The recent rating drops for both Raw and SmackDown Live have been a major topic of discussion among wrestling fans in recent weeks. However, it’s not the only matter of concern for the WWE Officials.
Throughout the year we have seen the company pulling out some of its lowest live attendance scores in years. Despite their best efforts, this spree continued for their Madison Square Garden Live Event as well.
As we noted before, this year’s post-Christmas MSG Live Event featured some very appealing matches and segments such as the segment featuring John Cena and Vince McMahon.
However, despite the company’s best efforts, the Raw branded show only drew 11,900 fans which according to Wrestling Observer is the lowest turnout for the show in recent memory.
Things weren’t great on the blue side either and the SmackDown Brand Live Event on the same night which was held in Allstate Arena, just outside Chicago, also only managed to draw 6,000 people.
Similar to the MSG event, this number is also a lot less than expected and this post-Christmas special is usually able to fill in about 10,000 seats every year.
It’d be interesting to know how the officials react to these low attendance figures and what changes they make to attract more people to their shows in near future.
