Backstage Notes On WWE Talent Reactions To Current House Show Schedule

A new report has details on some of the talent reactions to the current house show schedule. Fightful Select spoke with a number of talents after WWE had its first untelevised live events in some time as part of their European tour. The report notes that live events are still lucrative overseas and that talent said they enjoyed the events.

One talent noted that they vastly prefer the current, scaled back schedule as it allows for occasional weekends off, more days at home and recovery time. The talent said, “I don’t miss house shows at all. They’re fun to wrestle on, but the current method is much better. It makes sense that they still do them here and there, and it makes them much more special.”

Another talent noted that working live events are always different than TV and that cutting the live events down make them more special and enjoyable to work.

The company is still planning their holiday tour of house shows after Christmas, and higher ups say right now there’s no talks of increasing the scedules outside of overseas tours. The person said the events still do big business for WWE and help cultivate local fans, and that the decision to cut back the scehedule was related to costs, scheduling, keeping talent healthy and other pros and cons. It has also helped with contract negotiations as it keeps dates down significantly.

WWE has currently run just 15 house shows this year compared to almost 50 through the same time last year. One source said that since cutting back the schedule, events get more attention on social media when something big happens.