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| I am surprised that a UK company hasn't got bigger considering the popularity of wrestling over here when they do the tours, but couldn't it be argued that the main reason the WWE tours are so popular is that its so famous and we don't get to see it very often? Same with TNA. They toured the UK for the first time so going to see what you've seen on TV live for the first time is bound to be an attractive prospect.
I do think there is definitely a market though, at least for an indy company to do really well and get pretty big. |
I definitely think that the reason the tours mentioned did so well, has at least a little to do with the novelty of it. I've been to WWE TV tapings in Manchester, ROH in Liverpool, TNA in Liverpool and Manchester, and NOAH in Coventry, and I'm planning to take full advantage of the upcoming Dragon Gate tour, but while I keep up with WWE and TNA (obviously) I went to NOAH purely for the fact that it was such a big deal and to see guys I knew from ROH, and it will be the same with Dragon Gate. I'm going to see a great show, that I don't get to see often.
If there was a UK promotion (or even a European one) that toured regularly I would like go to one or two shows now and then, but only when I had the spare cash, and I wouldn't really travel to far for it, and I think that's the problem. Once we had something of our own, we'd neglect it.
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| the market is there but the main obstacle for a major European promotion is the language barrier. Ireland and the UK could do it but it needs TV. |
And this is also a very good point. A promotion travelling all over Europe would need a multi-lingual roster to survive. WWE and TNA get away with it due to (as I said) the novelty value of seeing something live that you'd normally have to see on TV.