Kalmia
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Post by Kalmia on May 2, 2023 10:20:07 GMT -5
Wait, what the f***? I did the pre-reserve thing giving my email a few weeks back and I didn't get any email or notification that tickets were available now! I was planning on flying out to London for the first time for this show. Am I f***ed? No, there's the public sale. All signs seem to suggest that only a limited amount of the tickets were available in the pre-sale today and some have been kept back for a few other presales happening this week and the public one on Friday. You might want to get straight onto Ticketmaster as soon as the general sale starts though. The good tickets went very quickly today. Plus, there are still some of the cheaper seats available in the presale. That's still going.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 2, 2023 10:22:10 GMT -5
Wait, what the f***? I did the pre-reserve thing giving my email a few weeks back and I didn't get any email or notification that tickets were available now! I was planning on flying out to London for the first time for this show. Am I f***ed? No, there's the public sale. All signs seem to suggest that only a limited amount of the tickets were available in the pre-sale today and some have been kept back for a few other presales happening this week and the public one on Friday. You might want to get straight onto Ticketmaster as soon as the general sale starts though. The good tickets went very quickly today. Plus, there are still some of the cheaper seats available in the presale. That's still going. Yeah, the present Pre-sale is going on until Thursday, I think? Because the timeframe for the O2 early access is about a couple of days before the general release too. Regardless, I do actually have a spare code for that so anyone want it, I'm happy to pass that along via DM.
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Post by chazraps on May 2, 2023 10:23:30 GMT -5
No, there's the public sale. All signs seem to suggest that only a limited amount of the tickets were available in the pre-sale today and some have been kept back for a few other presales happening this week and the public one on Friday. You might want to get straight onto Ticketmaster as soon as the general sale starts though. The good tickets went very quickly today. Plus, there are still some of the cheaper seats available in the presale. That's still going. Yeah, the present Pre-sale is going on until Thursday, I think? Because the timeframe for the O2 early access is about a couple of days before the general release too. Regardless, I do actually have a spare code for that so anyone want it, I'm happy to pass that along via DM. Ay bruv, finna dispatch me a code, innit?
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Post by stoptheclocks on May 2, 2023 10:23:59 GMT -5
Wait, what the f***? I did the pre-reserve thing giving my email a few weeks back and I didn't get any email or notification that tickets were available now! I was planning on flying out to London for the first time for this show. Am I f***ed? It's a 90,000 seater stadium. Everyone who wants a ticket will get one.
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Post by kingoftheindies on May 2, 2023 10:26:53 GMT -5
I've seen quite a few on the internet community (not here) try to dunk on AEW for even trying this (Rene Dupree's cohost even said there's no market for AEW in the UK) so whether you like AEW or not, seeing how many people have laughed at even attempting this has me rooting harder than ever this is a success
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 2, 2023 10:27:49 GMT -5
Yeah, the present Pre-sale is going on until Thursday, I think? Because the timeframe for the O2 early access is about a couple of days before the general release too. Regardless, I do actually have a spare code for that so anyone want it, I'm happy to pass that along via DM. Ay bruv, finna dispatch me a code, innit? *sigh*Be lucky I'm not a dictator-like retired mod because you'd be done for that.
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Post by Bo Rida on May 2, 2023 10:35:27 GMT -5
I have the FITETV VIP priority code, so rang this morning but phone cut off after 2 hours on hold I rang back later but after just over an hour I had to hang up as had stuff go do Finally got through now and they only have the tier 5 accessibility tickets left which would be no good as I wouldn't be able to see Some might open back up so I can try calling back over the next couple of days, but disappointing day really Read a few comments that people were on the phone for over an hour only to get hung up on. Seems even worse customer service than the awful online system. I'm sure there's some people out there that could order online but weren't able to speak on the phone too. That's before surprise options being sprung on everyone with minutes to decide and little info (ie how accessible is the meet and greet). Anyone else you'd think its ableism but Ticketmaster seem to be equally incompetent for all.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 2, 2023 10:41:17 GMT -5
Yeah, still not over them being like "Oh, you can add a £60 party invite on top of your ticket purchase" because, like...nowhere on the emails did they say there was such a thing. That's a crazy thing to just drop in there with no real information across two different emails.
I do still think we'll get emails saying "Hey, there's still spots for this party" closer to the time because there's no way anyone would have expected it considering.
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Post by lucaslawless on May 2, 2023 10:44:40 GMT -5
There are some tickets in section 100 if you need a hotel along with it. I just replaced my 122 seats with section 112 as I couldn't find a decent hotel separately. It isnt going to be cheap though. But then when is London cheap on a bank holiday weekend?
Using the regular 11am presale code there are still some Section 200 and plenty of 500 still going.
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Post by discoelysium on May 2, 2023 10:45:21 GMT -5
In terms of British talent... I wouldn't mind Ospraey and Aussie Open ( yes I know but they count) being involved but apart from that I definitely want it to be an AEW card. No Seven or random Progress or Rev Pro guys. Needs to be the proper AEW roster as that's what people want to see.
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Post by lucaslawless on May 2, 2023 10:48:35 GMT -5
In terms of British talent... I wouldn't mind Ospraey and Aussie Open ( yes I know but they count) being involved but apart from that I definitely want it to be an AEW card. No Seven or random Progress or Rev Pro guys. Needs to be the proper AEW roster as that's what people want to see. No Mason Ryan?
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on May 2, 2023 10:53:07 GMT -5
I think I must have just signed up for the wrong presale. If I put my code in the only option I get is for a super expensive VIP ticket.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 2, 2023 10:56:02 GMT -5
In terms of British talent... I wouldn't mind Ospraey and Aussie Open ( yes I know but they count) being involved but apart from that I definitely want it to be an AEW card. No Seven or random Progress or Rev Pro guys. Needs to be the proper AEW roster as that's what people want to see. Like, if you want to have an AEW Dark taping somewhere and showcase those guys, go for it. But as you said, people are paying for this show for AEW, WWE wouldn’t have a pity spot for any of those talents, don’t see why AEW should.
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Post by ssdrivin on May 2, 2023 11:00:52 GMT -5
I've seen quite a few on the internet community (not here) try to dunk on AEW for even trying this (Rene Dupree's cohost even said there's no market for AEW in the UK) so whether you like AEW or not, seeing how many people have laughed at even attempting this has me rooting harder than ever this is a success Yeah, I'm not sure how it couldn't be a success at this point. Think some online pundits are going to be eating their words even before the event happens, when the reports start coming out about how people are finding it difficult to find seats and how thousands and thousands of tickets have been sold already. Yeah, still not over them being like "Oh, you can add a £60 party invite on top of your ticket purchase" because, like...nowhere on the emails did they say there was such a thing. That's a crazy thing to just drop in there with no real information across two different emails. I do still think we'll get emails saying "Hey, there's still spots for this party" closer to the time because there's no way anyone would have expected it considering. Quick quick! Better decide! Your reservation is about to expire! You tried for an hour to get to this point in the booking process, after 7 errors, 4 times back in the queue, and all the previous tickets we offered you being £1500 or suspended from the rafters by a bit of string, you already spent the last 60 seconds panic-researching where the seats we offered you are, you wouldn't want to miss your chance, would you?! Oh, you skipped it because you were so desperate not to lose your kind-of-OK tickets? Too bad.
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Post by lucaslawless on May 2, 2023 11:05:02 GMT -5
In terms of British talent... I wouldn't mind Ospraey and Aussie Open ( yes I know but they count) being involved but apart from that I definitely want it to be an AEW card. No Seven or random Progress or Rev Pro guys. Needs to be the proper AEW roster as that's what people want to see. Like, if you want to have an AEW Dark taping somewhere and showcase those guys, go for it. But as you said, people are paying for this show for AEW, WWE wouldn’t have a pity spot for any of those talents, don’t see why AEW should. This is my only concern I think. Depends if TK thinks the British fans will want to see more of their own home grown talent than the AEW roster. I hope he isnt thinking that way. Im all okay for Ospray, but thats about it I think. Just my opinion of course, but Id like to see the regulars we watch every week and like you say if there is a preshow put them on there.
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Post by KME on May 2, 2023 11:13:25 GMT -5
I've seen quite a few on the internet community (not here) try to dunk on AEW for even trying this (Rene Dupree's cohost even said there's no market for AEW in the UK) so whether you like AEW or not, seeing how many people have laughed at even attempting this has me rooting harder than ever this is a success I've only ever seen bits of Renee's podcast but I genuinely thought the English guy on there had won a competition or something to be there the first time I saw him, I'm presuming he's the co-host? Starting to wonder if he actually did win a competition to be there if he's saying there's no market for AEW over here, we've been absolutely starved of big wrestling events and AEW have always been very positive about their popularity in the UK and Europe, not to mention it airs on free TV here so has a lot of exposure.
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Kalmia
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Post by Kalmia on May 2, 2023 11:17:28 GMT -5
Anyone who thought this was going to fail was always going to be wrong. We only have the occasional rough idea of how popular AEW is in the UK, but Tony Khan and AEW have all of the figures. TV ratings, Fite TV subscriptions, AEW Shop sales, etc. There's no way AEW went into booking Wembley without being confident they could pull it off.
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Post by lucaslawless on May 2, 2023 11:18:52 GMT -5
So who isnt likely to appear on the card? I read somewhere that Jeff Hardy isnt allowed to leave the US currently?
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Post by CeilingFan on May 2, 2023 11:22:33 GMT -5
So who isn't likely to appear on the card? I read somewhere that Jeff Hardy isn't allowed to leave the US currently? Danhausen, because he might put a curse on the Royal Family.
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Post by ssdrivin on May 2, 2023 11:25:13 GMT -5
Anyone who thought this was going to fail was always going to be wrong. We only have the occasional rough idea of how popular AEW is in the UK, but Tony Khan and AEW have all of the figures. TV ratings, Fite TV subscriptions, AEW Shop sales, etc. There's no way AEW went into booking Wembley without being confident they could pull it off. Yeah, you don't just casually book Wembley freakin' Stadium on a whim and a fantasy, that would be incredibly stupid. No matter what dirtsheet reporters and non-AEW fans think about AEW being small-time or lame, TK's clearly not stupid. If he was then AEW would've TNA'd itself already. He absolutely knew it wouldn't be an attendance of 23 fans, a couple of confused football fans who got the wrong date, the guy selling hotdogs, and a life-sized cardboard cutout of Mr Blobby.
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