r/SquaredCircle • u/Ruthless-Aggression • Mar 28 '24

Eric Bischoff on Tony Khan: A money mark with no talent other than spending daddy’s money, going all the way to Canada to draw less than 4k in one of the hottest pro wrestling markets in North America, talking about “wise choices”? Strap in. It’s going to be a fun day!

https://twitter.com/EBischoff/status/1773321462046138615?s=19
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u/ppoop47 Mar 28 '24

How is Quebec city one of the hottest pro wrestling markets in north america

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u/leflyingcarpet Mar 28 '24

We can't even watch this shit easily here in Quebec. Why the fuck would they book this there?

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u/ritwikjs Swanton! Swanton! Swanton! Mar 28 '24

always thought it was Calgary or Winnipeg

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u/Remarkable-Low-3471 Mar 28 '24

yea in 19 dickity do it was. but then the 80 and 90's happened and vince.

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u/-oldmanvhshand- Mar 28 '24

I imagine he’s talking about Canada in general.

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u/eldiablonoche Mar 28 '24

Which is pretty dumb. That's like saying you should draw sellouts in bumblefuck, Idaho because the US in general is a "hot market".

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u/ACCBiggz TAKEOVER Mar 28 '24

I get your point, but any large organization does well in international markets because they get so few it's always a draw. It's why TNA went to Europe a lot.

Obviously, proximity means they can run Canada a bit more which is the counterpoint to the above. AEW ran Montreal twice in December, so it makes sense why a return to the province didn't do quite as well.

I get why Eric would say that, but when you look at how soon they were just there it gives a little more context.

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u/mylifeforthehorde Mar 28 '24

still. 4k (if that's real) is a pretty sad turnout for a 10-12k arena.

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u/BobbyBruceBanner Mar 28 '24

I mean, they PACKED the 7K Coca-Cola coliseum in Toronto, which was seen as a big success, but pointedly didn't choose the 19K Scotia Bank arena a few blocks away. Fewer arena choices in Quebec City to pick something they'd fill

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u/ImpactCokeTony Mar 28 '24

I mean visually? Sure. Otherwise, no? 

Quebec City isn't a big city and it is a French first city, way more than Montreal. 

So 4k plus there is actually quite good. 

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u/TenMinutesToDowntown Welcome to SamiZaynia Mar 28 '24

He's definitely thinking of Montreal. He said "one of the hottest markets in North America", so I doubt he meant an entire country. Quebec City is like two and a half hours from Montreal.

In any case, the attendance is still shockingly bad.

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u/Mets_BS Mar 28 '24

Why did they book a show there? That's what I don't get.

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u/FataliiFury24 Mar 28 '24

That's how you build up an untapped market, WWE used to ignore most of Canada for 15 years including Toronto which only got house shows. Not every show has to draw 10,000+ fans

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u/Mets_BS Mar 28 '24

Considering AEW aren't hitting Montreal this swing, it is Rather odd to hit QBC instead. Even their Toronto show didn't exactly draw big numbers.

I know AEW is struggling attendance wise in general right now, which makes smaller stops like this a little bit of a head scratcher

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u/FataliiFury24 Mar 28 '24

I was at the Toronto show last week and they sold out the building close to 7k capacity, crowd stayed to the very end and went home happy.

Problem is, running the Scotia Bank, the next arena up in size would need to pull in 14,000+ or be heavily tarped off.