Steveweiser
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Post by Steveweiser on Jul 2, 2013 12:11:42 GMT -5
Gabe said on Twitter that instead of working with WrestleCon next year, WWNLive are doing their own shows in New Orleans, titled The WWNLive Experience. They'll be running Dragon Gate USA, EVOLVE, SHIMMER and Kaiju Big Battel on April 4th-6th, the venue still to be announced. Much better setup than WrestleCon, who are doing just one big supershow, and a bunch of stuff with Colt Cabana and Kevin Steen.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Jul 2, 2013 13:00:59 GMT -5
Good luck with that. Considering how much trouble they have filling the crowd on their own, they are going to need some major league hooks to bring in the fans. Just because it's Wrestlemania weekend doesn't mean automatic capacity crowd. Plus I hope they make sure the building is capable of broadcasting ippvs.
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Post by Chuckie Finster on Jul 2, 2013 21:03:13 GMT -5
This is legitimately stupid. In a time where indy wrestling is struggling due to WWE getting the top talent, an economy that is still down and a shift in revenue models, doing different indy events is insane.
So Wrestlecon is now a bunch of vendors, $5 Wrestling, "an independent show" involving ROH/PWG/CZW talent, a live taping of the Art of Wrestling and live tapings of Steen and Corino's shows.
The money all the companies made in NJ won't be the same in New Orleans.
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Post by SOR on Jul 2, 2013 21:38:31 GMT -5
I don't understand doing this, The Wrestlecon draws because you can meet a ton of ex WWE guys and it's convenient for the people already at Mania. Not many people are just going to Wrestlecon for the matches and even if they were they're going to attend ROH/CZW/PWG before they attend DGUSA/EVOLVE/SHIMMER.
I can't see this making much money at all. DGUSA and SHIMMER both use a lot of fly ins so the show is running at a massive loss before it even begins.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Jul 3, 2013 7:04:48 GMT -5
Me guesses that Gabe got a bunch of crap for how the EVOLVE show basically threw the whole first night of WrestleCON for a loop (and to be fair, part of that was his fault)... or he doesn't want to be involved with ROH.
I don't think it's a good idea though. Even guys Gabe use that work for PWG and CZW would probably do that show first (EVOLVE Champ AR Fox openly said at WrestleCON last year he's a CZW guy and he's loyal to DJ for giving him his break) if they had to choose.
Still a ways to go, but I don't like the move.
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Steveweiser
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Post by Steveweiser on Jul 3, 2013 7:17:36 GMT -5
For the record, Dave Prazak has said that his SHIMMER show will largely feature Americans and limited foreign talent for that particular event, and that he'll configure it for a smaller audience than in Jersey.
And there's no beef that led to this - Gabe felt that since this year was a big success, he wanted to run his own events so WWNLive could make 100% of the profits instead of having to share them with Highspots/Quack/DJ Hyde/others. Although Prazak and the Kaiju guys will be getting cuts.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Jul 3, 2013 7:53:07 GMT -5
It was successful because the companies were working with each other instead of against each other. Now you got ROH, WrestleCon, WWNLive, and various local indies fighting for a smaller piece of the pie.
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Post by kidkamikaze10 on Jul 3, 2013 8:34:24 GMT -5
This comes off like Gabe not understanding that sometimes, competition ISN'T a good thing.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Jul 3, 2013 9:14:40 GMT -5
For the record, Dave Prazak has said that his SHIMMER show will largely feature Americans and limited foreign talent for that particular event, and that he'll configure it for a smaller audience than in Jersey. And there's no beef that led to this - Gabe felt that since this year was a big success, he wanted to run his own events so WWNLive could make 100% of the profits instead of having to share them with Highspots/Quack/DJ Hyde/others. Although Prazak and the Kaiju guys will be getting cuts. either way I still don't see this as a good idea. One thing I've learned from EVOLVE/DUSA is that Gabe doesn't do a great job of promoting the product anymore. |
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Post by Crusty Ruffles on Jul 3, 2013 23:27:43 GMT -5
The SHIMMER show at Wrestlecon this year was really flat crowd wise. I think a lot of the passion of the Berwyn crowd was missing and that hurt it overall. Definitely noticed it the next weekend for sure. Either way, I think it's a bit risky for them. Here's hoping I'm wrong.
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Post by Been burned too many times on Jul 4, 2013 0:08:52 GMT -5
Hope they succeed.
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Post by Steveweiser on Sept 12, 2013 16:05:14 GMT -5
The schedule is out - all events are taking place at McAlister Auditorium on the campus of Tulane University. The ring will be on a stage with limited premium seats surrounding it. GA seats will be on the floor looking up. THURSDAY APRIL 3RD 8pm - EVOLVE FRIDAY APRIL 4TH 3pm - A WRESTLING ODYSSEY (featuring matches from EVOLVE, FULL IMPACT PRO and SHINE amongst others) 8pm - DRAGON GATE USA Midnight - KAIJU BIG BATTEL SATURDAY APRIL 5TH 3pm - SHIMMER 9pm - DRAGON GATE USA Tickets go on sale at www.wwnlive.com/NOLA from Monday (September 16th) at 10am Eastern. The cheapest tickets are $25 for GA seats row 11 and back. The most expensive individual tickets are for the two DGUSA shows and SHIMMER, which are $100 for the limited front row seats on the stage. There will also be combo packages for all six shows at 10% discount. |
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