Source: Wrestling Observer
- TNA’s tour of Europe last week didn’t draw well as the crowds weren’t much larger than what they typically draw in the United States. The September 29th show in Dortmund, Germany drew about 1,500, October 2nd in Wintethur, Switzerland drew about 1,000, and October 3rd in Dublin, Ireland drew 1,800. In the case of the show in Dublin, it was held in the O2 Arena, which holds 9,000, so it came across as the emptiest.
The posters used to advertise the show were the same posters they used for a tour in January, featuring the likes of Gail Kim, Tomko, Sonjay Dutt, Shark Boy, Jeff Jarrett and Curry Man.
I think it shows that the initial interest and huge ticket sales they had before were down to it being the first time people outside the USA got a chance to see them live, but now the novelty is over, and people dont wanna pay to see WWE lite anymore.
Its not even that wrestling has been affected by the credit crunch etc, or that there is a lack of interest in wrestling as a whole, because WWE still continues to do sell out shows in huge arenas, twice a year in Europe.
Part of it is how cheap they are as well (as is noticeable by the posters they are using to advertise). As someone who knows quite a few wrestlers and promoters etc from the UK scene, I can tell you that TNA is just a big indy fed, not a professional fed like WWE.
Where WWE uses their own people to do all the camera work and set up, plus also hire professional security firms to control crowds etc, TNA uses UK indy wrestlers, camera men and promoters to do all their set up and security etc.
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