Thing is, they run Raw and Smackdown in a lot of smaller venues - take Raw this week, which was around 6000-6500 in capacity, I believe. And it didn't sell out, from what I saw (I mean, Brandon would know) Considering the ticket prices, the idea of moving to more two-night PLEs in a market where you can watch wrestling just about every day, regardless of company, it feels a little too much like milking things, and that can backfire. What makes wrestling special is less, being more. It works in business, it works in stories. It feels like with WWE's popularity (and AEW's drop in the ratings) there's a finite level of viewership and every company hits a valley. I'm curious how this company is doing post Mania, when we get into the summer and we're more used to Netflix. Anyways, I just think they're starting to stretch our attention span.
It isn't the same without the intro.
Thing is, they run Raw and Smackdown in a lot of smaller venues - take Raw this week, which was around 6000-6500 in capacity, I believe. And it didn't sell out, from what I saw (I mean, Brandon would know) Considering the ticket prices, the idea of moving to more two-night PLEs in a market where you can watch wrestling just about every day, regardless of company, it feels a little too much like milking things, and that can backfire. What makes wrestling special is less, being more. It works in business, it works in stories. It feels like with WWE's popularity (and AEW's drop in the ratings) there's a finite level of viewership and every company hits a valley. I'm curious how this company is doing post Mania, when we get into the summer and we're more used to Netflix. Anyways, I just think they're starting to stretch our attention span.