The True Story Of The WWE House Show Where Nearly Nobody Showed Up

[@brandoniswhoiam]

This whole story feels like when you have a very small roster in GM mode with barely any money left.

[@awem_]

so true lol xD

[@JitteryJackanape]

couldn't be me lol. its usually bad morale that screws me up.

[@Hxhjli]

When your broke in booking revolution and can't hire nobody new

[@jk196115]

Except there’s no way you have guys like Angle, Eddie, Show and Cena at that point in the GM mode 😂

[@canonkingsley6569]

Exactly

[@mclowes1546]

The idea of Eddie vs Angle for 60 minutes in an ironman match or an old school broadway match would have become the thing of wrestling folklore

[@stevelowe2647]

@@MrZoolook hour matches are too hard to concentrate on. Just gets too much after about half an hour, far to many rest holds needed

[@pisspratt9002]

@@stevelowe2647 and less than 2 weeks before Mania wouldn't give them much time to recover from something like that. When Flair and Steamboat would do a Broadway that would be their only match that month

[@stevelowe2647]

@@pisspratt9002 oh

[@davidhelwich6158]

@@pisspratt9002 that’s not true, they were wrestling for an hour very frequently

[@ffvffv5709]

@@pisspratt9002 boy are you wrong about that. There were times in the late 70s where they would routinely be a part of hour long broadways for a week straight. Learn your history.

[@DanielJackson98]

This is why when I go to shows whether they’re WWE shows or just regular indie shows I always cheer and boo accordingly, because you never know what those people have gone through to put the show on so I always try to give them a good reaction to show that at least I appreciate the hard work they do to entertain us.

[@dustinnelson9294]

You're a good human. Keep enjoing wrestling.

[@jonharrison9222]

Noble but flawed; when the match is phoned in or shoddy it shouldn’t be cheered.

[@SilentHotdog28]

I will cheer who I like and boo who I don't. But if a person I don't like does something kool or funny then I'll cheer and vise-versa.

[@travisschaub6872]

@@jonharrison9222 shut up batch

[@joshuadurham6349]

Shit I love having a few beers and getting lost in the wrestling. Heckling and cheering are the best parts, especially at smaller shows.

[@RhinanLaville]

I attended this show with two friends. We lived in an apartment maybe a quarter mile from Reed Green. On that Sunday, there were truly awful rainstorms rolling through the area; we were honestly afraid for anyone traveling the roads that day. It's a miracle that anyone showed up, to be fair. I can say WWE tried their hardest to make the best of a bad situation.

[@RhinanLaville]

It was hard enough to get to Hattiesburg that day (which JBL mispronounced for cheap heat), but Hattiesburg in particular has always had a real flash flood problem. And that's once you actually got there through inches of rain and driving winds. The Laurel/Ellisville/Hattiesburg stretch of I-59 can be difficult to drive in bad weather.

[@RhinanLaville]

Snowstorm?!?!? Hahahahaha.... NO. That was NOT it, hahaha.

[@RhinanLaville]

I got to sit near the wrestlers'entrance. Big Show's hands are HUGE. Angle was dripping in baby oil; you could smell it from a few feet away!

[@kcatarino]

Thanks for posting. I just watched this video and came to the comments to see if anyone knew what had happened. I figured ice storm or tornadoes.😂

[@AlterP]

I was at this show! I was only 11 at the time, but it was great. I still remember JBL referring to the town as "Hades"burg. they took what they had and made the most of what they had.

[@jenniferlynn99]

I once went to a house show in Canada with about 1000 ppl. Edge was champ, Christian was IC champ, RVD had a match, and Big Show fought Tajiri!

[@JUVI9596]

I’m in Canada too. Where was this

[@jenniferlynn99]

@@JUVI9596 in Fredericton, NB at the UNB university hockey team's arena! I attended UNB and went to 2 house shows there. The other one had Kane as the 'big name' and featured a rookie that I said "will be a big star". The rookie? KOFI KINGSTON!

[@JUVI9596]

@@jenniferlynn99 I grew up in Winnipeg. I’m 47 years old. In 1991 I saw a rookie at a local promotion show, name of Chris Jericho.

[@Jd-zr8bs]

Went to a couple house show's.First in Vancouver a loooong time ago.Volkov vs Blue blazer, Rougoeu bros vs bushwhackers ,Brett vs perfect,savage vs bad news in Harlem street fight.Was pretty cool

[@ptrekboxbreaks5198]

1,000 isn't terrible if it's not Televised but I'm sure it looked funny if there was alot of empty seats

[@tonytackett1905]

I went to a house show in Cleveland a few years ago and Samoa Joe and AJ styles were the main event. An absolutely insane thing to see live for $20.

[@robertroberts9782]

I walked in the back door where all the wrestlers had congregated haning out drinking beer and smoking cigarettes 🤣

[@user-yf4gx9lw6c]

In the UK they once did a house show that had Styles, Nakamura and Mahal in a title match. This was 3 months before Nakamura won the rumble so we all went apeshit

[@Ozma2]

I've heard about a similar show where nearly everyone got there after the show started, and Rey and Chavo (maybe Eddie?) had an hour long banger of an opening match to stall for time.

[@optimus2008]

Bruh I swear, Cena shows up all the freaking time. Mad respect.

[@cesarbarrieta9880]

That’s why he was the fave of the company for so long. He gave it his all for the business

[@TheArsenalMan125]

I was at a house show in Perth Australia in like 2008. Perth was the last leg of the tour and Cena left Australia early to go to Media for a red sox game or someshit

[@chriskrausesmovie]

Bruh?

[@maratnahimana]

@@TheArsenalMan125 lol

[@jasonwhite4617]

I moved to Hattiesburg a year after this took place and have never heard of this story. I actually graduated high school in the Reed Green Coliseum in 2009. WWE never runs the arena anymore. Thanks for making this video and for informing me of this trivia about WWE in my hometown.

[@Db_DocGracie]

I’ve lived here my whole life and never knew this happened

[@tylercox1875]

@@Db_DocGracie same

[@stayfresh2468]

Could you imagine how fast you could fill up 5k seats if you announced this card today?

[@blankwavemessiah]

Gooood. Fucking. Point!!!! For sure

[@ABCRapster]

Would definitely drop everything to see Guerrero again

[@khaitranngoc4176]

Like goddammit, that is in 2005, 4 WWE Champions (Big Show, Eddie, Angle, JBL), with another WCW champion in Booker T and a man who seemed likely to be the world champion in 1 month in John Cena. In that time, that is quite the fucking squad for sure. Even today, smarks and families alike would be there for the card. That is a mix of mat wrestling, character work, star power and just pure spectacle.

[@Loe_Jist]

5 Hall of Farmers + 1 of the most famous WWE stars of all time. All of them in their prime. It's nuts to think about such a bad turnout today

[@markgriffin9230]

My second ever wrestling show was a Frontier Wrestling Alliance show in Worcester UK. I'm pretty sure most attending had printed out incorrect directions. When we eventually found the place (Purdiswell Leisure centre) we heard many there were delayed or couldn't make it - fans, wrestlers etc. Amazingly though we hadn't actually missed the show, because they were purposefully delaying it waiting for others to potentially arrive. The show itself was rather muted, but I was still glad to have been there.

[@dillonsmith3128]

I went to a house show in Kentucky and I remember Kane vs RVD in a steel cage match. When they announced it, my mom and I looked up for the steel cage, but they just pulled it from under the ring. It was the flimsiest cage I’ve ever seen. Kane shook it with his hands so much to see if it could hold him.

[@AlexGarcia-kn9be]

Lol that's hilarious. Heck I would of been excited and looking for it too😂

[@onmas909]

lolol was it 2003?

[@dillonsmith3128]

@@onmas909 That might be about right

[@StefanIsReal]

I went to one around 2011ish and they were still using those flimsy ass house show cages. It was Cena vs Big Show and it looked like it was ready to collapse at any second

[@onmas909]

@@StefanIsReal I watched a 2015 Chris Jericho vs Kevin Owens steel cage and it didn't seem flimsy but it looked smaller than usual lololol

[@AnnieBananie316]

Won a radio contest in 1999. The prize was tickets to a wwf house show main evented by a 6 man tag. Heel Undertaker, Triple H and Big Show vs face Rock, Kane, and Stonecold. Austin didn’t show up, and was replaced by X-PAC … I was pissed!

[@redherronrecords]

Fair enough. X-Pac is awesome but no goddamn Rattlesnake.

[@AnnieBananie316]

It was 1999 when no one liked him. I appreciate him now and glad I got to see him in his prime.

[@NoxWyatt]

@@AnnieBananie316 X-Pac wasn’t hated until he turned on Kane in October 1999. Undertaker didn’t leave until late September. Meaning this was somewhere between late July and late September.

[@ananyaraizada7657]

Undertaker was fighting in house shows in 1999?? He was wrestling with injury throughout the year as I have read. Great

[@MrPerfect2000Z]

@@AnnieBananie316 You joking? People really liked X-Pac in 99

[@moneymerritt792]

Dude that Knoxville show was one of if not my first live event. Crazy nostalgia feels!!

[@DNDynamite]

Did you enjoy it??

[@tnsportshub]

SAME. This WAS my first. At the next (raw house show) cena was champ with the spinner title. He ran through crowd after match, my cousin jumped on his back and got a piggy back ride (we were kids). He gave my cousin the title who then gave it to me because I didn’t get a ride!!! I still have it!!!!!!

[@OVO-Adolf]

@@tnsportshub no way would he actually give you the title, unless it was a fake. Wrestlers put down money when they get the belt just in case it gets lost or destroyed

[@mattberg6816]

@@OVO-Adolf that’s something they did in the territory days. According to cornette it’s not done anymore

[@PParklind]

@@tnsportshub that title was made of actual gold and diamonds. I’m sorry mate but you’re not telling the truth

[@cynicalMusic21]

I was at this show! I remember thinking this was MNM's main roster debut, but I can't confirm that. It was a fun show, because I'm a sucker for tournaments. My friends and I sat 2nd or 3rd row, and we had fun exchanging jokes with Melina. I was also at the ECW house show you referenced. That one was my favorite house show I ever attended. We ran into Balls, Rene Dupree, and Ariel at IHOP afterwards. It was memorable, to say the least.

[@cynicalMusic21]

For a show that was surely a disaster backstage, everyone I interacted with in the crowd loved it!

[@RhinanLaville]

I was at The Rain Show that Sunday, too!

[@masonhunter8828]

I was at this show too! The fan report they referenced in the video was mine lol

[@austingonzales5902]

I remember a story where a 2011/2012 TNA house show lost like 80% of its roster because of some state law for a license and it ended up being a card with many guys double dutying iirc

[@karnage985]

Damn what blessings; the ones who showed up were a who’s who of Smackdown at that time. Such fortune.

[@jeffdaigle5487]

Went to a house show in Tucson Arizona the day after money in the bank 2022. Was shocked to see so many empty seats. If I had to guess I would say there was 600 people maybe 800 at the most. Really thought there would be more especially the day after a ppv. Ps. The show was freaking awesome. Thank you to all the super stars that made it for us fans.

[@SpongeBobSquarePants89]

Wtf. They have a grueling matches then have to wrestle again the next day?

[@TheOnlyMJS]

That’s a pretty dang good 8-9 active wrestlers to have, NGL. Still pretty lucky it was main event talent, imagine if it was the undercard. Great vid.

[@khaitranngoc4176]

The odds that among the 9 wrestlers to have, there are the leading Smackdown man in JBL, 2 elite wrestlers in Angle and Eddie, a workhorse rising star in Cena and a former world champ in Booker. All elite stuff.

[@ptrekboxbreaks5198]

I remember going to my first live event with my grandpa who was a big wwf/wcw fan. This was probably mid 1990s, and I was so confused why it didn't seem like what I'd watch on TV. Being 8 years old, I didn't realize there was a thing called "House Shows" I think it was a WCW show, I remember Randy Savage being there and Bam Bam Bigalow

[@lcwuniverse]

Oh boy, house shows can be crazy. Respect to these folks who gave it everything. Haven't gotten to any live shows since 2020 and this is definitely giving me the motivation to get back to some.

[@masonhunter8828]

I was at the show in Hattiesburg. Eddie vs Booker T was a great match to see live. This video is based on MY fan report lol

[@nickabbott2492]

I remember going to a house show in 2007 in my area which has a good wrestling following and our 5000 seat arena was less than half full. I’m not really sure why that happened considering the Hardy’s, DX, Cena, Orton, Khali were there. Khali is even taller than I expected even from above he looked ridiculously huge. They’ve never come to my area since and I’m kinda pissed lmao.

[@fifadoc6179]

Love these videos this is the whole reason I'm on KZbin watching videos about wrestling to find out the stuff that ya only heard about on the Internet it gives ya a full perspective well done jack and the other members of cultaholic this is a entertaining genre and I hope that's loads more

[@davidrachal3345]

I honestly remember going to see a live show in '09 right after jeff hardy won the wwe title and as soon as the show started we were all told jeff couldnt make it due to airline issues. Needless to say a riot almost started at the Rapides Parish Coliseum that night

[@firepenguin38]

I thought Jeff never won WWE title.... My bad.... Well he never won the universal title

[@davidrachal3345]

@@firepenguin38 Look up Armageddon 2008

[@firepenguin38]

@@davidrachal3345 cool deal I was not aware of that. I wonder why when he was still in WWE abd a quick Google search says he's never win the the universal title. I think the key word may be universal. Thanks man for that correction for me 😊

[@davidrachal3345]

@@firepenguin38 yeah its a great triple threat. Jeff vs edge vs triple h

[@Talonde]

@@firepenguin38 it wasn’t called the universal title back then it was Wwe title and world heavyweight title

[@alexbirdfox]

Good stuff Jack! Love these video formats!

[@mikebuthge9762]

Beginning to think Jack's favourite Simpson's episode is Homer At The Bat

[@keithboyd9582]

Wasn't there a WWE house show a few years ago that only had a crowd of like 20 people? I remember seeing a picture someone took at the show.

[@dankelly5150]

There was a PPV a few years ago, I think it was in Olympia, Washington? where apparently only 2600 showed up? That's bad !!

[@hectorrico8661]

​@@dankelly5150 those are WCW numbers bad.

[@johnnytyrrell7060]

I was told by someone who worked in wrestling never go see a House Show a week or two before a P,P,V because none of the big Star's will be wrestling on it because they don't want to Risk any of the big Star's getting hurt before a P, P,V and it F**King it up.

[@getlitskoden]

I went to a house show a day before a ppv and i think pretty much everyone showed up but yea it was pretty mellow compared to what they did the next day

[@attiepollard7847]

@@getlitskoden now was it doing WrestleMania a week or two weeks before then?

[@JL-sm6cg]

My first ever WWE event was a house show in Phoenix a few weeks out from WM31, and everyone showed up. They even had a US title match between Rusev (who was set to drop the title to John Cena at WM) vs Ryback.

[@rameee2589]

This intro is so freaking cool. Hats off to whoever made it

[@cesarbarrieta9880]

Definitely, my first video from this channel and it became my favorite intro.

[@Mr_Oggie]

When the title said "where nearly nobody showed up" I took that to mean the fans... like maybe there was only a couple dozen fans in attendance but WWE still put on a show.

[@bobriederer9929]

One time in Tulsa we had a ice storm only 57 people was in the house and only 4 wrestlers but they had a show

[@veryananduren8513]

Damn, i can only applaud WWE officials capacity of adaptation.

[@darrellgrant7615]

I went to a WCW house show in its dying days in Glens Falls, NY. It was suppose to have Sting and Ric Flair. Neither showed lol.

[@TrocarSlushWeasel]

Jack, Fayett-ah-ville? There's no "ah" in it. Wait, is that your HHH impression?

[@jessica.reed1986]

Notice that too. Chalked it up to the British accent and not knowing the correct pronunciation. For future reference guys it's try saying Fate and Vill together.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Peacemaker and Captain Insano tag team 😂

[@brandonb6005]

FYI - I was at the 2002 show mentioned as the first in their annual runs. Hattiesburg did not receive UPN at that time, which carried Smackdown, which meant fans attending weren’t up to date on a number of developments, such as wondering why Ron Simmons was on the card but not long time tag partner Bradshaw, as this was shortly after the “brand extension” where Raw and Smackdown became their own entities. I was not in the area past that year, so I don’t know if they were still minus UPN in subsequent years. No matter how you cut it, running shows using a roster with little exposure in that market seemed to have declining returns. Edit - Apparently there was a UPN station out of Gulfport, about 45 minutes south of Hattiesburg, but I don’t remember it being on the cable system at that time nor do I remember being able to get it with an antenna. Either way, it was on the fringes of the market and didn’t have large exposure, as opposed the NBC affiliate which was the only station based in the city at that time.

[@erikstorm8935]

Damn, you guys only had NBC? Not even ABC or CBS? I guess pretty much everyone had cable back then if they could afford it.

[@erikstorm8935]

And was it really a storm comin through that causes all this mayhem? Maybe a 'nader blowin through over there yonder? As wed say in Texas. Well those who made it were gettin it dun. Musta been quite the experience.

[@brandonb6005]

@@erikstorm8935 NBC was the only local but other channels were in the broadcast area from the MS gulf coast (about an hour south)

[@cw5289]

+1 for the Oregon Trail reference.

[@vampman87]

Damn, Jon Cena really did pay his dues in becoming WWE's #1 guy during the mid/late 2000s. Four matches is INSANE!

[@Billy_Carter]

Saw Road to Wrestlemania 21 in Charlotte NC. Eddie & Rey (came out in the low rider) vs MNM Taker wrestled but it was a house show so no special effects during the intro Main event turned into Cena/Big Show vs JBL/Orlando Jordan. Cant remember the rest of the card off the top of my head but it was fun.

[@tnsportshub]

I was at this event in Knoxville!!! MNM also premiered here!!!! O you mention that. Lmao Eddie and Rey wrestled that night as well. This was not long before he died at all My best friend was supposed to go with me but broke his collar bone that day on a bicycle at my house. Added this bit in case he sees this

[@stephendodgen5738]

A fellow employee won tickets to this show and invited me. They worked their buts off. I got some good photos of the superstars ariving. now I gotta see if i can find them.

[@johnytwotimes4072]

@5:00 Fay-ettah-vill 😂 As a Wrasslin' fan from...... NORTH CAROLINA I love this pronunciation of Fayetteville. Never change Jack. It's like if HHH was cutting a promo on Fayettah-villah Northah Carolinah 🤣

[@mandatorydrugtest]

I had to rewind three times because I love that so much. That pronunciation is WAAYY fancier than the town deserves lol

[@Chigen_Atomic]

That's an interesting way to pronounce Fayetteville. I think Coachman is the only guy who can invert the 'hometown guy takes the L' rule. If they used inclement weather, or if there was actual inclement weather, I'm surprised they didn't cancel it out right.

[@colelarsen-cj-8952]

6:45 I honestly had to turn on the captions and play it back. Who knew Jack could rap like that😅

[@KingSwavey]

Damn You Got Bars Yourself🤣😭

[@jessep6330]

I once watched an independent show with only four wrestlers. Two single matches with a tag team main event with the same two wrestlers. They were from Canada and they were obviously from the Hart dungeon. It is still one of the best shows I have ever seen. I still think one the guys was a rookie Chris Benoit.

[@noahbrock4057]

Born and raised in Hattiesburg and definitely didn’t expect to see Cultaholic make a vid about us lol. I certainly would’ve went if I wasn’t only 1 year old at the time. But based off of the vid it’s very obvious why WWE no longer comes here.

[@jerwwilliams]

Born and Raised in Wiggins, I went to a house show at USM sometime between 1999-2001. Austin was there, i think he had a match against Angle. Farooq and Bradshaw were still the Acolytes. Spike and Show had a match against the Dudley's. It was a good time. Just wish Rock would have been there.

[@donkeysaurusrex7881]

Yeah there ain’t a lot going on around Hattiesburg. When you said where this took place I was surprised Hattiesburg was even able to get a WWF house show.

[@jodyserner1229]

Saw a house show in Edmonton AB in like 91. Exact opposite. Got like 8-10 more matches than what was on the card! Hot crowd.. it was epic!

[@ecwfaithful]

This has nothing to do but travel, but I just wanted to say this. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat vs Drew McIntyre is a match that actually happened, and I was there to see it. North Charleston, SC in the summer of 2009.

[@jonathancilla3954]

I was actually at that show in Little Rock where the riot took place. I wrote an article about it and it's published on sportskeeda. There's a lot of misinformation out there about that night.

[@aye_its_karate6169]

I was at the Knoxville house show. I was only 9 years old at the time but I remember it very well!

[@bigpoppa1234]

My bet for what happened is that there was a forecast of bad weather and they told the talent that were driving to skip Hattiesburg and go directly to Jackson (maybe staying overnight in Birmingham or Chatanooga) rather than risk driving 12 hours through storms for a house show with 1500 tickets sold. And the talent that actually made it and performed, since they were all the top talent (minus MnM, but maybe they got better treatment since they were with Melina and were going to get a big push on debuting) my guess is they flew to Jackson or a town only an hour or two drive away from whatever airport, so it wouldn't take more than a few hours driving to and from hattiesburg.

[@heartfang13]

That pronunciation of Fayetteville was far more humorous than the city deserves.

[@RickyIcecubes]

I went to a WCW house show in their dying days and there were only a few hundred in attendance in a 6,000 seat arena. My buddies and I were gonna go all the way up to the top row by ourselves and smoke weed the entire show, but they upgraded everyone with a general admission seat to a ringside seat and wouldn't let us sit in the stands. Didn't get to smoke out lol, but the view was definitely better.

[@Skorpio420]

When I first saw the title, I thought it was no fans that showed up. Interesting how WWE handled this.

[@KatMBurkett]

I really want to know what it was that delayed them. I got a little obsessive over the lack of answer here so I checked two different weather archives for a few locations on that route and it all says conditions were fair for that day with absolutely no rainfall at all (or very little but later in the night? not sure). So the inclimate weather excuse doesn't seem right to me. The closest I could find was a tornado a week earlier in about 50 miles of the route but that wouldn't have caused a delay. I tried to check some newspaper archives but i didn't have access and realized I had gone a little too deep. Anyway, there had to be a reason for 18 people to no show to work. Something had to have happened. A decade and a half later and no one thought to follow up? Also, you guys should post a link to sources in the video description.

[@bigpoppa1234]

I think they told anyone driving to skip Hattisburg and take the day off and get to Jackson the next day for that House Show and the people who showed up were top talent that flew down to Jackson or New Orelans or Mobile and didn't have as long a drive from whatever airport they landed in. Maybe someone should ask Cena on twitter what happened.

[@erikgilson1687]

Space Ghost: "...What were you doing in Hattiesburg?" Zorak: "Kickin' it."

[@AttenBot]

All involved deserve a round of applause 👏 in my book.

[@ajspringer]

That Hangover synopsis 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤣

[@travisfite6725]

I remember that show but wound up being unable to attend and debated on driving to Jackson for the other show. Sounds like I missed out.

[@Memeposting]

The way you pronounced Fayetteville is making me lose it lol

[@breazy832]

It's official we can't stop Jack saying holla holla playa playa

[@jamirimaj6880]

this is Vince favoring Raw over the "B show" Smackdown lol

[@sv69n]

9:05 is like booking matches in gm mode where you bought the max contract on the top wreslters

[@kaivalentine8033]

This video was awesome. Really loving this series.

[@jerryjanik480]

Did not watch wrestling I didn't watch WWE at that time but love Eddie love Kurt Angle have respect for John Cena

[@jeffrichards1537]

The steamboat/coachman thing had less to do with "coach" than with the Dragon. Steamboat was a legend at that point. An all time great. Woooooo. As nature boy would say.

[@GrumpyRook]

Not what I thought the video would be about. I thought you were going to say that they had to put on a 5 star show for 2 fans or something, lol

[@GoldenHands360]

Damn man lmao i live in Hattiesburg. The people are more concerned with football and basketball thats really about it. But it was very cool to hear about this happening in my town. I was 5 unfortunately so i never got to go

[@duckmeister5385]

WWE booking agents: Tennessee is right next to Mississippi. How far could it be?

[@aperson5215]

For a second I thought it meant There was barely anyone in the crowd

[@noname-wz5ww]

Very good story, respect for the talent who showed up.

[@Clockworkorangecassidy]

I like how everyone says Jack pronounces Fayetteville wrong and then phonetically gives a different 'correct' one..

[@TheRobertLeach]

The true story of when a snow storm cancelled RAW in 2015

[@joeboykitz6985]

Lol at Jack's pronouncing of Fayetteville. FYI it's just Fay-Ett-Vill otherwise great job as always Jack.

[@chingchungo3]

Like you Americans pronounce everything correctly!! Jog off mate

[@Db_DocGracie]

How have I lived in Hattiesburg my entire life and never knew that happened here.

[@patrickperalta59]

I respect all of them having to do what they can to have a show for the fans.

[@brandon_complains]

Hearing him repeatedly saying “Fiettaville” when trying to say Fayetteville is hilaryus

[@brandon_complains]

The amount of people that will correct me bc they dont get it...

[@crazycountryboy8941]

Of how about how he said Christian lol. And you it was hilarious how he said Fayetteville. I'm from Greenville so I've been by through there quite a few times over the years lol

[@Cursive610]

I live in Columbia SC i stopped going to live events awhile back we never get a good show

[@lastdayonearthmysteryman4849]

It be an interesting show to tell your friends about the next day at school.

[@qweasdzxcname]

two matches a night happens alot. but 4, thats just insane.

[@thomascars1]

Sad that this was during peak WWE Pro-Wrestling

[@fredlavin-crossley5731]

If it was me booking, start with a JBL promo in the ring. Have Cena, Guerrero, Angle, Big Show and Booker T all come out to challenge. Have it be decided that they all want a shot so they can all compete... in a GAUNTLET MATCH. Guerrero starts vs Booker T. Then Guerrero wins and loses to Angle who loses to Cena. Then Big Show comes out and loses to Cena. Afterwards JBL comes out and announces that he has one more test... because he doesn't believe Cena is deserving, he has to fight through one more test in order to face him. Cena has to face new JBL cabinet members MNM in a 2 on 1 handicap match. Cena wins after JBL tries to interfere to cost Cena but accidentally clobbers Joey Mercury. Cena takes advantage to win. Guerrero and Angle come out to discuss what tonight means for their respective wrestlemania matches, Kurt offering advice about mysterio for Eddie, starts badmouthing Rey. Eddie makes the point of his respect and continued friendship with Rey with Kurt keeping digging a hole smacktalking Rey, leading to them reignited their feud from the prior years wrestlemania. Eddie won last year, kurt won tonight, so let's have one more right now to see once and for all who the best really is. Match wrestles to a double pin conclusion. Each one finally acknowledging the others skills. Cena comes out to face JBL. JBL attacks from behind while cena enters. Beats him down around the ring. Cena rolls in and the match starts. Cena makes a comeback hitting JBL with all his big moves, JBL trying to use dirty tricks to get at cena. Raking eyes etc. JBL goes down, pretends Cena hit him low when the ref wasn't looking. Ref tending to JBL while MNM slide into the ring. Nitro comes off the top while Mercury goes to help JBL. Nitro caught in an FU by Cena. JBL low blows Cena while the ref is busy with Mercury. Hits the clothesline from hell and Just about retains over an exhausted Cena. The 3 start a beat down and you have Big Show come out to make the save, still angry from JBL costing him earlier in the gauntlet by trying to attack Cena and hitting big show instead. Show ends with JBL and MNM running while Cena and Big Show stand tall

[@Jessica_Roth]

A night full of Cena, Eddie, Angle, and Booker? Plus JBL and Big Show doing their things? Sounds like value for money!

[@adriangonzalez5021]

I love the style of thes True Stories. Thank you Jack!

[@travisbell2907]

Damn I was at the Raw house show just a week prior to this in Dothan. Triple H does not like being called a chicken, as one fan found out the hard way.

[@AdamSmith-kb7kt]

The way you say Fayetteville cracks me up 🤣 no need to pronounce the second E lol

[@renegadethedestroyer]

I’m from petal right by Hattiesburg and this reminded me I almost forgotten about this

[@chrisharper8158]

I went to this show. Drove from Monroe la, thing about it is as small as wrestling shows had been. This was actually one of my favorite live shows I’ve been to lol

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Southern Miss is also where Brett Favre went to college

[@trmpt35]

I went to a tna house show I believe it was 08 or maybe 09. It had to be a 6 match show it had advertised the main event mafia members who all didn’t appear. It featured Samoa Joe defending the championship which he didn’t have because booker T stole it and a main event match between Kurt angle and AJ styles with angle staying in to take photos. Not a bad show for 20 bucks plus the autograph session afterwards

[@EZ4D]

never in my life did I think I would see images of Hattiesburg on Cultaholic..

[@thebandit7623]

As a driver I can safely say that it takes you about 8 hours just to get 200 miles in. Now if taking the Highways it be much better if you take the toll roads as they are more free and people hate paying for tolls. But for 500 miles is impossible to go from 1 town to another. As you watch the Ride along on the WWE network you can see the talent travels to the hotel to get whatever sleep they can. 4 to 6 hours would be enough rest but if jam packed traffic you will be bored and start to fall asleep. Whomever booked that building should have been fired for the impossible. I don't think traveling by plane wouldn't been much better.

[@bigpoppa1234]

With a 10 hour drive and storm forecasts, my bet is they were never going to run a show with a lot of talent. The lower talent they said to skip Hattiesburg and go straight to Jackson for TV and they ran the show using their top guys and sent them by plane.

[@NekoHibaCosplay]

they were lucky that who made it to the venue were almost all headliners

[@eviltim6493]

As a North Carolina native, I feel I am forced to say that it is not pronounced "Fay-yetta-ville." It's "Fay-it-ville."

[@ShawnBrrr]

Fay-it-ville but I loved your pronunciation.

[@eddhardcore6881]

what is really sad is the booking of this house show is better than most taped smackdowns now with a full roster

[@nickabbott2492]

All things considered they did a real good job working with what they had. Can’t imagine how beat up cena in particular was after working that much in one night. Can’t ever say he didn’t work for everything he got.