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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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...

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@One.Zero.One101]

@@Deadguy2322forreal Yeah when I clicked this video I was expecting large arenas that were 1/4 full. Instead we got small gymnasiums that were near full capacity. When I think of low attendances, I think of 2017-2019 when WWE was deliberately avoiding shooting all the empty seats but evidence of low attendances still sneak into the frame.

[@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.

[@James.chalmers]

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

[@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 😂

[@spamaccount8979]

Actually he only planned a match with Batista, because that's who WWE expected to win the poll. When Benjamin won, the entire match was done unplanned. Jericho didn’t even know what Benjamin's finisher was so his reaction to winning the IC title was legit.

[@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'?

[@lewiswatson7667]

I liked the idea behind cyber sunday it needs bringing back

[@mariomm9080]

and whats the idea

[@Illusive1313]

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

[@soslime6082]

@@Illusive1313but they actually did

[@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?

[@Illuminatty1]

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

[@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.

[@erin4now]

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

[@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

[@tthomaselli2]

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

[@R1PP3RR0M3R0]

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

[@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

[@charlottestreet3301]

Taboo Tuesday could work now with lots of people having smartphones

[@1twistedsister]

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

[@HollandTHG]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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)

[@SpacePotatoJTASP]

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

[@JoYac26]

I was at in your house 3 when I was 10 years old. There was a lot of confused fans when they announced Owen Hart didn’t make it to Saginaw, but ran in towards the end

[@Bino9898]

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

[@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.

[@harshhandgabbana]

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

[@danielmarcus420]

Only ppv I ever attended was Cyber Sunday 2006. The legendary Kevin Federline running in to give interference. I got sooo drunk, I had to watch RAW to figure out what happened. Great time!

[@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.

[@TheRandomMexican619]

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

[@Sampin19]

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

[@simonmarshall19]

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

[@undertakerpitt]

I was at Stomping Grounds(You can see me at 3:57, DB "Yes is Dead" shirt), and despite the attendance, that place was loud all night long

[@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 😂😂😂😂

[@yallmight5752]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@kenn9282]

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

[@RazorFoxDV]

I always figured that the name "In Your House" was a not-so-subtle reference to the event being simply a televised house show.

[@colonelcallaway]

Jonathan coachmen😂😂😂 I’m dying over here

[@Brimbino]

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

[@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.

[@pedrolantyer]

Hearing 8200 attendance for a Starcade PPV shows that the public had 0 interest in wrestling in 2005. Also if those Taboo Tuesday/ Cybersunday PPVs happened nowadays, the internet would 100% troll WWE!

[@ananyaraizada7657]

*1995

[@CrashMcCloudX29]

To be fair. Stomping Ground ticket sales went up against the first All Out's ticket sales around the same time.

[@charleswhit150]

0:33-0:39😂 I never laughed so hard at the commentary

[@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.

[@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

[@jimsheppard3166]

08:12 To be fair, Duluth is right outside of Atlanta. It's no different than Wrestlemania 3 being held in Pontiac, Michigan.

[@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

[@ashleywhiting2141]

I legitimately have no knowledge of stomping ground ever existing

[@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.

[@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 😂

[@StairwellTheCat]

Funny enough, that iconic kliq photo shown whenever a youtuber mentions them in a video is from that In Your House

[@StairwellTheCat]

*referring to the Lumberjacks IYH. Should’ve known there’d be more than a few appearances on this list by everyone’s favourite 90’s B-PPV chain.

[@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.

[@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!

[@claymathewselevator8121]

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

[@seroujghazarian6343]

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

[@TheOfficialSlimber]

I completely forgot about Stomping Grounds. Literally thought Dolph vs Kofi was a Saudi show until now 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

[@TheNYJets15]

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

[@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.

[@MrMG124]

Did Dave Meltzer write the script for this video?

[@Unitenotfight]

Wow. My city shows up twice on a tens list lol. They ran the smaller venue though, so I assume WWF intended to run smaller. I didn’t go to either unfortunately, would have loved to. My uncle was at at least one though, probably both honestly. And one was where Nash made his mind up to jump to WCW. It’s cool to learn the significant behind the scenes moments that happened in various locations. WWF were on fire after the 2nd one so they began running our larger arena. And since an even larger one was built that they now run, and tarp off half the seating. Funny how that works. Packed mid size arenas to half empty large ones lol.

[@70siddharth]

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

[@denknugz87]

When’s the AEW version of this video coming?

[@rmitton2008]

Why would they not just say Atlanta for Duluth ga

[@JLove2000swrestling]

I loved the taboo Tuesday events I didn’t think they were that bad when I saw Cena vs Shawn vs Kurt angle on one

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Kurt Angle should’ve wrestled Xanta Claus instead but more because it could’ve given us Kurt Angle vs Balls Mahoney 😂

[@rhy4ngr4h4m]

To be fair the Tacoma Dome in 2019 isn't exactly the best arena to use in Washington State. Especially now that Climate Pledge Arena is finished and ready to be used if they come back to the Seattle area.

[@mann3ify]

Al Snow vs 2 Cold Scorpio was awesome no matter the gimmick they were given.

[@uredbulldawg]

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

[@TBevill1231]

Taboo Tuesday was also hurt by the fact they were going on at the same time as the World Series

[@gestaltdude]

You'd think they'd give up on holding PPV's (already, "premium live events") on a Tuesday. The company found out as early as 1991 that scheduling a PPV on Tuesday's didn't work when this Tuesday in Texas a) drew only 8000 people (would almost have made this list), and b) had a buy rate of 140,000 (compared to 'mania's 400,000). Of course, the fact that less than half the card was aired, and most of the matches that were shown were very low level didn't help matters any. But if there's one thing you can say about Vince is that he refuses to learn from history and will keep making the same mistakes over and over again. For as much as he has done for the industry, the day he is either forced out of the company, one way or the other, will be a good day for the company.

[@manikfl0385]

Imagine you pay to see wrestling and Baron Corbin is in the Main Event

[@nortorioustxc4359]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@claymathewselevator8121]

I know McDonough, Georgia more than Duluth because it’s where Deep South Wrestling was located and Austin Theory is from there

[@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?

[@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

[@Gfish79]

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

[@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

[@PoliticalOra33]

They should probably do Cyber Sunday PPV with the Turbo Tuesday gimmick

[@thedogg619]

The first 2 One Night Stands only had 2,500 fans cuz of the size of the building

[@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.

[@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.😂

[@XXsirstrawhatXX]

They're here, they're there, they're every-fucking-where! EMPTY SEATS! EMPTY SEATS!

[@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.

[@chrishollister80]

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

[@Gravewhisper]

I think Taboo Tuesday could be a really good concept if the voting was 2 weeks in advance and the wrestlers didn't have to deal with the results on the spot.

[@Deltrottersvan]

I think the whole on the spot thing was the point of the shows, the crowd voting on the night made it what it was

[@dgthe3]

@@Deltrottersvan viewers at home more than the crowd, given the state of cell-phone internet back then. But yes, the whole point is that it's made up on the fly. Which is also why a lot of the options were either unimportant (loser has to X) or very similar (champ has to face big dude #1, #2, or #3). The weird thing with all of it is though ... why did they even use real results to dictate the matches? Its pro-wrestling. All they need to do is pick what they want to win & show it winning the poll by a random margin. Like on American Idol.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

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

[@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.