DichEvans
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Post by DichEvans on Apr 6, 2023 0:32:45 GMT -5
Will they need Punk back to fill it? Wembley draws like 50k for tier 3 soccer clubs on a regular basis. While I do think they need a big marquee match, I think it will sell really well either way. Spent a lot of time in London, I legit think it's one of the best sports cities in the world. Also with the Jaguars Jacksonville having a lease deal with the stadium, TK probably got a really good deal on it. His dad even tried to buy the stadium at one point
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Dub H
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Post by Dub H on Apr 6, 2023 0:38:05 GMT -5
I wonder what Vince will counter program with. Great Balls of Fire 2, on the moon. Goodness gracious
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Post by The Foreigner™: OffSZN on Apr 6, 2023 0:40:54 GMT -5
More like All Innit, innit?
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FHgrad99
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Post by FHgrad99 on Apr 6, 2023 1:26:49 GMT -5
This certainly qualifies as a big announcement. You can never say that Tony Khan isn't ambitious. I'm sure Tony Khan will pull out all of the stops to put together a great show. This has the potential of being a huge success for AEW, if they're able to put together the matches that will move tickets. Tony Khan has shown that he can do it.
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Post by Bo Rida on Apr 6, 2023 1:42:29 GMT -5
Tonight also taught me that a lot of people didn't know that the Wembley that hosted SummerSlam and this Wembley are two different things. It's a new stadium but with the same name on the same site, it sort of inherited the old ones history. Anyway excited by this, less excited by Ticketmaster but hopefully it's reasonably priced.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Apr 6, 2023 1:57:54 GMT -5
So I’m in London right now and people have asked me when I might be back. Thanks TK for saying it might be August.
In all seriousness, I’m going to do everything in my power to make sure me and whoever wants to be there is there.
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Post by yokohamacpfc on Apr 6, 2023 1:59:21 GMT -5
They will have to promote this on the continent heavily, maybe work out a deal with the budget airlines (Ryanair, etc) to put on competitive "All-In" packages. A considerable amount of Mania's attendance is not just the international & hometown fans but the domestic ones who make a plane journey, from London to Berlin is roughly the same distance as LA to Salt Lake City after all. Wrestlemania City like planning with hotels, flights, airport transportation, and more is going to be very important to secure success. Different from SS 1992 where the crowd was probably 95% British.
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Post by Cvslfc123 on Apr 6, 2023 2:25:52 GMT -5
I'm not really an AEW fan but Wembley is pretty much on my doorstep. I'll go if the tickets are not WWE levels of gouging.
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chazraps
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Post by chazraps on Apr 6, 2023 2:36:22 GMT -5
How are the hotels near there? Public transit make London accessible? It'd be my first time there if I fly over. More like All Innit, innit? Ay bruv, are you takin' the piss?
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 6, 2023 2:42:54 GMT -5
I hope AEW is sure to honor wrestling history and has a random bus and phone box on the stage.
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Post by yokohamacpfc on Apr 6, 2023 2:48:35 GMT -5
Britt has to turn heel for this? An American dentist going to London and not getting heat from the old stereotype - inconceivable!
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Post by yokohamacpfc on Apr 6, 2023 3:04:06 GMT -5
How are the hotels near there? Public transit make London accessible? It'd be my first time there if I fly over. More like All Innit, innit? Ay bruv, are you takin' the piss? It's a three day weekend (Summer Bank Holiday) and the kids are still off school (they go back first week of Sept from memory) so book as early as possible as the city will be very busy.
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Post by stoptheclocks on Apr 6, 2023 3:55:41 GMT -5
Think it's a brilliant idea from Tony, credit where it's due. Fans over here have been starved of meaningful large scale wrestling events for so long, and I don't think even WWE have fully taken advantage of it yet.
If they price it reasonably, I think it'll sell very well. Even if it doesn't, Khan probably got a good deal with his Dad's connections there and you don't have to sell that many tickets to make it look good on TV.
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clifford
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Post by clifford on Apr 6, 2023 3:56:09 GMT -5
Flights booked from Ireland to London. LFGGGGGGGG
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Post by Jaws the Shark on Apr 6, 2023 4:11:16 GMT -5
Wembley is about fifteen minutes from me on the train, so there’s almost no way I won’t be trying to go.
I hope the stadium and the All In branding means they’re going to do something a bit special. Give us Danielson vs. ZSJ, you shits.
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Post by Cieto on Apr 6, 2023 4:24:20 GMT -5
Tonight also taught me that a lot of people didn't know that the Wembley that hosted SummerSlam and this Wembley are two different things. It is the same thing historically. Just a new stadium in place of the old one.
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Post by Kalmia on Apr 6, 2023 4:25:27 GMT -5
It's a bank holiday weekend as well, which should help. More people will be willing to travel from across the UK when they don't have work the next day.
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Post by ANuclearError on Apr 6, 2023 4:27:31 GMT -5
How are the hotels near there? Public transit make London accessible? It'd be my first time there if I fly over. More like All Innit, innit? Ay bruv, are you takin' the piss? The underground will make public transport within London itself a doddle. You've got Wembley, Wembley Stadium and Wembley Park stations all a 20-30 minute walk to the stadium itself. The airports will all have rail links to central London, and major UK cities will have (expensive) routes as well.
Hotels will likely see a price spike due to the event, so I'd aim to get that done as early as possible.
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Post by Cieto on Apr 6, 2023 4:32:07 GMT -5
Signed up. Im 2 hours from London and I'm not missing this.
Its a 90k stadium but I think this will hit 60k with ease.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Apr 6, 2023 4:51:25 GMT -5
How are the hotels near there? Public transit make London accessible? It'd be my first time there if I fly over. More like All Innit, innit? Ay bruv, are you takin' the piss? Book as close to the edge of London as you can, then get a tube in. Your best bets are probably Watford or Stanmore
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