Raw house shows receive negative reactions backstage; Jericho/Tomko complaints Submitted by Richard Gray on Wednesday, May 26, 2004 at 1:56 PM EST
The Raw brand house show in Philadelphia, PA on May 22nd was considered a let down. The show sold less then 4,500 tickets in a very competitive market for the company. The show ended up with a decent draw at $150,000 but several people still couldn’t get over how empty the Wachovia Center was. Although those backstage in WWE are claiming that the show was hurt by the Flyers in game seven of the NHL’s Eastern Conference finals.
The next night’s house show in Moline, IL was considered to be much more of a let down. Not only were fan reports very negative about the turnout, the show only did around 2,000 paid with a draw of $70,000.
There was also some negative talk about the cage that they used in Philadelphia for the Chris Jericho vs. Tyson Tomko match. Apparently the company used an old blue squared one from the Hulk Hogan era. However, they used a “newer” one the next night in Moline.
