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From WrestleTix, all of these numbers are from 10-5 days ago: AEW Collision Sat • May 11, 2024 • 5:00 PM Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC Available Tickets: 808 Current Setup: 6,184 Tickets Distributed: 5,376 AEW Collision Sat Mar 30 2024 Budweiser Gardens, London, ON Available Tickets: 989 Current Setup: 3,983 Tickets Distributed: 2,994 AEW Dynamite Wed • Apr 10, 2024 • 6:30 PM Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg, MB Available Tickets: 1,372 Current Setup: 3,838 Tickets Distributed: 2,466 AEW Collision Sat • Mar 16, 2024 • 7:00 PM Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, ON Available Tickets: 1,343 Current Setup: 3,144 Tickets Distributed: 1,801

Yeah, re-educating their audience is gonna take time and some hard pills to swallow. I know there's at least a couple of Canada shows that have had very promising advances (3-5k already sold) but others are looking just as grim as the rest of the U.S shows. They probably need Revolution to be an incredible PPV with new big signings showing up and building some buzz once again. They are gonna have Ospreay and for their business sake, they gotta get at least Mercedes. Not sure Okada would make much of a difference, though I've heard Meltzer say he's sold some late tickets when announced for AEW TV.

It seems AEW decided to stop the Buy 1 Get 1 free ticket deals and heavy discounts in the week leading up to shows, so TV tapings are struggling like a motherfucker to sell. Tonight's Dynamite is at 1,8k tickets. They are truly becoming a PPV-only promotion (Revolution sold out (15k tickets) 3 months in advance and they could probably get 20k sold if they decided to run a small stage/entrance). Also, TK is making Copeland vs Suzuki commercial free.

No doubt. It's a smart choice because by 2030 the media landscape will probably be changing again. We've been saying media rights can't keep going up for the past 7 years I feel like so who knows if by 2030 the bubble has finally burst or if Netflix gets a "cheap" deal out of opting in for another 5 years. And if streaming goes to shit, then dropping WWE wont hurt them as much.

Would be kinda crazy if in 10 years WWE has hit a new peak and could get more money elsewhere and then Netflix just reups for another decade, lol.

Huge move. I guess initially the plan will be for Smackdown to sell tickets for U.S shows and Netflix subscriptions. While Netflix just gives them a shitload of money and helps them become a juggernaut internationally. I guess they are gonna start getting even more offers from overseas to do big stadium shows and possibly long tours without much expenses for WWE?

They really are having money problems. Gotta start actually pushing the younger generation. It's been 12 year since they last did it and they have a good crop of guys that can revitalize a division that's been stale for half a decade. I wonder if Okada comes back for a mega push in 5 more years or so or if he goes the Nakamura route and decides to stay in the U.S with his family.

I hope this excursion helps Perry become a better wrestler so at least someone gains something out of all of this.

The Middle Age Bucks. I expect some crazy ass shit for that match closing out Revolution. I just hope Sting takes cares of himself, I know he'll wanna do some crazy ass shit so the Bucks better take care of him.

1 week in and the Undisputed Kingdom feel as forgettable and unmemorable as expected. Wardlow looks like a just wants to go home and play video games.

"Just play my music the entire time I'm out there Tony, that way you wont hear the boos on TV" - Chris Jericho, probably.

May should drop a "I did an armdrap" t-shirt. That was so damn disrespectful by Toni

Oh, and Naito's first defense is a rematch with SANADA. Tsuji is also having a rematch with Uemura. New Japan "WK Backlash" in Sapporo

Unless he was just lying in the press conference, yes, he's leaving. And he's putting the belt on EVIL as his last singles match, lol.

TK the eternal dumb, wrestling message board poster. He ain't ever changing

ZSJ vs Danielson in Osaka for Feb 11th has been officially announced

~!! Read Daniel Makabe's tweet about being involved in this too, really interested on what card y'all come up with.

That'd be too perfect to get my hopes up for, lol.

Both ZSJ and Danielson cut promos for a rematch of their WD match. Kinda sounds like it's will be a submissions only match. After the classic they had in Seattle and the minute or so they had at the start of the New Year Dash main event, count me in for it. Hopefully they do it soon before Dragon gets hurt again. Would love to see how an Osaka or Sumo Hall crowd reacts to it.

As expected, Danielson vs Okada was much better with an actual story for them to sink their teeth in. Loved how the crowd reacting at every move Dragon pulled when hurting Okada's arm. I'm still not convinced they have good chemistry but this was much much better than the Forbidden Door matchup. Watched the final minutes of the main event and gawd damn is Naito still over as fuck. Fucking EVIL of all people showing up and Umino and Tsuji getting pinned. I fuking hate Gedo with a passion.

Hate that they are going back to Hangman vs Swerve so soon. Neither guys can lose at this point and after the spectacle at Full Gear, there's no a lot more to do to make both guys look amazing regardless of the result. They have such a big roster with a lot of fucking talent, use it!!!

True. I feel like KENTA peaked in 2008-09 -in terms of praise by online fans at least- and then was never again mentioned as a great wrestler by those who actually kept watching him. By 2012 he was definitely seen as "washed" and once WWE got him, no one that followed his latest years had a lot of faith in what he could do there. The hype was mostly from fans that had hear of him from his mid to late 00's work.

Never really thought about it that way, very interesting. And yeah, Speedball is great but Kota has been facing top competition every time he's stepped foot in a ring since Bloodsport.

I truly wonder what happened because his first match back was for Bloodsport against Mike Bailey and he looked more than fine in that one. It all went to shit after it.

I wonder if Rock lowered his requirements about a potential match with Reigns or if WWE came to an agreement with him for the long term angle Rocky implied he wanted a few months back.