Thing is they attract fans but also kill early sales with their ticket policies.
I had a friend that paid think $135+ for 100 level seats in the end of the stadium when tickets first went on sale .
Then last week I was able to get row 4 seats 1 and 2 right on the entrance walk way for $105 with ticketmaster fees. (Which was pretty sweet and might ruin all other seats for wrestling for me)
Neither of us are now likely to ever buy tickets prior to the week before for an AEW event again.
Yep that's what made me jump on it actually, the fact they dropped tickets to 35 dollars for floor. Doesn't seem worth it to buy early unless you're going for the opposite hard cam seats.
Wrestling has never been an issue for the Saddle Dome, and even most concerts are fine.
The only concerts that were an issue were ones that relied on center stage setups because the low saddledome roof in the middle couldn't support the weight or space required for those structures.
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I've been watching a ton of old Stampede wrestling matches on Youtube, especially matches involving the Dynamite Kid who was simply and I think on my mount rushmore one of the top wrestlers and innovators of his day, and just the perfect heel.
I also found I think it was a All Japan match with Dynamite Kid and Johnny Smith taking on Dean and Joe Malenko and its one of the best tag matches that I've ever seen.
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The Videos for Bo Dallas and Rowan for the Wyatt Sicks have been good...especially the Rowan one last night where it's easy to have a real reaction to how Rowan must feel.
But they need to get the masks off these guys as an outcome from this.
The work last night was good...then they all come out in their masks and it kind of loses it a bit. It's okay for the shock stuff, but good that they are planting the seeds that the masks will come off for the actual matches.
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The Videos for Bo Dallas and Rowan for the Wyatt Sicks have been good...especially the Rowan one last night where it's easy to have a real reaction to how Rowan must feel.
But they need to get the masks off these guys as an outcome from this.
The work last night was good...then they all come out in their masks and it kind of loses it a bit. It's okay for the shock stuff, but good that they are planting the seeds that the masks will come off for the actual matches.
The whole spooky takeover stuff is what loses me. Like Knocking out security guards and "killing" gable.
***** match. Absolutely incredible stuff. Both are immensely talented, and I think MJF's in-ring work is underrated. MJF is top three in the world right now. One small gripe is that I wish they'd fine tune them leaving the ring for 2-3 minutes without reason. That seems to happen in all of their big matches, that the ref doesn't count them out.
It was insane to give that match away for free with only one week of build up. That should have closed (or opened) All Out. I know they're trying to boost the rating for Dynamite. Maybe it'll work this week? Otherwise that's the match everyone wanted to see, and would have paid for it.
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One small gripe is that I wish they'd fine tune them leaving the ring for 2-3 minutes without reason. That seems to happen in all of their big matches, that the ref doesn't count them out.
It's kind of an AEW trope. I don't have a problem when they're consistent with it, even if it rubs the traditionalist in me the wrong way. Taz even kept saying on commentary that they give them more leeway in title matches. My issue is when they allow it for one title match, and then switch back to the more "classic" officiating for a different title match the following week or sometimes even on the same card.
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It was insane to give that match away for free with only one week of build up. That should have closed (or opened) All Out. I know they're trying to boost the rating for Dynamite. Maybe it'll work this week? Otherwise that's the match everyone wanted to see, and would have paid for it.
This has been one of my gripes with AEW since day 1. They consistently give away their biggest matches on free TV. I do think with this one that they're hoping they can get some more exposure via word of mouth and social media and maybe reel back in some lapsed fans by allowing them to watch it for free.
EDIT: Just wanted to add that it's the little things that MJF does that makes him the best in the world, IMO. Everything he does in the ring makes sense from strategy/psychology perspective (e.g. looking at the big screen so that he could duck out of the way of the second Hidden Blade at the last second).
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Fantastic Dynamite, yet again. The Ospreay/MJF match was dope. My only critique is they should have spent more time on the Swerve/Danielson buildup for All In.
