WWE's Best Arenas and Cities

[Guest Choken One]

I was wondering as I read about Worchester getting Backlash, What Venues or Cities have historically been WWE's best places. Obviously, Madison Square Garden would easily rank Number one.

 

Also, What are The Worst Venues and Cities? And what places get TOO many visits? Obvisouly, I'd say Nassau gets FAR to much WWE.

[Guest LatinoHeat]

L.A is in the top 5 for best.

[Guest bob_barron]

As a New Yorker I must pimp MSG.

 

Montreal also seems to be a hot crowd

[Guest treble charged]

Although I guess Toronto has been a good place for them historically, I think they go there too often (even though I'll be going to Raw at the ACC in February). Most places in Canada usually have hot crowds, too, but some places aren't visited enough (*cough* Ottawa *cough*).

 

Long Island gets a lot of visits too, and I think they might have over-exposed that market.

[Guest UndertakerHart]

Anaheim because we had Wrestlemania 12 and 16 (2000). We also had the Royal Rumble '98 where the Rock destroyed Mankind.

[Guest bob_barron]

TC- Why would WWE want to play such a horrible city like Ottawa? I mean there's a REASON they play TO so often

[Guest Lord of The Curry]

Canada gets neglected so we've always got hot crowds. I attended a Raw taping at the Air Canada Centre in September of 2001 and Albert vs Mike Awesome was the dark match. I then heard it. The chant you never thought would make it's presence felt.

 

" Let's go Albert" *Clap clap clap clap clap*

 

We also chanted "Go Leafs Go" during the Undertaker vs Test match.

[Guest bps "The Truth" 21]

Hmm...

 

Buffalo sucks because we refuse to recognize heels. We usually just sit there quietly when the heel is in control...or we start chanting for RVD who is easily the most popular guy who passes through here.

[Kurt Angle Mark 0]

L.A is in the top 5 for best.

Since I'm from L.A. I must agree. I hate it that people thing we suck because of the crowds in Anaheim. If you live in this area you know there is a big difference between us and the people of Orange County.

 

Orlando is also a great city. It is usually the only hot crowd in Florida.

 

Chicago is awesome as well.

[Guest Justwitty]

I live in Western Washington state which rarely gets WWE events. (about once or twice a year...although I will gladly take Wrestlemania in exchange for the rare visits.) I would place Seattle in the Top 10 as far as crowd heat goes but my top 5 based on watching on TV would go:

 

1) NYC, Madison Square Garden. Without a doubt.

2) Montreal. Always a hot crowd.

3) Chicago. I love their fanbase. Very rabid, very passionate.

4) Boston. There is a reason they travel there so much.

5) I'm not sure on #5 so I will take the word of those saying Los Angeles and put them at number 5.

 

Worst cities? I'm not sure...any city can be hot given the right crowd.

[Guest mw679]

I always thought the Texas crowds are great, SA, Dallas, Houston. Was it in Dallas where the 10 man tag happened? HHH and the Radicals vs. Cactus, Rock and Too Cool? That crowd was hotter than hell. Of course, the crowds here in Boston and Worcester have pretty much been good for WWF/E shows. *Still loving the standing O for Benoit at the Fleetcenter*

[Guest Eagan469]

Hmm...

 

Buffalo sucks because we refuse to recognize heels. We usually just sit there quietly when the heel is in control...or we start chanting for RVD who is easily the most popular guy who passes through here.

Did you go to Fully Loaded 99 here BPS? INSANE crowd.

 

I think Buffalo's crowds have been dead in recent years because ECW spoiled us by coming here like bi-monthly between 1997-1999. Now we need highspots to get us "into it".

[Guest The Old Me]

I guess this is where I pimp the FU Center in Philly, surely to be a jaded crowd.

[Guest BorneAgain]

Indianapolis, Indiana. We always have hot crowds. Probably due to the fact that the WWE ignored us from January 98 to July 99 and didn't hold one show there. At the last Smackdown they had here, Not a single person was sitting down during the UnAmericans-Hogan/Rock match.

[Guest AlwaysPissedOff]

Meh... the WWE rarely comes through down here(I live on the Tri-State border of AL/GA/FL) and even when they do, we get such shit events like Armageddon last month.

[Guest The Mighty Damaramu]

Well OKC is always hot IMO. I mean we pop for everything. The only problem is that we used to pop so much b/c we barely ever got WWE. But now they come twice a year.....I hope our enthusiasm doesn't die down.

[Guest bps "The Truth" 21]

The only WWE event I've been to in Buffalo was a house show before Austin left. I think you're right about the ECW thing.

[Guest LatinoHeat]

Anaheim because we had Wrestlemania 12 and 16 (2000). We also had the Royal Rumble '98 where the Rock destroyed Mankind.

 

Royal Rumble '98 was held in San Jose. Not Anaheim. I remember because I attended the show.

 

It was RR '99 where Rock destroyed Mankind.

[Guest ArchoanJB]

I agree Indiana has some of the best crowds. We are always hot and a good crowd. I can't wait to go to my first WWE show in Feb. for a SD! Taping....Too bad Ticketmaster/WWE screwed me in tickets.

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

Anaheim is crap.

 

My top 5.

 

1) Calgary

2) Philadelphia

3) MSG

4) Chicago

5) Montreal

[Guest CanadianChick]

GM Place

 

 

I might be a little biased though

[Guest Brian]

Seattle has great heat, but it's not one of the WWE's top cities. New York, with MSG will always be number one since that is quite literally where the WWE headquartered itself for the last forty years. Montreal, or maybe even Calgary, is probably number two as the WWE has always had a strong draw there, especially since they owned Canada during the losing end of ratings war. I think Chicago is their New York of the Mid-west as that is where they started to go into when they headed for the mid-West as they always have hot crowds and generally good attendance. After that, you just can generally move from the East to the West and find how the WWE looks at things in terms of touring and such.

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

GM Place

 

 

I might be a little biased though

I'll have to say Corel Centre then.

[Guest ISportsFan]

Allstate Arena (former Rosemont Horizon) in Rosemont (suburban Chicago), MSG in New York, Calgary, Dallas, Edmonton are my favorites.

 

Jason

[Guest HartFan86]

Boston, MA. Been a huge market for WWE for years, great crowds and great events take place there. Definately in the top 5.

[Guest Ravenbomb]

they almost always have a good show in St. Louis

[Guest pappajacks]

When I think about wrestling (especially the WWE), I think about 3 cities:

 

Philadelphia

Boston

Montreal

[Guest Big McLargeHuge]

MSG is usually awesome. Nassau Coliseum usually isn't. The only case I can remember them not sitting on their hands was SummerSlam 2k2. Didn't a Smackdown taping take place at Nassau and the crowd was so dead that Heyman had to actually berate them for not doing anything? Could've been somewhere else.

 

Don't really know how we (the San Francisco Bay Area) are. I almost always go to live shows here. We get about 2 visits a year from the WWE, I'd imagine we're a hot crowd.

[Guest cartman]

You can also include Providence, and Worcester as Boston area hot spots as well.

[Guest Mole]

I thought SummerSlam 2k2 was pretty hot, wasn't it? I know that Nassau usually sucks, but I was happy that it wasn't that bad for SummerSlam, for LI atleast.

 

In Connecticut, we usually get events all the time. It makes sense since WWE's offices is in CT. Everytime it's in CT, I'm there. It always seems hot when your there, so is it?

 

When I saw that Raw was in Chicago tonight, I was really happy because I knew the crowd would be REALLY hot.

 

MSG, Chicago, Philly, anywhere in Canada, Boston, and LA all seem to be great crowds.