When was the last time WWE held a big PPV in a city of less than 500,000?
 

I'm talking the big ones. Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, Summer Slam, Survivor Series.

Watching the 96 Royal Rumble which was live from FRESNO! As of today, after over a decade of steady growth, Fresno, CA has broken the 500k mark when it comes to their population. Considering markets like Chicago, LA, New York City, San Diego, Miami, Philadelphia, and other major cities can make a lot more cash in markets where their base city has a population of over a million, Fresno no longer seems like a good choice for a Pay Per View.

So it's a simple question- when was the last time WWE held a major PPV in a city with a population of less than 500,000?

The last WM in New Orleans. According to Google the population of that dump is 378,715 (2013)

Really? New Orleans is that small? Wow. Didn't realize that.

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You could have wrestlemania in any big stadium....it will be filled even if its in Timbuktu.

Also last Royal Rumble was in Pittsburgh and we're around 306,000

"In your House 1" was held in Syracuse :y:

Still think they should do another major PPV in Wembley Stadium.

Whenever they went to Providence, Rhode Island cause they knew they couldn't draw flies on the shit they were providing.

Katrina.

This avatar switching is unheard of! Thought 450 was Shisen and Big Vic was owenbrown at first glance

There was once a game to switch your CP to another persons CP. It was weird.

450 should be banned!

I am sure that "dump" is better than wherever you live.

I've been to New Orleans. Before Katrina. Shisen's assessment is accurate.

settle down Jared Allen

If you assess the population of a city without considering its suburban areas, then a lot of cities do not hit that 500,000 threshold.

What did Jared Allen say? Did he say that New Orleans was a very filthy city for the most part? If he did, then he too was correct.

Wiki lists St. Louis' population as 318 something.... but an urban area of 2 million...

so I guess there's a few technicalities to consider with this idea.

and they had survivor series

They did a Backlash in Lexington, Ky in 2006 and the oopatiin at that time was around 283,000.