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>Why does Honky Tonk Man tell such easily disprovable lies?
>If you're being especially generous (including events where the world title went on before the interval, and Honky wrestled in the final match), he main evented MSG 6 times. One of those was a sell-out.
>HTM "main-evented" during the peak of the wrestling boom, and sold out once. Nash main-evented during the nadir, and sold out twice. Nash wins again.
>March 1996. WWF house show in New York, NY at Madison Square Garden headlined by Diesel/Michaels vs. Bret/Undertaker, drew 17,000 (14,824 paid) paying $299,596, which was the first sellout at MSG for a non-PPV since 1989, & also set an all-time record domestic house show gate.
>May 1996. WWF house show in New York, NY at Madison Square Garden headlined by Diesel vs. Shawn Michaels, drew 18,800 (16,564 paid) paying $319,411, which was the first time in 11 years that WWF had two straight MSG sellouts, & the first indoor non-PPV house in WWF history to top $300,000.
>Here's what Meltzer wrote.
>"9/29 MSG show, 3,917 fans paid $146,437. The strange part is it comes just a few months after the WWF set consecutive gate records for non-PPV shows at MSG with legitimate overflow sellouts of the building scaled for 16,227 for pro wrestling on 3/17 (17,000 fans; 14,824 paid; $299,596; Diesel & Michaels vs. Bret Hart & Undertaker main event) and 5/19 (18,800 fans; 16,564 paid; $319,411; Diesel vs. Michaels cage match main event). The two shows were the first non-PPV events to legitimately sellout MSG since 1989."
>The best Bryan Danielson could do was 12,000 fans in 2015 in tag team with Reigns against Rollins/Kane. And even then Hogan was main draw as it was Hogan appreciation night.
>Pic of MSG card in 1995 with Diesel in main event. Will post 1996 cards next.
