now. Praise for the people who delivered and the people who helped bring the company to this place. All In was a monumental show and I'm glad Nick's keeping above the shit by focusing on what's most important, and on the idea that the success behind this is one a lot of people had a part in, and one that's given opportunities to people who might never have gotten them otherwise
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Post by Kalmia on Aug 29, 2023 16:55:06 GMT -5
MJF put out a pretty nice tweet as well.
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Post by hitman777 on Aug 29, 2023 16:57:08 GMT -5
So Nick Jackson was giving people shout outs and their flowers on his Insta stories for contributing to a great event and weekend for the company: Chuck Taylor Trent Beretta Orange Cassidy Sting Hikaru Shida Adam Cole MJF Darby Allin Will Ospreay Eddie Kingston (and he credits Eddie for being a big reason why he and Matt stayed with AEW) FTR Bald FTR Gun A lot of other people but his phone was overheating Lastly, Cody Rhodes. "This doesn't happen without you. Spoiler alert for the people who say we hate each other. That isn't true." Loved Nick's posts. What a guy.
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Post by 4real on Aug 29, 2023 18:06:57 GMT -5
Top 10 moments for me (off memory)
1. Sting’s entrance 2. Toni hitting Saraya’s Mum 3. Mox gets skewers in his head 4. House of Black entrance 5. TNA chants for Sting & Christian 6. Jericho’s insane storm breaker counter 7. Kangaroo kick! 8. The best friends and Yuta hug spot 9. Joe slamming Punk’s head into the announce table 10. Jericho singing Judas live!
Ten Worst:
1. FTR winning 2. £7 for a bottle of beer 3. Nearly £8 for a hot dog 4. Zero Hour being dull for long periods 5. That guy with the ‘Chris Benoit is my guy!’ shirt I saw outside the stadium. f*** that guy. 6. The Sun getting in my eyes and ruining the 6 man tag. 7. Downtime between matches being very short leading to rushes for bathrooms or food. 8. That awful drone Don Callus has as music is unbearable live. And we got it twice. 9. Stadium stampede was hard to follow at times 10. Wembley in general. Absolute rip off. Too many people. Awesome so many people got to go to this global event but personally I wish it was at Craven Cottage or in an Arena.
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Post by Cyno on Aug 29, 2023 21:31:20 GMT -5
So Nick Jackson was giving people shout outs and their flowers on his Insta stories for contributing to a great event and weekend for the company: Chuck Taylor Trent Beretta Orange Cassidy Sting Hikaru Shida Adam Cole MJF Darby Allin Will Ospreay Eddie Kingston (and he credits Eddie for being a big reason why he and Matt stayed with AEW) FTR Bald FTR Gun A lot of other people but his phone was overheating Lastly, Cody Rhodes. "This doesn't happen without you. Spoiler alert for the people who say we hate each other. That isn't true." Nick has added Mox and Jericho to the list.
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Post by Bo Rida on Aug 30, 2023 5:07:35 GMT -5
From a friend who was there and has no reason to not be reliable, he said not a chance they broke the record, that there were lots of empty seats all around and one large section was barely any in it, less than a quarter full. Which honestly I think is likely true- the stadium panoramas literally never showed the hardcam side, which is usually an indicator of tarps/gaps- WWE do the same thing a lot of the time, I forget which Summerslam it was that fan photos showed huge gaps on the hardcam side. As someone who was there I’m going to have to disagree heavily with that. There was no section that was anywhere near only a quarter full. Also Wembley holds 90k for football matches and yes they lost an entire tier behind where the hardcam was situated but the floor seats made up for that and then some. I’m not sure what it was set up for in the end cos I know they were releasing new sections for sale as late as last week. But if I had to guesstimate id say about 95k if they’d sold every seat that wasn’t blacked out due to set up. And from where I was sat I could believe there was somewhere in the region of 14k empty seats. It looked closer to 10k to me but maybe I just underestimated slightly. But I’d be genuinely shocked if it came out that there was less than the announced figure in that stadium on Sunday night. Yep. You can see the tarped off sections in this photo I took and I'd say the people in floor seats were roughly the number that would have been behind in the sections behind the production tent. That leaves the tarped area behind the stage and the unsold seats mostly in the upper tiers plus the first two rows which are stupidly left empty at all events these days, 14k of those seems right. Also shows how annoying the sun was but thankfully I wore a baseball cap.
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