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Seth Rollins Defends WWE on Twitter
The WWE Universal Champion took to Twitter on Sunday night to tout WWE as the best wrestling in the world. He defended the Stomping Grounds pay-per-view.
Best pro wrestling on the planet. Period. https://t.co/Frd8occDhd
— Seth Rollins (@WWERollins) June 23, 2019
Doubling down. Best pro wrestling on the planet. See that Cruiserweight Triple Threat? And that’s just one night, one match amongst the many. Find anyone else alive who does what I do as well as I do it as often as I do it. Ya can’t. #WWEStompingGrounds #UniversalChampion @WWE
— Seth Rollins (@WWERollins) June 23, 2019
Rollins’ tweets caught the attention of Will Ospreay. That lead to an interesting exchange between Ospreay and Rollins:
I’m alive. https://t.co/l7zxy5yHY9
— ᵂⁱˡˡ ᴼˢᵖʳᵉᵃʸ • ウィル・オスプレイ (@WillOspreay) June 24, 2019
Ahhhh I’m sorry little guy. We already have a better version of you here and he just won his first US Title tonight (Congrats @KingRicochet). Keep working hard though buddy! https://t.co/JwB36iWaIg
— Seth Rollins (@WWERollins) June 24, 2019
Fact of the day:
Will Ospreay wrestled more matches in 2019 THAN @WWERollinsCatch up little guy 😘 pic.twitter.com/GH9ywGGGlm
— ᵂⁱˡˡ ᴼˢᵖʳᵉᵃʸ • ウィル・オスプレイ (@WillOspreay) June 25, 2019
Stomping Grounds Attendance Numbers
WWE’s Stomping Grounds garnered relatively positive reviews from fans. Unfortunately for WWE, the show did not draw the amount of fans they would have hoped. Wrestling Observer Radio (h/t 411Mania) reports that only 4000-5000 tickets were sold for the event in Tacoma, Washington.
@StatGuyGreg Overflow crowd here at Stomping Grounds. About half curtains, but still. pic.twitter.com/zDwVgCTm86
— Ollie McClellan (@OllieMcClellan) June 23, 2019
The show was known for a hot crowd that was very into the matches. Having some of the crowd tarped off would help with the noise levels. As well, there are reports of decent walk-up ticket numbers. Still, a max of around 6000 fans is still very low for a WWE pay-per-view.
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WWE Matches No Longer Running During Commercial?
According to reports from WrestlingInc, Vince McMahon has made a change to WWE production. In a meeting last week, Vince gave the ruling that matches will no longer take place during commercials. This will mirror more traditional sports. Since they do not have any action taking place during the commercial break, neither will WWE.
This would explain the increase in two-out-of-three falls matches on WWE television. There are other ideas in mind, including switching to a rounds system as detailed by PWInsider.
– Evan Gomes is the Managing Editor of Pro Wrestling for Full Press Coverage. Like and follow on Follow @EvanGomes_ Follow @FPC_Wrestling and Facebook.
