Jmare007 Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 Joe will get weekly attendances up if we give him a few weeks to cook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 I think their business strategy of lowering prices to get attendance up backfired. Like, I would imagine early buyers got fucking pissed because some would get similarly good seats at a way lower price just by virtue of waiting a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Slice Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 They also ran larger arenas because of their post-pandemic peak and that’s causing a big backfire too because they thought that was sustainable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 It may seem counterintuitive, but lowering ticket prices to boost attendance frequently has the opposite effect. In fact, Zane Bresloff turned house show business around for WCW by raising the price of tickets. The idea is that making an event more expensive makes it seem more major league. By the same token, raising the price of IYH PPVs was what returned the WWF to profitability in the mid-90s. The Veblen effect in action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmare007 Posted January 24 Author Report Share Posted January 24 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 They are running a show on the same city hosting the goddamn SuperBowl THE DAY BEFORE the goddamn SuperBowl. It's a rough patch for sure. I blame Max's reign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 Being pro wrestling world champion should be like being president of the United States. You're only eligible if you're 35 or older. Those are the two most important offices in the world, so it stands to reason they should have similar eligibility requirements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 Honestly this has been a great show so far.. until this Red Velvet//Thunder Rosa match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 Samoa Joe started the show as a badass champion. Hook got some heat back after his loss. Hardy/Swerve, Hangman/Penta & Wardlow/Trent were all entertaining. I liked the Deonna\Toni segment & even the Moxley promo. So yeah, I am quite happy so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 9 hours ago, Jmare007 said: 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. Which shows specifically on the Canadian tour, do you know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmare007 Posted January 25 Author Report Share Posted January 25 4 minutes ago, SirEdger said: Which shows specifically on the Canadian tour, do you know? 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alucard Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 their final count for tonight was 2,187 so still above 2k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawadaSmile Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 Damn, they did 80k in London not even a year ago and are struggling to get to 4k... Funny how things change!!!! () Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 Wow, Suzuki sure didn't coast in that match.... god damn. Him and Copeland beat the piss out of each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strobogo Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 You have to book arenas many months in advance, if you have a downturn in sales, it isn't something you can just jump back to smaller venues right away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetsujin Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 Edge/MiSu rocked. Best Suzuki AEW match ever alongside the Darby one. Edge has better forearms than 95% of NJPW and AEW rosters combined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embrodak Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 The Bucks are pretty bad at promos and acting. Also, that Hook segment was just so amateurishly done. Dude comes out in fucking sweats, sounds unconvincing and unconvincingly tough cutting the shortest promo possible, then Joe calls security and the three fakest looking security guys in a while come in the ring to get suplexed. Setting aside that they blew their wad on attacking security guards on a goofy comedy angle with Wardlow a while back, since when does the champ have the right to call in security guards to clear the ring? Why would a supposed babyface (even a badass, dark and brooding Sasuke-style babyface) attack three guys just doing their job when they barely did anything to provoke him? Is there no ambition amongst the young guys and backstage producers to try and make Tony’s half-baked deployment of wrestling tropes come across as somewhat credible? (Also the Hook signal is kinda lame, why does the camera pan up and zoom in on it every time?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmare007 Posted January 28 Author Report Share Posted January 28 The final sequence of Nagata blocking one of Danielson's kicks, leading to Dragon having to use some faints to knock Yuji down and then hit his finisher was fucking dope. Damn good match as expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man in Blak Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 Finally caught up on DVR for Collision and that was the best episode they've put together since everything blew up with Punk. I don't know if it was the hot crowd or a sense that people might be a little more willing to check out AEW with the recent Vince revelations or what, but everybody brought it up and down the card. (Okay, maybe Willie Mack brought it a little *too* much on that botched standing moonsault, but it ended up working out well within the story of the match.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 On 1/28/2024 at 12:16 AM, Jmare007 said: The final sequence of Nagata blocking one of Danielson's kicks, leading to Dragon having to use some faints to knock Yuji down and then hit his finisher was fucking dope. Damn good match as expected. Eddie completely nerding out on commentary was so heartwarming. That was 100% teenage tape trader Eddie on the mic for that match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 On 1/29/2024 at 8:11 AM, sek69 said: Eddie completely nerding out on commentary was so heartwarming. That was 100% teenage tape trader Eddie on the mic for that match. Yup. This entire segment was the closest to making me feel good about pro-wrestling these last few days. The joy of Danielson working with Nagata was also very much evident. Gotta love that during his last year an a full-time wrestler, Danielson's main program thus far has been Eddie Kingston. Gotta get him at Arena Mexico for that Blue Panther match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiva Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 I haven’t been commenting on specific shows but I will say that 2024 AEW is the most I’ve enjoyed it for quite a while. I’m enjoying pretty much everything and while I wish they would try and find a balance between some more creative angles and great matches as they did at their peak, it feels like TK has got his ducks in a row in a way that he hasn’t for a long while. I do think they need a couple of big signings to counteract the perception that a lot of workers are wanting to jump back to WWE and I’m not really sure anything they’re going to do will lead to increased ticket sales but eh, I’m enjoying it. I just hope they stick the landing with Swerve down the line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 9 hours ago, El-P said: Yup. This entire segment was the closest to making me feel good about pro-wrestling these last few days. The joy of Danielson working with Nagata was also very much evident. Gotta love that during his last year an a full-time wrestler, Danielson's main program thus far has been Eddie Kingston. Gotta get him at Arena Mexico for that Blue Panther match. Part of me thinks Tony warming up with CMLL in the last few months is just so they are cool with Bryan getting his Blue Panther match, which I'm completely okay with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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