Sid, and it stunk up the joint, and couldn’t even sell out the building for the first PPV in the city. (I believe those are what we call “Diesel fans”) Basically the only thing with any heat was Diesel v. Plus there were noticeable blocks of empty seats on screen. – Even more important than the limp show was the limp response, as feedback was way down compared to other PPV shows. Overall, middle of the road, thumbs in the middle. – As for In Your House #1, it wasn’t a blowaway show or a terrible show, it was an entertaining show for an hour and then went off the rails. In fact, this one won’t really tell us much anyway, and the second show in July will be more important to future trends. While Crockett used to run discount shows at Christmas time and drew big crowds, that was once a year and not monthly. (And thus you have the current situation WWE finds themselves in!) On the flip side, Wrestlemania XI was priced higher than ever and it flopped, so it’s not an exact science. – Basically, if you position a show as “something that’s OK to miss”, then fans will feel like they can miss it. (Even then, Mayweather proved that ridiculous prices can’t even stop him.) Historically, PPV is an impulse buy, so price isn’t a factor unless it’s ridiculously overpriced. The idea is to lure lapsed fans back with cheap prices, but that’s questionable. – “In Your House” was the first of their bi-monthly budget-priced PPVs, debuting on 5/14 from Syracuse. But for the moment, Dave has no idea what lessons anyone is going to take from this. In fact, most months there’s only a week or two between WWF and WCW PPV shows now, and UFC in there some months as well. – It’s a NEW DAY, YES IT IS, as the WWF introduces monthly PPVs and far less house shows.
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