I have to say I chuckled out loud at your comment about Pharoh, but I think perhaps in years gone by that would have received serious consideration to incorporate him in somehow.
What (or who) do you see in AEW right now that you think is working point on and might have the potential to draw in new fans to the product? If the WWE is bringing new fans into wrestling, you'd have to think some percentage of them would like it enough to want to seek out other promotions to sample and some percentage of that would stay tuned in. At least that was what seemed to be happened with WWF many years ago with new viewers and many went on to watch multiple promotions.
As Cody was walking Pharo through the backstage area before the main event match, and Corey Graves was gabbing on, "Pharo is Cody's best friend! He's been through all the towns and done all the miles!", I legitimately thought for a second that Pharo would be turning during the main of Cody vs Solo, and I would end up begging for that to be the case as Cody vs Solo was a dreadful affair that reverted any goodwill built up by the previous match. Pharo leaping into the ring and dropping trou on Cody’s weight belt to distract him would’ve been a million times more entertaining than what we were offered instead during the main event of the third biggest PPV of the year.
"The missing 30k" for All In was because it was set up to be less than that because of the stage which took up more space. It wasn't fans avoiding ticket prices, it was capped lower to begin with, the taylor swift gigs were on the week before, so the stage was kept/adapted from those gigs. So that's what happened, you spent more time googling travel times than looking up information that was widely available
I disagree Tom. I'm sure the bigger set-up played a small part, and it was in my initial draft, but no promoter worth his salt is going to have a stage set-up that squeezes 30k fans from attending their show, especially for a show that did 80k the previous year. If AEW wanted all those seats filled, a bigger stage wasnt going to stop them. AEW grew cold and didn't win back fans or gain new fans in time for the next stadium show a year later, there's no other way to skirt around that.
I mean you’re disagreeing with reality here, it wasn’t really Tony’s choice. Taylor Swift’s tour was there days before and so to still be able to do the bank holiday date they had to agree with the new set up so that they were able to do their load in work in time. This stuff is all out there to confirm.
I'm disagreeing with the Swift excuse, because that's all it is. I don't buy the excuse. Tony Khan could show seating charts and attendance strategies, and I would still see it as just an excuse. If they wanted more fans in that building, they would have. It's simple supply and demand, and the demand for AEW wasn't as strong as last year. If you want to believe that AEW willingly gave up tens of thousands of seats because Taylor Swift was performing beforehand, then you are free to believe so.
I have to say I chuckled out loud at your comment about Pharoh, but I think perhaps in years gone by that would have received serious consideration to incorporate him in somehow.
What (or who) do you see in AEW right now that you think is working point on and might have the potential to draw in new fans to the product? If the WWE is bringing new fans into wrestling, you'd have to think some percentage of them would like it enough to want to seek out other promotions to sample and some percentage of that would stay tuned in. At least that was what seemed to be happened with WWF many years ago with new viewers and many went on to watch multiple promotions.
As Cody was walking Pharo through the backstage area before the main event match, and Corey Graves was gabbing on, "Pharo is Cody's best friend! He's been through all the towns and done all the miles!", I legitimately thought for a second that Pharo would be turning during the main of Cody vs Solo, and I would end up begging for that to be the case as Cody vs Solo was a dreadful affair that reverted any goodwill built up by the previous match. Pharo leaping into the ring and dropping trou on Cody’s weight belt to distract him would’ve been a million times more entertaining than what we were offered instead during the main event of the third biggest PPV of the year.
"The missing 30k" for All In was because it was set up to be less than that because of the stage which took up more space. It wasn't fans avoiding ticket prices, it was capped lower to begin with, the taylor swift gigs were on the week before, so the stage was kept/adapted from those gigs. So that's what happened, you spent more time googling travel times than looking up information that was widely available
I disagree Tom. I'm sure the bigger set-up played a small part, and it was in my initial draft, but no promoter worth his salt is going to have a stage set-up that squeezes 30k fans from attending their show, especially for a show that did 80k the previous year. If AEW wanted all those seats filled, a bigger stage wasnt going to stop them. AEW grew cold and didn't win back fans or gain new fans in time for the next stadium show a year later, there's no other way to skirt around that.
I mean you’re disagreeing with reality here, it wasn’t really Tony’s choice. Taylor Swift’s tour was there days before and so to still be able to do the bank holiday date they had to agree with the new set up so that they were able to do their load in work in time. This stuff is all out there to confirm.
I'm disagreeing with the Swift excuse, because that's all it is. I don't buy the excuse. Tony Khan could show seating charts and attendance strategies, and I would still see it as just an excuse. If they wanted more fans in that building, they would have. It's simple supply and demand, and the demand for AEW wasn't as strong as last year. If you want to believe that AEW willingly gave up tens of thousands of seats because Taylor Swift was performing beforehand, then you are free to believe so.