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Busted Open

The Master's Class: The Death of Live Events

Busted Open

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Mark Henry, Professional Wrestling, Nxt, Njpw, Dave Lagreca, Tommy Dreamer, News, Leisure, Sports, Wwe, Sports News, Ring Of Honor, Aew, Bully Ray, Wrestling

4.62.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Dave LaGreca, Tommy Dreamer & Mark Henry discuss the death of live events in professional wrestling.

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0:04.1

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0:09.7

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0:49.0

And we're here with Tommy Dreamer. We're here with Mark Henry and we got a great topic for the busted

0:54.5

open nation and that is the death of live events and it seems as the further and

1:01.2

further we get away from when you know live events and house show really thrived

1:07.0

I think we're getting to a point where they're barely surviving and

1:19.0

AEW doesn't have live events and we're seeing very limited live events from the WWE and the month of September guys, two live events for the

1:25.0

W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W.

1:29.7

I mean, I always hear from you guys how important the live events are it's where you can try new

1:37.4

angles see if it works with an audience wrestling in front of an audience doing doing wrestling-centric shows, but it seems like it's either televised or it ain't happening, Tommy.

1:50.0

Yeah, I mean through the annals of time how wrestling companies did their business was through live events and TV was just

1:58.2

Used as a promotional tool for what their live events obviously this business model has changed and also like we've said before.

2:06.1

This is a whole new company. I don't follow UFC, but I don't think UFC does live events.

2:12.4

UFC does their television show. I don't think you FC does live events.

2:12.5

UFC does their television show and they do their pay-per-views and like that's it.

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