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WWE struggled to draw a crowd for last night’s Smackdown taping in Dayton, Ohio.
Benjamin Tucker of PWTorch posted several photos that showed a half empty arena, with huge sections away from the cameras tarped and curtained off. On the camera side, WWE filled the seats, to give the illusion on television of a hot crowd.
The problem for Smackdown is that it’s perceived as Raw’s poorer cousin. Too often it is just a meaningless show, and the audience have been conditioned to that status for over half a decade. Paying $70 to see WWE just going through the motions isn’t very appealing.
The company were supposed to be reinvigorating the brand, as part of their move to USA Network, but so far it has been business as usual. They changed the commentator to Mauro Ranallo, but that isn’t really a difference maker. As for the title change last week,...
WWE struggled to draw a crowd for last night’s Smackdown taping in Dayton, Ohio.
Benjamin Tucker of PWTorch posted several photos that showed a half empty arena, with huge sections away from the cameras tarped and curtained off. On the camera side, WWE filled the seats, to give the illusion on television of a hot crowd.
The problem for Smackdown is that it’s perceived as Raw’s poorer cousin. Too often it is just a meaningless show, and the audience have been conditioned to that status for over half a decade. Paying $70 to see WWE just going through the motions isn’t very appealing.
The company were supposed to be reinvigorating the brand, as part of their move to USA Network, but so far it has been business as usual. They changed the commentator to Mauro Ranallo, but that isn’t really a difference maker. As for the title change last week,...
- 1/20/2016
- by Grahame Herbert
- Obsessed with Film
WWE.com
The go-home edition of WWE Monday Night Raw heading into the Royal Rumble this past Monday received mostly negative reviews, so do fans have anything to look forward too on SmackDown this Thursday night?
This week’s edition of SmackDown was taped Tuesday evening in Dayton, Ohio. Roughly half of the arena was tarped off due to unsold seats according to eye witness reports on Twitter.
Half the arena is tarped off for WWE Smackdown in Dayton @PWTorch pic.twitter.com/3fQNYEWuzV
— Benjamin Tucker (@BTuckerTorch) January 20, 2016
Prior to SmackDown’s taping, a dark match took place which saw Zach Ryder pin Fandango in a very brief match.
Next, WWE taped three matches to air on this week’s edition of Main Event. Jack Swagger and Mark Henry defeated The Ascenscion (Konnor and Viktor) via pinfall, Neville defeated Tyler Breeze by pinfall, and The Social Outcasts (Curtis Axel and...
The go-home edition of WWE Monday Night Raw heading into the Royal Rumble this past Monday received mostly negative reviews, so do fans have anything to look forward too on SmackDown this Thursday night?
This week’s edition of SmackDown was taped Tuesday evening in Dayton, Ohio. Roughly half of the arena was tarped off due to unsold seats according to eye witness reports on Twitter.
Half the arena is tarped off for WWE Smackdown in Dayton @PWTorch pic.twitter.com/3fQNYEWuzV
— Benjamin Tucker (@BTuckerTorch) January 20, 2016
Prior to SmackDown’s taping, a dark match took place which saw Zach Ryder pin Fandango in a very brief match.
Next, WWE taped three matches to air on this week’s edition of Main Event. Jack Swagger and Mark Henry defeated The Ascenscion (Konnor and Viktor) via pinfall, Neville defeated Tyler Breeze by pinfall, and The Social Outcasts (Curtis Axel and...
- 1/20/2016
- by Ryan Droste
- Obsessed with Film
Washington -- Actor Martin Sheen pressed senators to expand federal funding for drug courts on Tuesday during testimony before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee. "Our nation's greatest untapped resource is our addicted citizens," Sheen said. "There is no better investment this Congress can make than in drug courts and veterans courts."
Currently operating in all 50 states, drug courts offer drug offenders the chance to enter treatment programs as an alternative to prison sentences. Veterans courts utilize the same model, coordinating with Va medical centers and community resources to get veterans additional help. The first veterans court was called to order in 2008.
Sheen described how he had helped to found one of the earliest drug court systems, called Options, in Berkeley, Calif., in 1996. Today, he said, drug courts handle approximately 120,000 cases a year.
Sheen was joined at the hearing by "Friends" star Matthew Perry, Phish frontman Trey Anastasio and actor Harry Lennix,...
Currently operating in all 50 states, drug courts offer drug offenders the chance to enter treatment programs as an alternative to prison sentences. Veterans courts utilize the same model, coordinating with Va medical centers and community resources to get veterans additional help. The first veterans court was called to order in 2008.
Sheen described how he had helped to found one of the earliest drug court systems, called Options, in Berkeley, Calif., in 1996. Today, he said, drug courts handle approximately 120,000 cases a year.
Sheen was joined at the hearing by "Friends" star Matthew Perry, Phish frontman Trey Anastasio and actor Harry Lennix,...
- 7/19/2011
- by Christina Wilkie
- Huffington Post
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