Do they have a TV contract coming up there?
We normally have a winter tour of 3 to 6 cities during August, but have only had 2 TV tapping’s. First being the 2002 Global Warning event at the 56,000 seater Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, the second being a 2016 NXT event at the 8,000 seater MCA in Melbourne.
As far I know nether the Pay-TV or the Free-To-Air TV contract are due. But given the partnership with the Nine Network to air 1-Hour editions of Raw & SmackDown was only announced last year they may be pushing for a better timeslot then their current one of 11:00pm Thursday & Friday nights on “GO!” (Part of the Nine Network).
With the 100,024 capacity having 22,000 reserved for the MCC Members who are generally more of a upper class sort of crowd, I’m unsure about how full the Members Stand will be.
That NXT show was a banger. Shin & Joe in a cage if I remember correctly?
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“NXT 371” yeah, taped December 2016, the one where the cage didn’t lower for like 5 minuets, a really good night out. I remember some things that didn’t make it onto TV was us chanting at the drifter “You Are A W*****”, “Shut The F*** Up”, and then cheering when he said “I’m leaving here tomorrow and I’m never coming back”. Also a crazy match between “Oney Lorcan vs. Velveteen Dream” where most of the crowd was just chanting for the sake of chanting, then Dream took off his bandanna and whipped Lorcan which got chants of “You Sick F***” to which he looked surprised. IIconnic were in separate matches but both got booed when being announced from Sydney which lead to an Anit-Sydney soccer chant of “F*** off Sydney”. Buddy teamed with Tye and got chants of “Aussie Aussie Aussie! 10 10 10!”, TM61 vs DIY in one of the best matches I’ve seen live! Of the 21 Wrestlers we seen that night 14 have been called up to the Main roster & the 7 remaining wrestlers been on NXT TV since.
What can I say, Aussies, Alcohol, & Wrestling, were a strange bunch.
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I don’t want to play Debbie Downer but Taker/Triple H in 2018 is not exciting at all.
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HHH vs Undertaker. The re-match literally no one was asking for. Legends “never die” because they won’t go away.
Good for the Aussies though. Will be interesting to see if they have a solid build for this, or if it’s just a glorified house show in a stadium like the GRR was.
Expect it to be like the level of Taker-Cena, more just fans going “Oh kool we got to see Taker live” but honestly I’d rather he’d just retired and not keep coming back.
Yes it’s basically a glorified taped house show like GRR, but with women.
I have no problem with them airing a glorified house show - streaming select “major” house shows on the Network is exactly one of the things we all said they should be doing back when it launched in 2014.
As for Triple H/Undertaker, it is what it is. WWE wants to sellout a 100,000 seat stadium and those of us who won’t be attending (and subscribe to the Network) get to watch it at our convenience for no additional charge. Cry me a river.
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I didn’t watch any if the videos, so I don’t know if it was addressed in that, but I didn’t read anywhere that this show was going to he avaliable on the network.
I think I read somewhere that there is a poster that is promoting it for the network.
I’ve seen that poster too but, now that you mention it, I don’t remember the source.
I never once said I had a problem with a gloried house show on the WWE Network. I’m curious if it’ll be an event heavily built on TV with matches that matter or if it won’t be.
As for HHH vs Taker. It’s been done to death, it probably won’t be any good, and I’d rather see a fresh match up with a guy that might actually get something out of it. Heaven forbid I want entertainment out of World Wrestling Entertainment.
Are you from Australia and going to the show? Because if not, what’s the problem? It’s not canon, it doesn’t influence the weekly episodic portion and you can skip it.
I skipped the GRR and wouldn’t have never seen it, if not for the Titus gifs.
I’m expressing my displeasure for a choice the WWE made on a wrestling message board. What’s the problem?
Super Show Down sounds like a Silver Vision/Coliseum Compilation release in the 80’s and early 90’s
Awful name, but that’s standard WWE these days. Almost expected it to be ‘Super Show DownUnder’ or something like that. As an Australian, this does not excite me at all. I know a lot of people will be flying to Melbourne from interstate for this, but they’re going to have to do a lot of promotion and put on some big matches to be able to get anywhere near the 100,000 seat capacity. That’s how much they draw for the Australia Football League Grand Final and that’s the biggest sporting event of the year here.
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WWE SSD @ MCG prices are way to high!
- Reserved Seating - AU$39.80
- Reserved Seating - AU$91.80
- Reserved Seating - AU$132.55
- Reserved Seating - AU$198.80
- Reserved Seating - AU$229.40
- Reserved Seating - AU$305.85
- Reserved Seating - AU$458.80
- Reserved Seating - AU$968.55
- Ringside - AU$1,427.30
- Package Offer 6 - AU$535.25
- Package Offer 5 - AU$764.65
- Package Offer 4 - AU$1,274.40
- Package Offer 3 - AU$1,784.15
- Package Offer 2 - AU$2,701.70
- Package Offer 1 - AU$3,568.25
- "Ticket prices include GST and booking fee. Transaction fees may apply"
It’s an attraction, let it be that
Meltzer has said the stadium will be set up for around 70,000.
Judging by the seating layout that looks about right.
Odds are WWE will announce that their attendance will be higher then the 1970 VFL Grand Final (121,696).
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