10 Secrets You Only Learn Attending WWE House Shows
9. It Isn't TV...
For many that don't live in major towns and cities of North America, a house show will be the first chance to catch WWE in the flesh. The lack of mammoth stage, subsequently, can come as a bit of a shock.
This is partially on WWE - for decades now they've had a near-identical setup for all television and pay-per-view save for the odd custom stages or any stadiums they run and flog tickets offering the very same visuals.
The introduction of the TitanTron in 1997 forever shaped how the product would look, yet for years fans were only greeted with an enormous curtain masquerading as what the "Recognised leader in Sports Entertainment". Often, if was even less. When pictures emerge of C-level WWE house shows during the 1980s boom, it's astonishing how little effort was put into the presentation from the organisation mastering it as art form - and little wonder video and pictures were often prohibited.
Thankfully, the mid-2010s saw a conscious effort to overhaul the house show experience for good...