10 Worst Attended WWE PPVs

[@kennydefouw8350]

I was in attendance of Taboo Tuesday 2004. I was eleven years old and it was my first pay per view I was ever in attendance for. I was so excited to be there that I hadn’t noticed the poor attendance and only just found it was the worst attended WWE PPV. I still have great memories of seeing Shelton Benjamin beating Jericho and the steel cage match between Flair and Orton. Kinda cool and eye opening to know how lucky I was to be there.

[@HeyitsSherrick]

Hey, same! Shelton winning was the highlight for me!

[@hastysardine1]

​@@HeyitsSherricksame as you were there and 11-year old as well

[@c4662]

I was 10 when my parents bought the PPV for me. I never realized how low the attendance was. I was happy Shelton won, but was pissed when Kane got his ass kicked.

[@torch469]

Orton vs Flair match was awesome!

[@hashslinginhslasher]

Said a lot to say nothing.

[@jefferyjones8399]

The lesson here: Don't hold a PPV on a weeknight

[@zanethind]

That and don't name it In Your House oh wait NXT pandemic actually had a Takeover named that well at least that did better than all the In Your House ppvs listed on this list

[@optimus2008]

​@@zanethindYeah, I actually like the In Your House names being run in NXT. They're keeping it to just one IYH, and I like that throwback, especially with the many other names like No Mercy.

[@markmyers6756]

They should bring back cyber Sunday.

[@DaileyShorts]

LA Knight for the win!

[@venomousnate7263]

Definitely. With the way the internet and social media is these days compared to the mid 2000s, it can definitely make a much better gimmick PPV.

[@dameTHEname]

Yeah they should but WWE specifically Vince McMahon hates the fans now more than ever!

[@deathmauler181]

@@venomousnate7263 no the ppv would be reduced to trolling nonsense

[@jonpower9728]

Give NXT time...

[@TheThird1977]

Shawn vs. Undertaker ending in a No Contest at Ground Zero actually WAS a good thing as the result in storyline is what led to the need for the Hell in a Cell stipulation. It's also one of the best brawls of the time too, while Bret vs. Patriot was a decent outing too.

[@TBevill1231]

That match was great.

[@juancalosservindaniel2185]

Taboo Tuesday 05 actually has 2 great matches, Cena, Angle & Michaels on the ME and Flair vs HHH in one of the best cage matches out there

[@lewiswatson7667]

I liked the idea behind cyber sunday it needs bringing back

[@zanethind]

It would work better now than before

[@mariomm9080]

and whats the idea

[@Illusive1313]

@@mariomm9080 Pretending the fans have influence with the votes.

[@soslime6082]

@@Illusive1313but they actually did

[@James.chalmers]

Taboo Tuesday 2004 was the first ppv I ever watched haha 😂

[@andrewoid84]

To be fair, IYH Ground Zero and Rage in the Cage were both at the Louisville Gardens which at full capacity could only hold 6,000 people. With the stage setup and everything it was less than that. At 5,500 Rage in the Cage was probably a sell out and Ground Zero wasn't too far off. It was pretty common during that time frame for WWE to run smaller buildings like that, so some of the other IYH events probably were at or near capacity for the building.

[@Deadguy2322forreal]

There's quite a lack of context to this list, as WWF was running gRaw from armouries and high school gyms in 1995.

[@frenchfrey65]

@@Deadguy2322forreal and Hammerstein Ballroom, and Lowell Memorial Auditorium both held RAW's during that time as well.

[@Nyg5618]

Ive only been to one WWE PPV. It happened to be 1998 King of the Ring in Pittsburgh. Still have the ticket stub and memories of Mock Foley going off the top of Hell in a Cell.

[@alyssamuckway4663]

Good ole Mock

[@niallcallaghan6717]

Is this some sort of retaliation video Tiny has made you guys make in response to the Dubs currently all time low crowds 😅 nothing like shilling for a little bit of accreditation from Mr Con.

[@allenownz]

But guys I thought the 90s-early 2000s were better than the current WWE 😂

[@ananyaraizada7657]

And the tickets were so cheap at the time. If WWE sold the tickets at today's prices, half the fans won't buy it

[@Boltup2022]

It is lmfaooooo

[@Illuminatty1]

Apparently everyone wanted to watch the show "in their house" instead 😂😂

[@zanethind]

"Rip Stomping Grounds you were too beautiful for this world"😂 that's one of the best lines I've ever heard in my life

[@claymathewselevator8121]

11:53 Chris Jericho had to talk to every wrestler on that list and go over a match because they couldn’t tell him who won the poll till match time 😂

[@chrisbreezy3048]

I can understand why In Your House 8: Beware of Dog/Beware of Dog 2 was not included since it was split into two shows after a thunderstorm caused a power outage at the Florence Civic Center in Florence, SC. However, both still had low attendance numbers as night one is tied with Taboo Tuesday '05 at 6,000 fans, whereas night two is just below December to Dismember with only 4,500 fans present at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, SC.

[@tthomaselli2]

'ECW December To Dismember 2006' made the list?... Awesome!...

[@JetCityNinja]

In Your House is a ridiculously named program if you're trying to get people to attend away from home.

[@danielbrennan7613]

Calm down

[@Tyrone-v2r]

But they DID give away an actual house on the first show. I’m guessing that that didn’t really work out on the balance sheet when they were bringing in such little money. Now they could just give away a house at every show and still make over a billion dollars a year.

[@michaelallen8508]

I don't get why those attendances are being picked on when they weren't in big arenas anyway?

[@dgthe3]

@@michaelallen8508 Is the list 'worst % capacity' or 'worst attendance'?

[@nikhil-225]

Taboo Tuesday 2004 was a good show and didn't deserve such low attendance. But the concept was ahead of its time because this was still the Era of large bulky box-like desktops

[@cricker13]

8:30 to be fair I live near Duluth, Georgia and it is nestled in the most populous county in the state of Georgia and Atlanta isn’t in it. Plus the arena is very small. It was probably packed to the rafters

[@danielbrennan7613]

Calm down

[@cricker13]

@@danielbrennan7613 I don’t recall asking your opinion. But you’re welcome for me putting more context to the video.

[@michaelallen8508]

I don't understand the criticisms of the attendances on this list when they weren't in big arenas anyway? I mean if they were doing mid 4 figures in NHL/NBA arenas then absolutely that's historically bad

[@danielbrennan7613]

@@michaelallen8508 shut up

[@dgthe3]

@@michaelallen8508 If WWF had confidence that they could sell 10-15k seats for those shows, why didn't they book bigger arenas?

[@kelleighohara83]

I was one of the 6,000 in attendance at Taboo Tuesday 2005. The one reason I remember the show was because Ric Flair bled buckets in the steel cage.

[@jbj7599]

Haha Milwaukee takes #1! Prob the only live show in Milwaukee that I don't know anyone that went.

[@danielbrennan7613]

Ohhhhh I live in Milwaukee 🙄🙄 shut up

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Algonquin for The Good Land

[@ToxicKingMad]

Lol these British KZbin wrestling channels are funny. WWE’s having sell outs weekly (with AEW struggling to get 2K people into 15k capacity arenas) & like clockwork one of these videos appears on the timeline.

[@SpacePotatoJTASP]

I would be fine with taboo Tuesday being brought back now that technology is better

[@RKStrikerJK5]

How's about a WCW list for these? 🎉🎉🎉

[@FreddyFlack]

All 10 would be from 2000

[@marcus813]

​@@FreddyFlackThe 1991 Great American Bash can't be ignored.

[@ananyaraizada7657]

The whole list would be before and after Hogan era. No matter what he was still WCW's biggest draw

[@FreddyFlack]

@dorkwingbuck9366 people had the right to think it was the NWO show. The group had creative control and ruined so much. The group was dead by 1999 but they milked the cow until it just a bag of bones. WTH was NWO 2000 anyways?

[@dordygaming6303]

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[@h333rshyusocerti]

was expecting half-time heat to be here for some silly reason

[@logankerr8090]

was at Stomping Grounds live!(my first PPV live) despite attendance, the show was pretty solid despite the lack of build for it

[@claymathewselevator8121]

I wanted Heavy Machinery to win the tag titles

[@alt_ronnie]

It probably did seem solid being there for your first ppv. However, seeing it on the network was not a good show

[@R1PP3RR0M3R0]

Was my first PPV, too! Had a blast. The crowd turning on the main event was hilarious.

[@ananyaraizada7657]

What show was Taker and Roman vs Shane and Drew?

[@R1PP3RR0M3R0]

@@ananyaraizada7657 Extreme Rules 2019

[@chronoxiong]

Lot of dark times for the early In Your House PPVs in terms of attendance. But they would eventually get better. So thats a good thing

[@1twistedsister]

I went to Stomping Grounds 2019 and I'm pretty sure I see me and my family holding up our signs @ 4:15 😅

[@kenn9282]

Whatever that helps marks forget about the dismal aew ticket sales lmao

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

WWE in Pandemic Era as a whole easily no 1

[@Randybutternubz]

They covered that lol

[@JackEFC1878]

Being unable to sell tickets due to government rules is slightly different to shows that COULD sell tickets but were poorly attended due to being underwhelming or other factors

[@raynegoaway69]

Omg that’s so FUNNY

[@elchomper.1063]

Literally watch a single fuckin minute before commenting.

[@danielbrennan7613]

You deserve all the pain in the world

[@anonymous385]

There's even more In Your House below the 10 spot. #13 Final Four was 6,399 and #19 D-Generation X was 6,358 which is basically a sell out given the capacity.

[@zanethind]

Bret would work basically all the In Your House ppvs even though most of them were terrible shows. Just goes to show how much Bret would sacrifice for the business

[@namikstudios]

Bret and HBK were pretty much the only legit stars the WWF had at that time. Taker was there but wasn't quite at that level yet. Most of the stars of both the past and the future were in WCW.

[@zanethind]

@@namikstudios true

[@jcr2016]

I was actually in attendance at Armageddon 2004. I was 6 years old and watching Cena vs Jesus in a street fight was definitely my favorite part of the show as a kid. I got a Cena Neck Chain and rubber Word Life brass knuckles. Fun fact, this arena in Duluth is what AEW runs when they come to town. (It’s a pretty crap arena)

[@williamkirschenman]

A lot of "in your house" shows 🤔 Could have been a down period for WWE. I'd like to see a video of shows later than the 90s

[@JetCityNinja]

Maybe it confused potential ticket buyers. "Why would I buy a ticket if they gonna be in muh house?"

[@claymathewselevator8121]

WWE ECW was NXT 2.0 before NXT 2.0 was and wasn’t as good

[@Sampin19]

I'm from San Diego and I remember wanting to go to Taboo Tuesday but couldn't because it was a school night

[@HollandTHG]

Lmao. Using nuclear power for the internet in 2005 would've resulted in Nationwide meltdowns.

[@simonmarshall19]

Smackdown always had low attendances . No Mercy 03 & 04 . Armageddon 04 . No wonder Raw was way better

[@vdgadef]

Now do one on AEWs attendance.

[@iainmooney8610]

You don't have to start crying and bring up AEW every time WWE is called out haha

[@kyleolson8977]

"You needed a small nuclear power station to even run the internet in 2005"? This is like suggesting that you had to have a small nuclear power plant at home to play video games in 1995. Back in 1995 the internet was primitive and uncommon, yet by 2000 a live web poll was pretty easy. In 2005 we had plenty of internet, at least in the US where dialup was already close to dead for households. Mobile internet was still rare, but that had nothing to do with anything. Taboo Tuesday had problems, but not because people couldn't use the internet.

[@TaosLB]

I miss Mama Benjamin

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Stomping Grounds did have Heavy Machinery vs Daniel Bryan and Erick Rowan

[@frenchfrey65]

To be fair with In Your House Ground Zero, it was held at the Louisville Gardens, a small arena that I"m not even sure is open anymore, it has only 6k seats to begin with and when you factor in entrance ways taking up seats, getting almost 5k people to the show is still good percentage wise. Could they have held it at a bigger venue in Louisville? Sure, Freedom Hall was open, as was Broadbent Arena but that one is just over 6.6k cap as well. it would also be the last show WWE would hold there until July of 1999 (although I think that maybe a mistake given the attendance was listed at 14k, the arena like I said fits only 6k). It was mainly used by WWE's old developmental show, OVW as the PPV venue. Why WWE would hold a ppv there to this day is still rather odd and questionable.

[@Gfish79]

Why attack WWE all the time. You wouldn't have a job without them.

[@AlexGledhill237]

The main event of Armageddon 2004 was great. Shame the rest of the PPV was so poor. Cena should have faced Carlito in the US Title match.

[@asa2002]

Ground Zero was a pretty good show. Low attendance or not. And the no contest in the main event was unique at the time with HOW the match fell apart, featuring the roster trying to pull apart HBK and Taker

[@JagerLange]

For shame, Adam - Duluth is where Bob Dylan is from, and if I think of anyone when wrestling and Minnesota comes up, it's Bob Dylan.

[@uredbulldawg]

I was there for Stomping Grounds. That’s all I really have to say about the experience.

[@rmitton2008]

Why would they not just say Atlanta for Duluth ga

[@loriparker666]

This is 100% a jab at AEW… wwe fanboys

[@erikstensaas1202]

I always remembered Bischoff's head getting shaved happening on RAW. Did RAW run a replay of the match because I remember watching it happen on TV.

[@MrMG124]

Did Dave Meltzer write the script for this video?

[@chrisbreezy3048]

4:50 Technically, that's the promotional poster for In Your House: Beware of Dog, but I see what they were trying to do there.

[@pauliewalnuts829]

From what I remember the Elimination Chamber match at December to Dismember wasn't bad.

[@SIMOLAMBOTZ]

Let's say, average

[@Tyrone-v2r]

I can’t speak for everyone but the booking was the worst part. If RVD or Punk would’ve won we’d be talking about it MUCH differently.

[@Tyrone-v2r]

@@SIMOLAMBOTZyou sound like my ex

[@denknugz87]

When’s the AEW version of this video coming?

[@70siddharth]

I think a ppv like tabboo tuesday/ cyber sunday would work great in today's environment

[@jerryjanik480]

Seriously SummerSlam 95 wanted number one on this list Mabel versus diesel the world title Dr yankem vs Bret Hart

[@Brimbino]

Undertaker coming through the ring was amazing. For that alone that ppv shouldn't be on there

[@R1PP3RR0M3R0]

Hey! I was at Stomping Grounds! The show was pretty, meh, but it was awesome being there. Will never forget it.

[@yallmight5752]

You guys should start revisiting old lists like Bests and Worsts to see who still holds the slot today

[@viajaycay]

I lived thru WWE In Your House era and enjoyed most of it as a kid! It's what turned me into a fan. My fav definitely was d crybaby match. Didn't realize how shit they were until I grew up! Shows what we as adults think mean nothing if yr a wide eyed kid.

[@WhoisRayJones]

I was at in your House Triple header with The Boys and Girls club. 10 year old me thought it couldn't get better than that.... boy was I wrong 😂😂😂😂

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Kevin Thorn would’ve been great in NXT 2.0

[@GoodBeardDay]

Must be running out of content.

[@TheRandomMexican619]

0:33 I don’t know why that got me cracking up. ‘Don’t be a smart arse.’

[@markustitanrussell1616]

They to bring back Fully Loaded Inferno Match Casket Match Buried Alive Dumpster Match Vengeance HardCore Match Backlash "original" Table Match Boiler Room Match

[@namikstudios]

It's amazing how bad WWF/E was before WCW revolutionized the industry in 96. To be fair, WCW was pretty bad too before Bischoff came along. Early 90s wrestling was uhhhhhgg.

[@x16kayli]

Let's make something perfectly clear...December to Dismember 2006 was a masterpiece because Kelly Kelly & Shelly Martinez were present. I was hooked on them back then in 2006 when I was 12 & I am hooked on them now at the time of this message at 27 in 2023. Everything else in the show including the chamber was just filler. I said what i said.

[@cloudxz92]

I'm probaly the only person on the Planet that liked ECW December to Dismember. Probaly because of the Memory's. I was 14 at that Time and watched it with 2 friend. The Dad of one of them ordered December to Dismember and we loved it. Because most the Time we only watched the TV Shows after school. So we diden't know it sucked for a PPV.😂

[@ABIT-cb1qh]

WWE in 2019 was truly aweful

[@zackrushing8198]

Except Rollins as champion

[@100Stratusfiedx]

This sounds stupid, but what exactly is the difference between being busy on Monday or Tuesday? Obviously RAW is the better show, but NXT is live on Tuesday

[@Syfcobra8549]

Stomping Grounds proved why WWE never sees Rollinsn as THE guy and why Kofi never got another title run But for some reason fans blame Corbin to protect their favourites LOL

[@seroujghazarian6343]

Also, Taboo Tuesday coincided on the same day the November 4th, 2005 episode of Smackdown was being recorded

[@HeyArnold930]

Not for nothing, all of the shows held at the Louisville Gardens could actually be considered successes. Reason being the arena holds 6000 people. Throwing out numbers and claims without context of an arena’s capacity.

[@RustyShackleford101]

Bit harsh on Waylon Mercy there. Not like AJ Hazard was putting on 5 star bangers.....

[@Bfratman]

I was at the Taboo Tuesday show in San Diego. I didn’t even pay attention how many empty seats they were. Probably because I had floor seats. It was great show overall.

[@kelleighohara83]

Same. I had floor seats on the hard cam side.

[@davidparkes7741]

I remember going to the video rental store as a kid & watching plenty of those In Your House videos, who knew they were that poorly attended?? Lol, its also no wonder why WCW took charge of the ratings a couple of years later.

[@SchofieldAJ]

And what was worse is that WCW even then had poor Attendance as alot of their Shows weren't sold out at all and about the same numbers the WWF did as heck go back n look at the crowds at them WCW shows as theirs was smaller but you couldn't tell it cause WCW refused to turn on the whole Arenas lights like the WWF did so it could conceal that truths!

[@aidankerr2001]

i was at stomping grounds, honestly was better than it should have been for a c rated ppv. was jarring seeing the curtained off sections but the show was pretty good

[@poke_beau750]

The Cobb, and Duluth civic centers are staples or wrestling history that are greatly underrepresented in the history of professional wrestling… so much history untapped.

[@chrisbinwang2119]

Isn't Taboo Tuesday 2004 the one with the run in from Ric Flair's bum?

[@Juju_The_Dude]

AEW would KILL for these attendance numbers at 99% of their shows 😂

[@timothylewis2527]

I used to live in Duluth. Beautiful little city. Haven't been there since 1998, though.

[@gaysonmartinocho5262]

wwe is still struggling in attendennce todsay. they barley sell out 70 pct of their arenas. if aew wasnt doing so horrible. people would be talking about wwe c plus attendtance

[@rickyrosay33977]

Thank you I knew I wasn't the only one that was pissed the fans picked eric bischoff to have his head shaved just look at that immaculate look you monsters 😂

[@chrishollister80]

Worst WWF/E PPV ever attended: WrestleMania III. Prove me wrong! LOL

[@dannis8552]

They should give Roman Reigns his own event...just to see if anybody turns up!

[@alyssamuckway4663]

Most of these on the list only hold around 6000-7000 people, you should make a more realistic list next time.

[@nortorioustxc4359]

Unfortunately I was one of those 4,800 people in Augusta that night 😂

[@Avidav]

Nobody ever heard of Duluth Georgia, what a sad town full of sad people.

[@jerranspearman3369]

good video

[@mrfixitishere]

I don't know why you wouldn't bring people down from the cheep seats to fill in the crowd.

[@michaelroszell8156]

Cut half the pay per views out. Go back to five maybe six PPVs.

[@ashleywhiting2141]

I legitimately have no knowledge of stomping ground ever existing

[@not1fromyourworld]

Friday night Michael Cole says welcome to a sold out packed arena ,,im sure he had no clue that the camera was showing the entire arena at the same time, there were literally hundreds of empty seats

[@zxmoore1]

All this shows you is how bad WWF/E was in the mid 90s and mid 2000s.

[@Bino9898]

Aw man the In Your House idea of coming to smaller cities for smaller PPVs was so cool

[@TheNYJets15]

I was at the very 1st in your house…good times I will never forget!!

[@tabsfornow]

the most unbelievable thing about this list is that Nashville Municipal was ever used for any event at all

[@asadunn9339]

As someone who lives down the street from Duluth… What the f*ck