The STATE of WWE in 2019

Here are some really important points for morons who see these pictures and jump to conclusions:

1) this is still insanely profitable for WWE. 1500 people. Conservatively the tickets were 40 dollars each on average. Parking was 10. 50 in merch. And from my experience food is overpriced there so let’s say 100 bucks (half of what I spent last time I went). 200 bucks times 1500 is 300k profit.

2) far more than AEW would draw in similar situations

3) WWE is basically printing money at this point due to lucrative TV deals. Even if they only drew half of this, the WWE TV deals would make up the difference.

Wow just look at that card!

Why are they doing shows in a high school gym though

BASED

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C O P E

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WWE's target demographic were out in full-force.

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urgh

Good wrestling sucks.

are you fucking kidding me

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I can see why you’re angry - 2 people in love who will be intimate tonight. Exactly what AWEtists fear!

god I hate boomers

half true

1. no, it's not "insanely profitable", it's profitable to moderately profitable at best, but still profitable.

2. probably

3. WWE is not "printing money", they're anxiously comfortable in a downturn for the business. Your point about how if this show only drew half as much then WWE would somehow make more money from tv deals to cover it doesn't make logical sense. Their tv deals are set, frequently failing to draw a decent house doesn't add to their profit it definitely and obviously detracts from it and also from their image to potential future providers

I agree these kinds of posts like OPs are stupid but let's not get carried away with cope

also 2 people that lived past 30

OH NO NO NO NO NO. I feel kind of shitty laughing at old people but Jesus.

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this is actually based and adorable

>300k profit

Confirmed for not knowing what "profit" is.

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>300,000 profit

OH NO NO NO NO NO AHAHAHAHA

>revenue and profit are the same DUHHHHHBLLLPFFFFFF

>Parking
>Food & Drink
That's all the arena's money.

Since it's legit been confirmed the average WWE fan is 55+ years old, what's going to happen after they die? All the Zoomers I know cringe at wrestling and would rather be watching basketball or other bulbasaur shit. Will the Saudis and Pajeets unironically save WWE?

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Well at least they turned the TVs on. When they came to my town they shut them off and you couldn't see shit.

I bet they're a nice couple, but man are wwe fans ancient lol

reminder they spent FIFTEEN years trying to appeal to kids

Well

Profit is the money you bring in after expenses. What were their expenses here? They already own the ring and entrance setup.

thanks for putting that visual in my head grandma & grampa

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Friendly reminder about the two main eventers

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BULBA BIRDCHEST BTFO

>Cesaro jobbing to a mulatto twink homosexual
The E is legit stupid as fuck

OH NO NO NO LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE AUDITORIUM

Don't worry that's the hardcam side

There even chairs anymore ahahahhahhahahahah

Wine & Milk, future Raw tag champs

Holy shit this is literally a BINGO HALL
After mocking the indies all these years

did you think they ran house shows out of arenas all the time?

They have to rent the arena, they have to pay staff to assemble the ring, they have to pay for the wrestlers travel and hotel rooms, etc. There is a FUCK TON of overheard. I doubt they broke even.

WCW was pulling more than 1,500 per house show in their last year.

Oh no no no no no

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I cant imagine old ppl watching WWE.

You do realize they have to book the venue right?

Booking stuff like that costs a heaps.

LOLWWE

The arena rental was probably not very much. When I got married we rented a VFW for 6 hours and it was less than a 1000. The arena was maybe 5x that.

You are also incorrect on the money for setup. Those guys are paid weekly so it’s already factored into the ticket cost, not the venue fees.

How are these two still feuding?

Coping hard enough, buddy? BWAHAHAHAA

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yikes and cringepilled

>he thinks the hirer gets money from parking & concessions.
lol. a one-off hirer will only get a percentage of the ticket sales OR they have to pay up front and then get the ticket sales ONLY.

>he doesn’t know about union employees in union states

Just stop.

Anyone mind showing a picture from the show while it was rolling?
I want to know how they tried to hide or mask the crowd shortage.

>I want to know how they tried to hide or mask the crowd shortage.

they wouldn't bother for a house show

>I want to know how they tried to hide or mask the crowd shortage.

OP here. From what I found on social media, they dimmed the lights and blacked out the crowd during the matches. I'm not sure if they do this at every live event.

Well it would be fine if they weren't opposite sex. Fuck breeders ew.

AEW for life!

I never understood why people go to house shows.

She's perfect for Ricochet.

E-NCELS ETHERED

>Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
That city is small as fuck. Do you seriously think AEW would fare any better?

Why did WWE even go there?

WWE takes half the gate, all the merch, but none of the parking or concessions you fucking drone.

Holy fucking simpoli. Before you try and argue, I've negotiated with venues for events before, I know how it works.

some jannetty cities don't get tv tapings or ppv's very often, especially those outside larger states

literally their target audience today, old people with grand kids specifically

way outta ricoshits league

is this a literal bingo hall?

>Barb IRL
well goddamn

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I have so many mixed feelings about this

cute and loving matrimonypilled

lmao

I'm most upset at sad EC3 out of all that news. They massacred my boy.

Imagine being so dumb that you don't even know that you are this dumb

Dimming the crowd is pretty normal for these size venues. On TV they normally have the blue and red lighting instead of black. I thought it was weird that NJPW didn’t do it on their last show because they do it on literally every show they can as well. Dimming the crowd and lightning the ring makes the show easier to watch. Totally normal thing.

Unironically you need to have sex. Maybe then you will spend your time more wisely

YOU CANT MAKE THIS UP

Maybe EC3 is going to join the new Bullet Club with the Good Brothers and AJ?

cope and seething

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WWE dies. They haven't made new fans in decades.

lmao trumptards btfo

What really amazing that these wrestlers have no shame. They do their taunts and promos to entire section of empty seats and none of them think "wow this is kinda sad and a problem"

Literally no shame or self respect. The personality of this generation is just awful

OH NO NO NO NO

eh I'm sure their just stuck in routine, you know they're freaking afterwards

what do you expect them to do?

>200 bucks times 1500 is 300k profit.
amazing bait

and wanna call us AE-Chads a Bingo Hall fed.

Who's Logan?

OH NO NO NO NO NO NO

Change what is clearly not working. The current talent are just factory workers

It's called Dunning-Kruger effect.

This was probly earlier. I was in that section.

Yeah fuck that, also it was a double main event for the titles.
They're not losing the titles and I wasn't losing to traffic.

I wonder if it frustrates him seeing it so empty while being the "top" guy

This is why you pay your dues at the bingo halls, you get used to it.

I’m just sad the locker room didn’t make their day by posing with them in a group photo.

Sarah Logan

They were at the Prudential Center, pic says Mohegan Sun Arena.
We've been perpetuating a meme and it's making the Fed stronger.

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t. literally works for the E and doing ding-dong diddly damage control

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Last year they didn't make 300k profit on every house show combined, and were making losses on shows by the end of the year. Get a clue!

They should start booking smaller venues.Make the house shows like indy shows.

>using house show attendance figures in the age of multibillion dollar TV deals

yeah, no. go dilate, faggot.