WWE News: Gates, Tough Enough, Jericho, More

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WWE News: Gates, Tough Enough, Jericho, More

Posted By Ashish on 02.23.04

 

Good sign for WWE....

 

- The 2/20 RAW house show in Evansville, IN drew 4000 paying fans for a $130,000 gate. The 2/21 show in Springfield drew 4800 paying fans for a gate of $155,000. The 2/22 show in Valparaiso, IN drew 2000 paying fans for a gate of $70,000. The 2/22 Smackdown house show in Springfield drew 2400 paying fans for a gate of $80,000.

 

- WWE management is high on former Tough Enough guys John Hennigan and Matt Cappotelli, as well as Horshu. They have all been working recent house shows.

 

- WWE management felt that Chris Jericho was doing too much in his match against Kane at the Saturday house show since he is supposed to be selling an injury. Jericho corrected the error on Sunday's show.

 

- Chris Jericho & Fozzy will be performing live tonight following RAW.

 

Credit: PWInsider.com

 

Credit: WrestlingObserver.com

 

 

Future Sales For Live WWE Events Improving

 

Good sign for WWE....

 

Reports indicate that future sales for live events at current WWE house shows has shown improvement. This seems to indicate that fans like what they are seeing.

 

Credit: WrestlingObserver.com

 

 

WWE Putting More Focus On Training Morgan

 

Youngster not coming along as quickly as hoped...

 

Tom Prichard will be spending more personal time training Matt Morgan. Morgan is very well liked backstage but some feel he is not picking things up as quickly as possible. WWE did opt to bring him up from OVW very early.

 

Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

[Papacita 0]

John Hennigan

He was on TE?

[Red Baron 0]

John Hennigan

He was on TE?

I didn't know they still make them

[Guest Askewniverse]

John Hennigan

He was on TE?

Yes. He was the "spinaroonie dude" who could also do a standing SSP. Hennigan co-won Tough Enough III.

[EricMM 0]

WWE Logic = Have Chris Jericho work a boring match to get Kane over.

 

You can't tell me spots don't pop the crowd. People don't come JUST for the psych.

[Youth N Asia 0]

The hell's the problem, Jericho? Trying to give the fans their money's worth by working a good match? For shame.

[Guest Anglesault]

Matt Morgan always struck me as a nice guy who definately wanted to not suck.

[Guest Choken One]

Speaking of which...did they EVER acknowledge him a TE Contestant?

[Youth N Asia 0]

Speaking of which...did they EVER acknowledge him a TE Contestant?

Nope...might have been harder to pass off as a monster.

[Guest Choken One]

I never did like how they never explained how Paul Heyman even FOUND Matt Morgan.

 

Nathan Jones made sense, as he was there a few months ago and was a "famous prison immate"...Brock was the 2 Time NCAA Champion...

 

Morgan? Just a HUGE monster that apprently Heyman discovered on his own...

[Guest TheZsaszHorsemen]

Matt Morgan always struck me as a nice guy who definately wanted to not suck.

Agreed.

 

Plus, he's still just green, and he doesn't seem to be Nathan Jones level- awful even now.

[Guest BDC]

As long as the kid WANTS to improve, more power to him.