The "let's not take this shyt so seriously" AEW news & fukkery thread

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Dynamite 6YA is at the Hard Rock Casino. AEW doesn't do that well in SFL to begin with. The cost of two nights there plus the potential reward couldn't have looked right. The only upside for Lakeland is it will cost basically nothing, and all the crew heading back to Jacksonville is just taking a detour back up from SFLA so logistics is a wash.

Maybe they're hoping the sickos who go to NXT house shows come out?

Looks like the Lightning have a preseason game on the 2nd, but there aren't any other available arenas in the Tampa/St. Pete/Clearwater area?
 
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Comparing massive special big city attraction foreign shows to b-shows in d-towns is no sort of comparison though. :dead:

Show me what AEW would draw in a community center in Burnley the day after a big Dynamite if you want to go apples to apples here or something :russ:
TK is loaded but he tries to cut costs in ways he thinks we don't notice. Pretty sure those D list struggling FL towns are paying them to come there for the business and the venue is probably next to nothing to rent.
 

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Dynamite 6YA is at the Hard Rock Casino. AEW doesn't do that well in SFL to begin with. The cost of two nights there plus the potential reward couldn't have looked right. The only upside for Lakeland is it will cost basically nothing, and all the crew heading back to Jacksonville is just taking a detour back up from SFLA so logistics is a wash.

Maybe they're hoping the sickos who go to NXT house shows come out?

They were at Amerant Bank Arena the last time. I went to that one. Think this the second time they been in the area. Of course that arena way bigger than HRL. Actually they might have come down another time to a small venue. Yep James L Knight Center back in 2021, FTR beat Lucha Bros for tag titles on that Dynamite.

Not sure if they don't do well due to fact that they rarely come. Seems like some cities, especially Chicago, that they show up a few times a year. Easier for logistics tho when everything is connected from all sides instead of just one side which is north. Hopefully they do well this time and can come back next year. They need better attendance all over tho.


I know they been to central Florida plenty of times so let's see how that one does.
 

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Pretty sure Wrestlepalooza being on the same day as All Out is a TKO move. UFC has events on the Saturday before and after the Wrestlepalooza date.
 

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I don't think it's that interesting at all. Of course one off big shows in foreign markets are better than shows in the domestic one. Why wouldn't they be?

That's why I say it's no comparison. You're comparing specialized markets where people are treating events as potential once in a lifetime occasions versus regular ole touring stops.

No one in Australia, Manchester, or Mexico has literally ever had the opportunity to see a AEW show before, and they don't know when they will again. No one in the United States has that motivation.

And you basically explain it with the Canada situation. When they tried to do small towns in Canada it didn't work. Fewer shows in big cities do bigger numbers.
I think you are severely underselling how well they are doing overseas but alas :manny: I think the fact they can do these big shows with great results is a good sign when they continue to be cold as hell in the U.S. I wouldn't have guessed they could get that level of success without the numbers in hand, I don't think it's as simple as "do a show in a major city overseas, it will do well".

They could be doing mediocre or downright bad and that's not the case, that's interesting to me.
 
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I think you are severely underselling how well they are doing overseas but alas :manny: I think the fact they can do these big shows with great results is a good sign when they continue to be cold as hell in the U.S. I wouldn't have guessed they could get that level of success without the numbers in hand, I don't think it's as simple as "do a show in a major city overseas, it will do well".

They could be doing mediocre or downright bad and that's not the case, that's interesting to me.
In the grand scheme of things, in this world of mega corporations and micro cultures disappearing, a brand in dominant cultural export center of the US spending as much as they do to be as visible as they are - if they couldn't draw numbers on name alone for international shows there would be something seriously wrong.

Correct me if I'm wrong - didn't they have to downscale the Australia show because they weren't moving what they assumed? :hubie:

Wasn't All In a stadium show? Wasn't the second one a weaker draw than the first, and then the follow up show in that city an arena?
 
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