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**The CyNick** · 10-17-2004, 01:33 PM

Nah, I got it off wwe.com. Meltz probably wont have it till next week.

I'm not shocked at the number, because really its not 'that' much worse than what they've been doing, but it is a clear drop form their average since Mania.

Like I said before with the attendance, all the PPVs have been doing less than stellar business attendance wise. I belive the only shows that have sold out for PPVs since Mania, were Judgment Day in LA, and Summerslam in Toronto. All the other shows have fallen short. But I dont think its just a SD problem. Orton-HHH in Portland (a city that hasn't seen a WWE PPV in....forever) did a really bad number, so did the show in Hatford, I think both were even less than No Mercy, which I believe was about 10,000. Considering the venues, I would have thought Portland would sell out in a minute, but it didn't even come close.

I think its just that people in general dont see anything different from the TVs to the PPVs. PPV matches get repeated on TV, often a week or two after the show, and the matches on TV are just as good, if not better than the ones on PPV.

Thats why I think they need to go back to the formula of shorter TV matches, and keep the long stuff for live events and PPV. At least that way you feel like you're seeing something different when you plunk down money for a show.

I'll be just interested to see if there is a knee jerk reaction on Vince's part. Hogan has been circling the bee hive for a while now, maybe he'll be dusted off. Or maybe Foley, or Austin, who knows.

10-17-2004, 01:33 PM	#3
The CyNick Make the IWC Great Again Posts: 8,922	Nah, I got it off wwe.com. Meltz probably wont have it till next week. I'm not shocked at the number, because really its not 'that' much worse than what they've been doing, but it is a clear drop form their average since Mania. Like I said before with the attendance, all the PPVs have been doing less than stellar business attendance wise. I belive the only shows that have sold out for PPVs since Mania, were Judgment Day in LA, and Summerslam in Toronto. All the other shows have fallen short. But I dont think its just a SD problem. Orton-HHH in Portland (a city that hasn't seen a WWE PPV in....forever) did a really bad number, so did the show in Hatford, I think both were even less than No Mercy, which I believe was about 10,000. Considering the venues, I would have thought Portland would sell out in a minute, but it didn't even come close. I think its just that people in general dont see anything different from the TVs to the PPVs. PPV matches get repeated on TV, often a week or two after the show, and the matches on TV are just as good, if not better than the ones on PPV. Thats why I think they need to go back to the formula of shorter TV matches, and keep the long stuff for live events and PPV. At least that way you feel like you're seeing something different when you plunk down money for a show. I'll be just interested to see if there is a knee jerk reaction on Vince's part. Hogan has been circling the bee hive for a while now, maybe he'll be dusted off. Or maybe Foley, or Austin, who knows.