7 Questions With Tommy Dreamer

7. The Growth Of House Of Hardcore

The House Of Hardcore roadshow continues to travel ever further afield. It has cards scheduled in Melbourne, Australia on June 24 and Pasadena, Texas on August 6. Two years ago, HOH promoted a show in Valley Center, California. In July 2015, it ran the Ted Reeve Arena in Toronto, Canada and drew over 1,500 fans for a card featuring Austin Aries, Team 3D, Johnny Mundo, Rhino, The Young Bucks, Michael Bennett and yourself. Last month, HOH’s fourteenth live event took place in Niagara Falls, Canada. Was this the goal from the start: did you intend to promote shows nationally and even internationally when you ran the first HOH show on October 6, 2012 in Poughkeepsie, New York?

“No. When I first started, I really set out to do one show. But I had a lot of fun doing it. The next year, I did two more shows. Everything was in the right place at the right time, and I had good venues. I saw how the shows kept on growing and were getting a positive response, and the ball just kept on rolling.

“Then the old ECW Arena opened up, and that was a natural setting for me. And then I got a little TV deal with the Fight Network. I did Toronto last year, where the Fight Network is based, and we actually set the attendance record for the Ted Reeve Arena. My last show was at Niagara Falls, Canada a couple of weeks ago. Now, I’m planning on doing one or two shows per month. I have a lot more dates lined-up.”