Also, just noticed a bit of shakeup starting to occur in Europe finally after years of stagnation and slow growth by all 3 main companies. EWA hit medium size (I believe they had before as well but lost it due to poor shows soon after), and has given some exclusive written contracts to some of VWA and UEW's top stars that had been with their respective company for like a decade+. One of them even came in and won the secondary title in the main event of EWA's TV show in his first match lol So due to these signings, they should have no issue with maintaining the popularity to stay medium this time, and I really wonder how much it's gonna hurt the other two companies.
Ironically, I think it might save the 4th company in Europe, a tiny bloodsport style promotion that opened after the game started and has struggled to make money but stayed above 0 so far. Two of the guys EWA signed were also their top guys (and had the highest per show rates), and the show ratings will still be good enough without them to increase their pop bc it's still low, so they should save some money now.
They've main-evented more shows than they haven't in singles matches I'd guarantee it, and like this one, they almost always score decently less than other matches on the card. Shit has to be the most poorly run company I've ever seen in my life, it won't even last two years.
