WWE's Best Arenas and Cities

[Guest MillenniumMan831]

With no biasy aside, I'll say Cleveland. We did give Hardiez / E&C a standing ovation at No Mercy 1999. Plus, it housed 3 Survivior Series and got RVD's 'WWF' Popularity rolling at InVasion.

 

Although the place was dead the night after KOTR of 2002 --- The Ruthless Aggression episode.

[Guest TheHulkster]

1. Chicago- Always a great crowd, even if the show sucks

2. NYC- Even if characters aren't built right, they will make their own through their pops

3. Philidelphia- See NYC, but not as much

4. Montreal- Never a dull crowd

5. Seattle- In 2 shows in a row, they proved that they were worthy of a Wrestlemania

 

We here in Albany are underrated. We always have a solid crowd. Look at SD last Thursday. We beat Montreal as far as Hogan pops go damn it!

[Guest Justwitty]

Albany established itself forever in my mind for its reactions to the 1992 Royal Rumble. The crowd there was unbelievable and kept intense crowd heat for over 1 hour with the Royal Rumble match along with the explosive roar when Piper won the title.

 

Also, I completely forgot about Philadelphia in my earlier post. You guys are absolutely right. THAT is a great wrestling town. (as well as the person who mentioned Texas as a whole.)

[Guest Brian]

Nah, Seattle's not even close. It's high cost to fly out here and in general, it's a hard place to tour because of Oregon.

 

Why is New York not number one? It's been WWE headquarters for the last forty years.

[Zetterberg is God 0]

Having attended shows in Calgary and Montreal, I would easily say that they have some of the best crowds. Chris Jericho himself even said it when they came for a SmackDown house show in October 2002. Even though he was on Raw, he wanted to be on the card because of Calgary's crowd.

[Guest K J Brackish]

I would have to say the E-Center here in Salt Lake City, Utah. The only time wrestling comes here is to debut something......I mean c'mon! So far I've seen - 1. The Brand New Smackdown! Set debut! 2. Goldberg's Debut 3. The first ever RVD vs Jeff Hardy match!!!!

 

K.J. Brackish

[Guest Mole]

Nah, Seattle's not even close. It's high cost to fly out here and in general, it's a hard place to tour because of Oregon.

 

Why is New York not number one? It's been WWE headquarters for the last forty years.

Techinally, CT is WWE headquarters. Stamford is about a 30 minute drive to NYC with all the traffic, but CT is the TRUE home to WWE.

 

The first Smackdown was in the late New Haven Coliseum.

[Guest Jobber of the Week]

Are you calling "the first SmackDown" the TV special (which shared Raw set and everything) or the start of the actual TV show (which I think was highlighted by Road Dogg vs Chris Jericho?)

[Guest HoffmanHHH]

Can't believe it hasn't been mentioned (unless I missed it), but Minneapolis' Target Center always has a pretty hot crowd. It's a relatively smart crowd, too -- guys like Jericho and Hardy do well there. Unfortunately, Rikishi and his ilk is pretty over there as well.

 

However, I don't think any city can compare to Chicago, and specifically the Rosemont Horizon. Always a hot crowd, big numbers, and even the superstars seem to like it (check RAW magazine). I heard tonight's crowd was pretty up, but I was at a house show. Which leads me to...

 

Milwaukee. Simply the worst crowd ever. Milwaukee fans are notoriously stupid. They cheer bad workers and dumb angles (Rikishi was THE most over man tonight, moreso than Edge, Angle, or Benoit), while chanting "boring" at solid mat workers putting on technical shows (Josh from TE vs. Noble got the shit booed out of it tonight). They're all marks, and they're STUPID. Nova was on the card and my friends and I were the only ones giving the ol' E-C-Dub chant. Small crowds, dumb fans, and no fun. Avoid avoid avoid.

 

In sum, Minneapolis needs more PPVs.

[Guest webmasterofwrestlegame]

Ok, I'm a Brit, and so I may be slightly more unbiased that any American who pimps their hometown. From a TV perspective I say these are 'hot' crowds:

 

Montreal

L.A.

Chicago

Dallas

St. Louis

 

Of course, UK is very hot as it is full of kids and we don't get much of it. I would ahev said Phoenix after the time they went there a while ago on a double-header and the crowd loved it, but last time they went there the crowd were flat.

 

There are some other good crowds that are interesting more than anything else due to the wrestling educational nature of the crowd:

 

Philie

NYC

Memphis

 

Well they are my thoughts.

[Guest Aero]

I have to throw in New Jersey in there... particuarly East Rutherford. In recent years, we've been treated to some crazy stuff: Eric Bischoff's WWE debut, Shane-Angle KOTR Street Fight, the Al Wilson Funeral (via Titantron).

 

Looking back, though, I remember the Louisville, KY, crowd for Judgment Day 2000 was hot all night, especially at the end of the Iron Man match with Undertaker returning and all the other chaos. There was even a few beachballs loose in the crowd, that night.

[Guest Brian]

Yes, technically Stamford is home but the WWE for the last forty years, has used NY as it's home ever since it was working as the WWWF.

[Guest AlwaysPissedOff]

I wish they'd hit Atlanta more often because then I'd be able to go. Especially after I missed last year's Rumble due to stupid bullshit.

 

I WNATED WM 19 DOWN HERE, DAMMIT!!!!

 

::: runs over to a corner and cries :::

[Guest Ash Ketchum]

With WM3's record attendance, two bridge segments, the Zamboni Ride, and a long history of sell-outs (except the suckitude this July that was known as Vengeance), Detroit has one of the best crowds. We're not #1, but I think it's a top 5 city.

 

*throws the non-believers off a bridge after chasing them down with a zamboni*

[Mecha Mummy 0]

The problem with Seattle is that it costs a bit to get here, and WWE's actually smart to not to go WA often. By doing this whenever they do come here we're an insanely hot crowd. Or at least that's been my experience when going to WWE shows and the WM19 press conference.

[Guest TheArchiteck]

With WM3's record attendance, two bridge segments, the Zamboni Ride, and a long history of sell-outs (except the suckitude this July that was known as Vengeance), Detroit has one of the best crowds. We're not #1, but I think it's a top 5 city.

 

*throws the non-believers off a bridge after chasing them down with a zamboni*

Haha, Austin has to be on any show that passes through Detroit, he pollutes the hell outta the Detroit River.

[TheOriginalOrangeGoblin 0]

GM Place

 

 

I might be a little biased though

I'll have to say Corel Centre then.

Corel Centre is right altough we get WWE like once a year if that.

 

I'll sya Calgary for hottest city.

 

MSG is close and so are Chicago, Montreal and Toronto.

[Guest Banky]

Calgary has the hottest crowds. They are the most rabid and passionate. No doubt.