Would it be better for business

[Guest MrRant]

I mean keep the wrestler's split on TV and on the card (ie RAW vs RAW, Smackdown vs. Smackdown) but go back to being combined. It seems to me that they would make more money running 3 house shows a week with full star power and a full house instead of 4 to half crowds because of the expenses involved for the company and wrestlers to run more than that?

 

Discuss.

[Guest IB2BLACK]

I think split house shows allows for every wrestler to perform, from rookies, mid-card, and ME's. If all 60 or so wrestlers perfomed just one set of shows, everyone wouldn't get a chance to wrestle.

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

If you have combined house shows then you might as well kill the brand split, cause it doesnt make sense to have them not wrestling together on TV but together at house shows. Sure, it would probably be good for business, but sense wise its lame.

[Guest DJ Jeff]

That wouldn't make much sense to have RAW and Smackdown superstars wrestle at house shows and not on TV. Having just RAW brand house shows and Smackdown brand house shows seperate gives the split more meaning.

[Guest RavishingRickRudo]

It would probably be better to work smaller venues - like 5000 seat arenas. Psychologically, a full small house is much better than a half empty 10 000 seat arena. Fans will feel like they are on a sinking ship when the upperdeck is covered and they probably won't go to the next show. Plus, the smaller venues allow for a better atmosphere - I found sitting in the 5 000 seat arena to have equal -if not more- energy than the 68 000 sky dome - of course that was an ecw show - but hey.

[Guest Brian]

I think the wrestlers prefer working in smaller house shows rather than larger arenas just because they can be more personable with thev fans and mess around a bit more.

 

The split shows generate good revenue, and allow alot of wrestler to perform and earn their money.

[Guest DJ Jeff]

Since we're talking about attendance and whatnot, when I went to the house show in Red Deer on May 26th of this year, it was held at the Centrium, an arena which only seats 6,000. Anyways, there was only 4,500 in attendance, and the atmosphere was equal to that of the Skydome crowd of 68,000, even though I wasn't at the Skydome to compare. Anyways, a house show at a smaller arena has, in my opinion, a better atmosphere than a televised show or a PPV at a bigger arena.

[Guest bradaolson]

I think the attendance problem won't go away either way. I am sure there is a large percentage of people who will only go to televised events. I am one of those people. It takes away from the excitement knowing that nothing important will happen since there are no cameras. Like the old saying goes, if it ain't on camera, it didn't happen.