7 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (June 2)

7. 205 Live Is Aptly Named...

...because only 205 people bother to watch it.

News broke this week that WCW Halloween Havoc 1998 outdrew a live episodic wrestling show on the Network. That is madness. 205 Live is promoted heavily on RAW and SmackDown every week. Halloween Havoc '98 was promoted on the podcast of a man - Tony Schiavone - who hasn't been involved with mainstream wrestling in over a decade and a half.

What is to blame here?

Cynics argued that 205 Live was fated to fail because McMahon is incapable of presenting wrestling not aligned to his myopic vision of it. Its precursor, the Cruiserweight Classic, was some of the best wrestling witnessed last year. It was presented in a proper sporting framework, with rich literary threads weaved throughout. The actual wrestling was electric and unregulated. That relationship is symbiotic, funnily enough.

205 Live, in stark contrast, is a listless show presented when the real stars have left for the evening. The live crowd is already knackered. The performers are game, but tethered by the whims of a man who is clearly uninterested in the whole thing.

Is it any wonder this is all transmitted to the audience at home?