>‘‘Another problem that they have is that every time they go back to a market, in more cases than not, the attendance goes down. There’s always exceptions to every rule, but in more cases than not they go down. And it’s like, okay, when you’re at 4,000 and you’re going down, not so great. When you’re at 2,800 and you’re going down in a major city, where are you headed?”Dave admits excitement for AEW is gone
>“Even if you’re the greatest promoter in the world, people are gonna buy more or less based on the product and the excitement of the product. WCW had Zane Bressloff in 2000 and they couldn’t sell tickets because nobody wanted to buy tickets to the product, and with AEW, the number of people who wanna buy tickets to the product is… they’ll buy the pay-per-views, they’ll watch Wednesday night TV, but they’re not going in any great numbers to the shows.”https://www.f4wonline.com/podcasts/wrestling-observer-radio/wrestling-observer-radio-kevin-patrick-what-aew-could-learn-from-wwe-and-vice-versa-raw-report-morehttps://www.ringsidenews.com/2024/01/23/concern-over-aew-reaching-wcw-2000-levels-of-live-show-attendance/KWAB