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? asked in SportsWrestling · 1 decade ago

Bigger Fan base. USA or UK?

I posted a question Yesterday about PPVs in UK and the main points were that the UK and European fans enjoy WWE events more than US fans. Now Im not dissing the US fans but you have more sports interests then the UK. You have basketball, baseball, American football and other sports regularly hosted in the US which you can easily get to without going overseas to watch. There are hundreds of WWE events all over the states and yet in the UK there are very few. The UK fan base has to watch on tv or got to the states to watch Wrestlemania, Royal Rumble, Survivor series and Summerslam as well as the other PPVs. Yet there is always UK fans that travel to these events to be part of the magic that they provide. The question is, Where is the bigger fan base and are the UK and European fans being short changed. The WWE Universe stretches further than the States and Canada and that means that the WWE needs to include us UK fans and give us the chance to host a major WWE event.

Update:

Dont just give USA or UK as an answer as it does not explain why you came to that decision. It needs to have reasons as to why you believe that your nation has the biggest fan base.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Well, I am from the UK and I'm going to say UK. I think USA has the bigger fan base purely because USA has a bigger population. However UK have the bigger supportive fan base and more dedicated fan base.

    USA fans have gotten too familiar with WWE being around them all the time. For the majority of the year WWE is touring states in USA. All the PPVs are in USA and occasionally Canada. So US fans can go to see more events that say Europeans and the British fans. British fans won't travel to USA for a house show or Raw episode and will travel only for big PPVs like Summerslam or WM, IMO. But US fans sometimes only have to travel a few miles or across states to see the shows so it's more accessible. This leads to my opinion that a lot of fans watching WWE shows are there for their 2nd or 3rd show +. They're not necessarily first time viewers of the live show. Whereas I recently went to a house show in Raw and the atmosphere felt as if it was everyone's first live WWE show.

    On RAW in USA and some PPVs the crowd is just dead at times and brings down the overall show.

    When they recently did Raw in UK in November, the crowd was alive from start to finish. Because most of those fans were seeing their first live raw show and they were seeing their fav wwe stars who only visit UK 2 weeks out of the year.

    USA gets shows week in week out and they're accessible to most US viewers. UK fans have to wait to April Mania Revenge tour, where the city gets normally just ONE live show. And the November tour. USA get like multiple shows in any one city over the duration of the year.

    For UK fans whenever WWE is here, its a once in a lifetime opportunity to see it and it's exciting knowing that you got tickets out of everyone who tried, cause UK shows sell out fast cause it's huge here.

    UK fans are always, always louder and more into the show, so UK fans are better imo.

  • 1 decade ago

    Uk...Fans generally are a lot smarter than US fans and understand the product better. That's mainly because most american fans are 9 year olds whereas the british crowd is more mature audience. The Raws and Smackdowns they put on in the UK though generally are poor. I've been to a few amd it seems like they don't really want to develop any of the storylines when they come over here.

    I think they should put on A WM here. Can you imagine it at Wembley Stadium like they did with SS 92. It won't happen but it would be epic.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    My God, Brits are just so stupid.. won't be able to you notice? you're basically a pawn in Dana White's plan. He needed the united kingdom to win, so as that the British could be suckered into liking the UFC. He knew which you Brits might get a kick out of this, and consistent with danger fork over $50 the subsequent time there's a coach. and you fell for it. Dana White's a genius, and you're falling precise into his seize. the USA of a set had no valid combatants on its roster- in simple terms as Dana White meant. He positioned the worst of the yank crop on the coach as against Britain's maximum suitable skills. And it advance into nonetheless close. Pathetic. Former/modern American champions? wealthy Franklin, Randy Couture, Brock Lesnar, BJ Penn, Ken Shamrock, Tim Sylvia, Mark Coleman, Maurice Smith, Kevin Randleman, Josh Barnett, Frank Mir, Frank Shamrock, Chuck Liddell, Forrest Griffin, Rashad Evans, Quinton Rampage Jackson, Dave Menne, Evan Tanner, Pat Miletich, Matt Hughes, Jens Pulver, Sean Sherk, Dan Severn, Don Frye, Dan Henderson, Brits... er... nicely, Bisping is scuffling with for precise 10?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    UK Fans Are More Lively And Hate Cena So UK

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    the UK fans are better in my opinion. The UK crowd tends to be made out of adults mainly and they tend to boo Cena and cheer the talented guys. They always come off as better on tv. I'm quite sure they appreciate good wrestling more than the States. Also i dont think wrestling in the UK is seen as negatively as it is in the States by non fans. Wrestling is more respected there.

  • 1 decade ago

    USA, because WWE always does their shows in the USA more than in the UK. A lot of people go to their shows in the USA. A lot of people don't go to the show in UK. Since a lot of people go to their shows in the USA, a lot of people watch it in the USA.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Usa because its better in usa than uk

  • 1 decade ago

    usa

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    USA! no questions asked

  • 1 decade ago

    usa

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