TNA draws poor attendance numbers

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TNA attendance figures courtesy of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter:

12/4 in Portland, ME: 500 fans.

12/5 in Amherst, MA: 800 fans.

12/6 in Glens Falls, NY: 450 fans.

What is Hulk going to do about this? We all know that he does not due house shows.

Holy crap. That's BAD. I've been to indy shows that had similar numbers but had only local talent. In the first show I booked with the promotion I used to work with, we drew about 450.

I thought the numbers were horrible when they stopped in Quebec City in December 07 (they drew 2000 in the Colisee but they were supposed to run a smaller venue; that changed because of scheduling conlfict) but those aren't good at all. I'm all for expanding your territory but they should focus on the venues they draw the most and visit them more regularly.

Well you got to have big names to draw big crowds, b/c let's face it:

The majority of people probably don't know the names A.J. Styles, Daniels or Samoa Joe, a friend of mine who likes wrestling told me @ a Football Game that he's never heard of those names, but you got to have big names to try to draw fans

The same goes with ROH, NWA and Local Indy Scenes

The problem is that Young Guys can't put butts in the seats

And everyone knows Hogan does not do small house shows. Having Hogan will not draw at a house show, unless it is at MSG. Hogan would always do the house shows in bi cities, but not the smaller markets and lets face it, TNA is nowhere close to holding house shows in MSG.

I saw a Raw House show back in 2002, when Hogan was the WWE Champion, 2 days before Judgement Day as a matter of fact. The show was in Louisville KY, so that meant, no sign of the WWE Champion Hogan. Taker was to wrestle Hogan at JD and guess what, he had a match on the house show card. Austin had a match on the house show card, but no Hogan. He can' be bothered with doing things for fans in small markets.