>>10742308erm ok? but why?
3/19/1995 house show in New York, NY at Madison Square Garden headlined by WWF World Champion Diesel & Razor Razor vs. Shawn Michaels & Jeff Jarrett, drew 15,000 (12,000 paid) paying $248,000, which was the best MSG house show gate in over 3 years.
>“MSG is where Diesel won the WWF title & continues to be the arena where he has the strongest following. With Diesel & Michaels on top in the tag match, it's a strong sign for their current drawing power in that market. The near sellout was an unexpected surprise for the WWF & has raised morale behind the scenes, which wasn't necessarily suffering to begin with given the increased pay-per-view schedule that should increase overall revenue & profit this year compared to last.” - PWTorch Newsletter (March 25, 1995)1/26/1996 house show in New York, NY at Madison Square Garden headlined by Diesel vs. Bret Hart, drew 15,483 (12,791 paid) paying $267,887, which was the best MSG house show gate since September 1989.
3/17/1996 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 the mid-80's, & also set an all-time record domestic house show gate.
5/19/1996 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.
