WWE House Show attendance numbers 1994-2012

[Red Rain]

https://sites.google.com/site/chrisharrington/wwe_1994_2012_attendance
The Attitude Era numbers aren't surprising, but the PG era is noticeably better than the Ruthless Aggression Era

 

[Aids Johnson]

Ruthless agression was dogshit and i'm glad I missed it.

 

[Red Rain]

Ruthless agression was dogshit and i'm glad I missed it.

I actually dug it in hindsight, but I could see why it did nothing for you,

 

[The GOAT]

Ruthless agression was dogshit and i'm glad I missed it.

Kind of hard to say something is dogshit if you've never watched it. ity2:

As for these stats... as with most statistics, the raw numbers don't really tell the whole story about the overall product. In the early years of the Ruthless Aggression era, we were just coming off the end of a huge boom period and like with the New Generation Era of the mid-90's that followed Hogan's period, there was a huge drop-off in interest and it was hard to follow mega stars like Steve Austin and The Rock, especially with no new stars around. That's where Cena and Batista come in in 2005. Ironically, house show attendance supposedly started to go up just as the product started to dwindle in quality (2007-2010/11.) But house show attendance is only one piece of the puzzle.

 

[Aids Johnson]

Kind of hard to say something is dogshit if you've never watched it. ity2:

As for these stats... as with most statistics, the raw numbers don't really tell the whole story about the overall product. In the early years of the Ruthless Aggression era, we were just coming off the end of a huge boom period and like with the New Generation Era of the mid-90's that followed Hogan's period, there was a huge drop-off in interest and it was hard to follow mega stars like Steve Austin and The Rock, especially with no new stars around. That's where Cena and Batista come in in 2005. Ironically, house show attendance supposedly started to go up just as the product started to dwindle in quality (2007-2010/11.) But house show attendance is only one piece of the puzzle.

I watched it, but not religiously son. I also stopped watching Weeds after season 4 and skipped a season of Dexter....You know why? They fucking sucked and I didn't need to waste hours of my time to know it.

Do you need to catch up on Fox News daily to know they are full of shit?

 

[Red Rain]

Kind of hard to say something is dogshit if you've never watched it. ity2:

As for these stats... as with most statistics, the raw numbers don't really tell the whole story about the overall product. In the early years of the Ruthless Aggression era, we were just coming off the end of a huge boom period and like with the New Generation Era of the mid-90's that followed Hogan's period, there was a huge drop-off in interest and it was hard to follow mega stars like Steve Austin and The Rock, especially with no new stars around. That's where Cena and Batista come in in 2005. Ironically, house show attendance supposedly started to go up just as the product started to dwindle in quality (2007-2010/11.) But house show attendance is only one piece of the puzzle.

Very good analogy.
I found this and shared because its interesting to note that the Cena era may not be as dreary as some may be led to believe.
Considering Cena has largely done this by himself without a #2 firmly in place, shows the reluctance to replace him

 

[Red Rain]

I watched it, but not religiously son. I also stopped watching Weeds after season 4 and skipped a season of Dexter....You know why? They fucking sucked and I didn't need to waste hours of my time to know it.

Do you need to catch up on Fox News daily to know they are full of shit?

To be fair, you did say you 'missed it'. Those were words are indicative of not seeing it at all.
I'm not trying to be a d***, merely pointing out what Lock read in black and white.

 

[Aids Johnson]

To be fair, you did say you 'missed it'. Those were words are indicative of not seeing it at all.
I'm not trying to be a d***, merely pointing out what Lock read in black and white.

I saw wm rr and ss a few times in the 6+ years, i should have been more specific. Still, my reply counts. I don't have to see it physically to hear about it and be sour on nearly everything that is happening/has happened.

 

[Aids Johnson]

Very good analogy.
I found this and shared because its interesting to note that the Cena era may not be as dreary as some may be led to believe.
Considering Cena has largely done this by himself without a #2 firmly in place, shows the reluctance to replace him

@Tgmiveld tell him about how great Orton is.

 

[Red Rain]

@Tgmiveld tell him about how great Orton is.

 

[seabs]

Raw was pretty awful in the RA era if I remember rightly, evolution were stupidly overbooked. SD under Heyman was fantastic though, I challenge anyone to deny it.

Very good analogy.
I found this and shared because its interesting to note that the Cena era may not be as dreary as some may be led to believe.
Considering Cena has largely done this by himself without a #2 firmly in place, shows the reluctance to replace him

Yeah that really impresses me too, Cena has a pretty weak supporting cast yet they still seem to be running strong numbers overall. Could it help his drawing power though? I mean if you're the only star that should increase excitement, right?

 

[Tgmiveld]

orton would be drawing the big bucks. cena ruins the buisness.

there is a market of people who avoid wwe because of cena.

 

[seabs]

orton would be drawing the big bucks. cena ruins the buisness.

there is a market of people who avoid wwe because of cena.

There are? People complain about it on social media but never seem to go away from the product.

 

[The GOAT]

Yeah that really impresses me too, Cena has a pretty weak supporting cast yet they still seem to be running strong numbers overall. Could it help his drawing power though? I mean if you're the only star that should increase excitement, right?

I wouldn't say he had a weak supporting cast per se. Batista was mighty over and Orton was a star as well. Plus, you had veterans like HHH and the Undertaker and for a small time, the rising star of Jeff Hardy. The brand extension didn't exactly exist because they were low on talent.

Not to take credit away from Cena, but I think a lot of this has to do simply with the brand name of WWE being bigger than ever. Most people for example will watch Raw or Smackdown regardless of whether Cena is on the show or not. When Cena was out with an injury in late 2007, ratings remained steady and I think the same was true of when he was out last year as well.

 

[seabs]

I wouldn't say he had a weak supporting cast per se. Batista was mighty over and Orton was a star as well. Plus, you had veterans like HHH and the Undertaker and for a small time, the rising star of Jeff Hardy. The brand extension didn't exactly exist because they were low on talent.

Not to take credit away from Cena, but I think a lot of this has to do simply with the brand name of WWE being bigger than ever. Most people for example will watch Raw or Smackdown regardless of whether Cena is on the show or not. When Cena was out with an injury in late 2007, ratings remained steady and I think the same was true of when he was out last year as well.

Honestly Hardy was a main event star for what two years? Batista sure and Orton too, Taker has been part time for a real long time and H had been for a few years. Compare that to Austin, Rock and Hogan's undercards. They were a lot stronger.