“Most of the big houses were drawn for Bret vs. Diesel cage matches. In most cities, the crowds are about 50-50.” - Dave Meltzer [WON- 23rd January 1996]
“It was another big weekend for the house shows as besides the MSG show, the other shows this past week were 3/15 in Hartford, CT with the same tag match main event at MSG (in this case, Bret pinned Diesel to win the match) which drew 7,317 & $104,273 which was the best house except for WrestleMania in the Civic Center since 1990. The next night at the U.S. Air Arena in Landover, MD turned out to be the one & only Triple Threat match with Bret, Diesel & Taker & drew 6,660 fans & $118,976, which wasn't the most fans, but was the most dollars because of raised ticket prices, also since 1990 for a regular house show.” - [WON - 25th March 1996]
“Diesel/HBK vs. Hart/Taker headlined MSG on 3/17 drew 17,000 (14,824 paying $299,596) - first sellout at MSG for a non-PPV since the mid-80's & also set an all-time record house show gate.” - [WON - 25th March 1996]
“The tour opened on 5/17 in Baltimore at the Arena drawing 6,559 fans & $106,329, its best non-PPV gate since 1989. 5/18 in Philadelphia at the Spectrum drew its largest non-PPV house since 1992, when 8,308 fans paid $158,402. The shows were headlined by Michaels beating Diesel in cage matches.” - [WON - 27th May 1996]
“Diesel's final show at MSG, a cage main event against Michaels on 5/19 drew 18,800 (16,564 paying $319,411) - first time in 11 years that WWF has had two straight MSG sellouts & first indoor non-PPV house in WWF history to top $300,000.” - [WON - 27th May 1996]
The best performing In Your House PPV's in 1996 were IYH 6 (headlined by Diesel vs. Hart) & IYH 7 (headlined by Diesel vs. Michaels)
