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[Queen of Hunting]

The low viewership numbers for Raw and Smackdown are not the only problem for WWE. The attendance at shows is dropping. Fans at the Smackdown taping on Tuesday noted that the entire upper arena was tarped off and half of the upper deck was tarped off at the 10/6 tapings in Philadelphia. They drew just 3,000 fans for the show this week.

The Wrestling Observer notes that the 10/26 Raw in San Diego has sold 6,000 tickets. The arena is set up for 8,500 fans. That is the post-Hell in a Cell edition of Raw. They did draw 10,000 fans in Chicago for Raw this week but they were a few thousand fans short of a sell out even though they announced that they sold out the arena. Chicago is a hot wrestling town but they didn’t seem as hot as in the past. Keep in mind that they usually sell out Raw when they are in Chicago. It’s hard to use the Chicago Cubs as an excuse because they usually sell out months in advance.

sheesh

 

[reptilescorpio]

sheesh

How are PPV attendance numbers doing?

 

[DMczaf]

sheesh

 

[slightconfuse]

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Vader: indy icon

 

[avengers23]

sheesh

Since I can't find the old Vince "my fucking ratings" gif:

 

[avengers23]

LOL wrestler named Earl Cooter.

 

[Bluekaveli]

sheesh

No one wants to see the same shit every week. There's no variety. No substance. No excitement. No huge star power. NOTHING!


But it's still my dream to work for them.

 

[Data West]

God I have such high hopes for kamaitachi when he returns to NJPW. He's already miles ahead of Namagajue

That's nice and all but

Enjoy your opening tags with old men. At least CMLL is already prepping him for that by putting him in tags with Casas in the opening.

 

[somedevil]

Evolve with the hilarious troll:

Spoiler

Ethan Page coming out to Trips' theme while dressed like The Rock when he worked against Mankind at Royal Rumble 99.

Plus saving Zayn till after the show is done.

 

[Vylash]

Joke would have worked (not really) if you said Cameron because Cameron's been sent to NXT to do house shows.

...cameron is still there?

 

[sf2fanatic]

Shaun Ricker He once defeated Strong too in a FSW match. Damn

 

[Reneledarker]

Zack Sabre Jr and Roderick Strong?

Definitely.

Their work has been stellar for awhile now and they are putting on consistent strong performances with folks from around the globe of all styles. Also I'd be shocked if Tommy End doesn't get earmarked by WWE to be a guy to grab and to push. He suits what they're trying to push lately with his striker style. Don't know if he can work without being too stiff for them though.

Their match in Evolve was better in my opinion, the finish was magical.

 

[Foffy]

Top 40 wrestlers in the world based on the number of 4 star rated matches they've had in 2015 (according to Meltzer and other prominent reviewers);

HONMA is on that list? I thought he just eats pins.

 

[Data West]

HONMA is on that list? I thought he just eats pins.

The Young Bucks are the 4th and 5th best wrestlers on that list.

Obviously you should take it with a grain of salt. And remember that Meltz is a mark for multiman tags and always has been

 

[Data West]

Konnan always had a big mouth and never shied away from confrontation. When the veterans complained that he didn't deserve his spot, he was right there to throw gas on the fire. He especially hated El Cannek, UWA's biggest star, who was his biggest critic. When Yokozuna was touring through as The Great Kokina, Cannek was supposed to be the first to slam him like he did Andre and Abdullah the Butcher. In a throwaway match, Konan ducked a clothesline, turned Kokina around and slammed him just to piss Cannek off.

 

[avengers23]

Shaun Ricker He once defeated Strong too in a FSW match. Damn

What happened to Ricker?

 

[somedevil]

What happened to Ricker?

Stuck in the void

 

[sf2fanatic]

What happened to Ricker?

He's know as Eli Drake on TNA


E: Beaten.

 

[avengers23]

Stuck in the void

He's know as Eli Drake on TNA

Well, it's always someone's turn in the barrel. At least he might be on that India tour.

 

[sf2fanatic]

Well, it's always someone's turn in the barrel. At least he might be on that India tour.

He did a reality show, and truthfully he's gone downhill since. He's a great heel character

 

[Heroman]

Top 40 wrestlers in the world based on the number of 4 star rated matches they've had in 2015 (according to Meltzer and other prominent reviewers);

Who would have thought that cena would be the wrestler in wwe in 2015.

 

[slightconfuse]

OMGGGGGG!!!!!!!
SEKIMOTO AND SABRE JR IN THE SAME RING!!!!!

 

[sf2fanatic]

Serp, they moved CWFH to 4pm Saturday afternoon. I caught the last match today

 

[avengers23]

Thatcher will face Trevor Lee, and Gargano is declaring himself a challenger. Gulak might still try to challenge, but I most want to see Thatcher and Hero fight for the Evolve title.

 

[slightconfuse]

I most want to see Thatcher and Hero fight for the Evolve title.

Wait for the next takeover Special!

 

[slightconfuse]

Bryan needs to loose his hair to Atlantis already.

 

[Data West]

Ready to see this guy on my tv again

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Ready to see this guy on my tv again

 

[avengers23]

Ready to see this guy on my tv again

 

[JavyOO7]

For instance, this weekend's Evolve show, though whatever Sami Zayn does will not appear on the iPPV:

Evolve 49, Saturday, 10/17/15, 7 pm (iPPV)

I Quit match, if Gargano loses, he leaves town: Johnny Gargano vs. Ethan page
Timothy Thatcher & TJ Perkins vs. Trent Baretta & Rocky Romero
#1 contender's match: Drew Gulak vs. Trevor Lee
Anthony Nese w/So Cal Val vs. Andrew Everett vs. Matt Cage vs. Peter Kassa
Tracy Williams vs. Willie Mack
Matt Riddle vs. Jonathan Gresham

Evolve 50, Sunday, 10/18/15, 8 pm (iPPV)

Evolve Championship match: Timothy Thatcher (c) vs. Drew Gulak vs. Trevor Lee winner
Roppongi Vice (Trent Baretta & Rocky Romero) vs. The Premiere Athlete Brand (Anthony Nese & Caleb Konley) w/So Cal Val
Willie Mack vs. Gulak vs. Lee loser
TJ Perkins vs. Tracy Williams
Matt Riddle vs. Chris Dickinson
Andrew Everett vs. Peter Kassa
Ethan Page vs. Matt Cage

Or this past weekend's Chikara show, Colony Collapse:
Chuck Taylor, Drew Gulak, and Swamp Monster vs. Kimber Lee and Los Ice Creams
Kevin Condron vs. Argus
Blaster McMassive and Flex Rumblecrunch vs. Dasher Hatfield and Icarus
Mandrews vs. Juan Francisco De Coranado
Jakob Hammermeier and Soldier Ant vs. Fire Ant and Worker Ant
Shynron vs. Mr. Touchdown
Frightmare, Hallowicked, and Blind Rage vs. Oleg the Usurper and The Batiri
Ophidian vs. Mr. Azerbaijan

Or CZW's show this past weekend, Tangled Web 8.

Neiko Sozio vs. Pepper Parks
AR Fox vs. Joe Gacy
CZW World Tag Team Championship match: Team Tremendous (Dan Barry & Bill Carry) vs. The Beaver Boys (John Silver & Alex Reynolds)
CZW Wired Championship: Tim Donst (c) vs. Joey Janela
Greg Excellent vs. Dick Justice
Rory Gulak vs. Masada
J.T. Dunn vs. David Starr
CZW World Championship match: Matt Tremont (c) vs. BLK JEEZ
Tangle Web match: The Nation of Intoxication (Danny Havoc, Devon Moore, Lucky tHURTeen & Conor Claxton) vs. Ohio Is 4 Killers (Jake Crist, Dave Crist, Alex Colon, Eric Ryan)

Oh man, I missed the Evolve show. How can I watch that? Any replays?

 

[Ninja Scooter]

What ever happened to Sami Zayn? Is he still alive?

 

[Roland_Gunner]

Oh man, I missed the Evolve show. How can I watch that? Any replays?

Evolve posts replays on their site but sometimes it takes time. Wouldn't be surprised if tonight's show isn't up until after tomorrow's is over.

 

[Jimmy King]

Random: Punk/Taker at 29 was great, fun. Great fun.

Spoiler

No selling can be fun.

 

[Data West]

indiewrestling.gif

 

[BronsonLee]

It's still hilarious to me that Catrina's entire gimmick is Chick With Aggro Crag

 

[Fox318]

What ever happened to Sami Zayn? Is he still alive?

He was at an evolve show tonight.

 

[sf2fanatic]

Question gaf, Is TNA roster bigger than WWE?

 

[BronsonLee]

He was at an evolve show tonight.

A Fate Worse Than Death!

 

[slightconfuse]

remember real ass stone cold in the expendables

 

[Zach]

King of Kong was so good.

 

[scabro]

https://twitter.com/ZProphet_MMA/status/655558776733437952

bah gawd

 

[Paracelsus]

https://twitter.com/ZProphet_MMA/status/655558776733437952

bah gawd

Both turned their bodies, looks closer to a swinging neckbreaker, or this awfully sold RKO which looks a lot like a zig zag.

 

[Data West]

The opening theme to Halloween Havoc 1989 is a certified spooky jam

 

[Jimmy King]

I really dig Starrcade 2000's art

 

[sf2fanatic]

Both turned their bodies, looks closer to a swinging neckbreaker, or this awfully sold RKO which looks a lot like a zig zag.

Orton need to go back to that hair style. Also I agree. F Taker on that RKO.

 

[Bluekaveli]

Random: Punk/Taker at 29 was great, fun. Great fun.

Spoiler

No selling can be fun.

Good times

 

[Data West]

Bruno's ears in high quality video

no thanks

and I can't finish a single Samoan Swat Team/Headshrinkers match

without making me go 'fuck the usos' by comparison

 

[Jimmy King]

I say "fuck the usos" regularly apropos of nothing

 

[Data West]

JR saying 'Michael Hayes has a fe fans in the crowd as well' during Halloween Havoc 1989 is pretty funny too. Because everyone is booing the babyface team. Because no one is going to cheer for the fucking Dynamic Dudes

Fucking Johnny Ace and Shane Douglas


Philly explodes when Hayes hits Ace in the face. It's surreal.