10 Things You Didn't Know About Bash At The Beach

10. Slow Decline

When the first Bash At The Beach event occurred in 1994, the attendance was a mighty fine 14,000. That's a decent enough number, but as the years went by, the attendance figures for WCW's annual summer show went on a gradual decline.

By the following year, there were fewer than 10,000 fans live in-person at Bash At The Beach - a decrease of over four thousand. It's worth noting that the second event was held at an actual beach, mind, and unlike '94, didn't promote Hulk Hogan's in-ring debut. It was about as full as could be expected.

Nevertheless, the numbers continued to steadily go down throughout the mid-90s - although a bit of a boost hit in 1998 as they just passed the 10,000 mark again. The final Bash At The Beach held under the WCW banner had just six and a half thousand fans in attendance at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach. Obviously, this was down to a big fat zilch the following year - the company, as predicted by the dwindling attendances, had closed its down.