[winson604]

Originally Posted by The Hype

We aren't, plain and simple. The last PPV we had was Rock Bottom in 1998 and the last time we had RAW was 2003 (Luckily I got row 3 on the camera side!). Yes, it is a stupid place to host a WWE event but no one comes out for the house shows here, and when they had them at the Coliseum it was maybe half full. Reasonable that they'd move to a smaller venue don't you think? I'm not trying to single you out but it's that sort of thinking that will never get us any more big WWE events. If they get a strong presence at the house shows, I'll bet we'd get a RAW or Smackdown. But they don't, so we won't.

Also, if you think house shows are stupid, some pretty cool things happen at them. Because it's not televised the wrestlers have a lot more freedom in their matches and you end up with some much better performances (I think, anyway). It also lets them be a little goofier than they normally would. I remember a Smackdown house show here where it was Kurt Angle vs Big Show. Kurt Angle took a swig of milk either before or during the match, so Big Show downed a beer and pretended to wrestle the match drunk, it was pretty funny. As well, they have been known to practice PPV finishes at them as well. I think it was the same house show that had Eddie Guerrero vs Brock Lesnar, and they tried out the finish that Eddie would use to capture his first WWE Championship. It was pretty cool to see.

LOL that house show was awesome where Big Show pretended to be drunk. That was also the show where the ref who screwed Bret got booed so hard he was getting quite annoyed.