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Post by revolver86 on Mar 3, 2012 15:05:23 GMT -5
Toledo just sucks, in general! Went down there to see Nine Inch Nails once and they played what was essentially a high school gym with about 200 people attending. Not complaining, though, I've seen NIN a bunch of times and it was pretty cool seeing them do a stripped down, intimate show.
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theryno665
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Post by theryno665 on Mar 3, 2012 17:59:29 GMT -5
The population of Toledo is like 280,000. The metro area would boost it up to about 600,000. Considering poor advertising and the fact that wrestling nowadays appeals to only a niche audience of sorts, I'd say 3,200 is a damn good turnout. If this was the audience turnout in NYC or Chicago then yeah then we have an issue. That being said, I don't know why they're going back either. Not to mention that Toledo is probably worse off than Detroit. Detroit is getting a Raw Supershow a few weeks before this. I'm guessing they are coming back to see if that low attendance was a one time thing or if it's truly a dead market to never comeback to. The thing is when Raw came here in 2010 (the episode where Batista quit), the arena was crammed full. I'm not sure if it was because it was Raw, there was actually advertising for it, it was in a newly built arena, or that this was the first non-house show event that Toledo has gotten in I don't know when, but I wouldn't doubt if this is some sort of a trial run.
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Post by kidglov3s on Mar 3, 2012 18:04:23 GMT -5
The population of Toledo is like 280,000. The metro area would boost it up to about 600,000. Considering poor advertising and the fact that wrestling nowadays appeals to only a niche audience of sorts, I'd say 3,200 is a damn good turnout. If this was the audience turnout in NYC or Chicago then yeah then we have an issue. That being said, I don't know why they're going back either. Not to mention that Toledo is probably worse off than Detroit. Detroit is getting a Raw Supershow a few weeks before this. I'm guessing they are coming back to see if that low attendance was a one time thing or if it's truly a dead market to never comeback to. The thing is when Raw came here in 2010 (the episode where Batista quit), the arena was crammed full. I'm not sure if it was because it was Raw, there was actually advertising for it, it was in a newly built arena, or that this was the first non-house show event that Toledo has gotten in I don't know when, but I wouldn't doubt if this is some sort of a trial run. Maybe it's because it's Raw. I always get cheap tickets to the shows and usually I can get them in the lower bowl across from the aisle but I've been trying to get Raw tickets since the presale and everything in the first two teirs is useless.
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giffyjames
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Post by giffyjames on Mar 4, 2012 9:36:18 GMT -5
i dont think im saying something people arent thinking here, but arent most smackdown tapings like this? and didnt they have one WAY worse than this recently?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2012 10:01:29 GMT -5
WWE usually gives an area the benefit of the doubt. Although if there's a SmackDown show anywhere around here but Chicago (Hammond, Valparaiso), I barely hear about it. I have to "discover" it in the paper.
Now, if Raw came to these same places, they have ads during every commercial break. During Raw AND SmackDown.
So whomever is pushing SmackDown needs to do a much better job.
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Post by Loki-A-Go-Go! on Mar 4, 2012 12:20:26 GMT -5
I'll be there.
But I have a question about the show. is this a Smackdown show as the show will be shot for SyFy or is this a house show?
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CH Punk
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Post by CH Punk on Mar 4, 2012 12:22:06 GMT -5
I'll be there. But I have a question about the show. is this a Smackdown show as the show will be shot for SyFy or is this a house show? Yup, Tuesdays are for NXT/Smackdown tapings.
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zeez
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Post by zeez on Mar 4, 2012 14:28:08 GMT -5
I might go to that. I could use all the empty space to stretch my legs.
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Post by nate5054 on Mar 5, 2012 13:08:31 GMT -5
So WWE will go back to a place that sold pretty much no tickets, yet Denver still can't get a show. Amazing. You can blame the arena and the owner for that. If you haven't noticed Vince doesn't easily forgive people that cost him money and embarrass him. So that explains why before 2009 Denver got all of one RAW in three years. Maybe Vince premeditatedely hated Denver and Kronkie before then. But even if that were true it's a dumb grudge to hold when you're shutting out a very major US city that's a hub for its region, but still going to crappy midwestern venues in spades. Why should anyone in Colorado/Wyoming be a WWE fan when they just flatly refuse to come to the area?
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Toxik916
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Post by Toxik916 on Mar 5, 2012 13:22:27 GMT -5
Every Smackdown I've attended has had less of a crowd than Raw or even Raw house shows.
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