9 Live Observations From WWE SmackDown Holiday Tour Peterborough

9. Before The Show

Whether it was due to the snowfall and freezing rain, or due to ticket sales, the Peterborough Memorial Centre was only at 65-70% capacity. There were a lot of empty floor seats near the entrance ramp. The most populous areas of the arena were ringside and the nearby bowl seats.

If you want to get merchandise before the show, be prepared to wait. There was only one merch table set up, which resulted in a large mob at the front of the arena, making it quite difficult for anyone trying to get to their seat to pass.

The set was WWE's typical house show set, with some added decorations, like presents and inflatable snowmen and Santa's. The only thing close to pyrotechnics in the show were smoke machines (A la Becky Lynch). The crew tested their cameras, even busting out the mistletoe cam for couples.

One lucky family got their tickets upgraded to ringside seats in what was a nice moment.

Eventually, 7:30pm rolled around, and the SmackDown Live intro played on the titan tron, leading to our first match.